First Opium War The Opium Trade Opium Clipper Ships Water Witch: 1836 (2 Aug.) river mail entire letter written (cross-written on the first page) to Edward Crooke in Canton from his cousin, E.L. Venables, from the 'Water Witch' anchored at Cumsingmoon. The letter is mostly of a general business nature but he does mention, " ... I have not been on the Hercules since I received your letter last week ...I have not sold my chest of opium yet, I was offered $650 on Sunday for it but from what I can hear it is likely to rise ...". There is a heavy horizontal folding crease and the recipient's notation overlapping part of the address panel, however, there are two large, brush stroke ink delivery characters on the flap and there is a complete red wax seal 鴉片煙快速大飛艇 "Water Witch": 1836年8月2廣州的Edward Crooke (當時廣州的很出名鴉片煙商人, 中文名稱為"局碌" ), 他的表親 E.F. Venables 於Water Witch號船上 (泊於金星門) 經內河郵遞寄給他的信函. 此信函上有以毛筆書寫 "局碌" 两漢字, 有明顯摺痕, 及信舌上有完整紅色火漆. 當時仍未有正式郵政運輸服務, 信函送遞往往採用鴉片煙快艇 (Opium Clipper) 為運輸工具, 此信函亦為一實例.
First Opium War The Opium Trade Opium Clipper Ships Water Witch: 1836 (2 Aug.) river mail entire letter written (cross-written on the first page) to Edward Crooke in Canton from his cousin, E.L. Venables, from the 'Water Witch' anchored at Cumsingmoon. The letter is mostly of a general business nature but he does mention, " ... I have not been on the Hercules since I received your letter last week ...I have not sold my chest of opium yet, I was offered $650 on Sunday for it but from what I can hear it is likely to rise ...". There is a heavy horizontal folding crease and the recipient's notation overlapping part of the address panel, however, there are two large, brush stroke ink delivery characters on the flap and there is a complete red wax seal 鴉片煙快速大飛艇 "Water Witch": 1836年8月2廣州的Edward Crooke (當時廣州的很出名鴉片煙商人, 中文名稱為"局碌" ), 他的表親 E.F. Venables 於Water Witch號船上 (泊於金星門) 經內河郵遞寄給他的信函. 此信函上有以毛筆書寫 "局碌" 两漢字, 有明顯摺痕, 及信舌上有完整紅色火漆. 當時仍未有正式郵政運輸服務, 信函送遞往往採用鴉片煙快艇 (Opium Clipper) 為運輸工具, 此信函亦為一實例.
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