First Opium War The Opium Trade Opium Clipper Ships Red Rover: 1838 (21 July) outer wrapper with part letter from Russell Sturgis & Co in Canton to Frederick Huth in London carried by "Red Rover"; rated "1/7" in black ink (8d. for ship letter and 11d. U.K. postal charge), the reverse incorrectly struck by boxed "india letter/brixham" overstruck by the step-type "ship letter/brixham" with a second strike alongside and with London arrival (21.12) in red. A good cover with character 鴉片煙快速大飛艇 "Red Rover": 1838年7月21日廣州Russell Sturgis & Co. 寄倫敦Frederick Huth 信件, 經"Red Rover" 遞送, 費用以黑墨書寫為"1/7" (8d為信函船費及11d是英國郵費), 封背錯誤地蓋上"india letter/ brixham" 方框型戳, 另有梯型戳蓋於其上.
First Opium War The Opium Trade Opium Clipper Ships Red Rover: 1838 (21 July) outer wrapper with part letter from Russell Sturgis & Co in Canton to Frederick Huth in London carried by "Red Rover"; rated "1/7" in black ink (8d. for ship letter and 11d. U.K. postal charge), the reverse incorrectly struck by boxed "india letter/brixham" overstruck by the step-type "ship letter/brixham" with a second strike alongside and with London arrival (21.12) in red. A good cover with character 鴉片煙快速大飛艇 "Red Rover": 1838年7月21日廣州Russell Sturgis & Co. 寄倫敦Frederick Huth 信件, 經"Red Rover" 遞送, 費用以黑墨書寫為"1/7" (8d為信函船費及11d是英國郵費), 封背錯誤地蓋上"india letter/ brixham" 方框型戳, 另有梯型戳蓋於其上.
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