HONG KONG Early Letters and Handstamps
cover 1840 (25 Jan.) "Huth" entire addressed to London "p Steamer via Suez & Marseilles" and rated "6/2", sent from Tongkoo Bay it shows "INDIA" in oval, Bibby of Bombay forwarding agent's cachet and London c.d.s. on flap which opens for display; vertical filing crease. Transcript of contents includes "...the threatened blockade of the Port of Canton did not take place, owing to McGribble having been released..."

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cover 1840 (25 Jan.) "Huth" entire addressed to London "p Steamer via Suez & Marseilles" and rated "6/2", sent from Tongkoo Bay it shows "INDIA" in oval, Bibby of Bombay forwarding agent's cachet and London c.d.s. on flap which opens for display; vertical filing crease. Transcript of contents includes "...the threatened blockade of the Port of Canton did not take place, owing to McGribble having been released..."

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