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cover WESTERN LINE BOAT: 1846 (15 Apr.) entire from Bates & Co. in Shanghai to Augustine Heard, Canton "pr Zephyr", forwarded from Hong Kong, flap bears manuscript "Messrs Bush & Cos compliments" partly overstruck by a good strike of "WESTERN/LINE/BOAT" in oval; horizontal filing crease and a little soiled on front. Photo
Further details
Note: Most of the examples of this handstamp are on correspondence from Bush & Co. in Hong Kong to Augustine Heard in Canton.