cover 1843 (27 Nov.) entire written from Whampoa, Belnheim Reach, to Liverpool and endorsed "Marseilles" and "per Cleopatra" whilst, on the reverse is a forwading agent's endorsement "Recd in Bombay 22 Jany by J. Skinner & Co"; commercial contents include "... the cargo was discharged at Hong Kong...in consequence of the frequent and extensive fires that occured in Canton...We left Hong Hong on the 19th and moored here the following day..."; vertical folding crease, otherwsie fine