Postal History. A collection of 20 early 19th century and la...

Hammer

£50

Postal History. A collection of 20 early 19th century and later manuscript letters, mostly maritime, including Captain Robert Harris R.N. (1809-1865), of H.M.S. Prince Regent, dated from Lisbon, August 27th 1851, 4pp, and addressed to John B. Merriman Esqu:re, Marlborough, Wiltshire, presumably an attorney as the letter pertains to an executorship, franked envelope en suite, Renault & Co., Cognac, an invoice for £28.14.0 worth of old pale Brandy, addressed to William Walker, Esq., of Aberdeen, dated November 1850, General John Alexander Agnew Wallace, KCB (c. 1775-1857), dated from Lochryan House, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, 21st March 1840, 3pp ALS addressed to Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet (1765-1850), at 7 North St. Andrews Street, Edinburgh, viz. anchorage and customs, Glasgow franking, postage paid March 22 1840, John Wood of Aberdeen (fl. 1796), 1pp ALS addressed to David Balfour, Esqr., Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, dated from Aberdeen, 30th January 1796, 1821 ALS addressed to Mr William Hay, Merchant, Lerwick, Shetland, with Leith and other postmarks, further postal history, including Dundee, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Exeter, Liverpool, three franked Queen Victoria Penny Red envelopes, including one letter addressed to Messrs. Broad & Sons, shipping agents and merchants of Falmouth, others, various, including the Patent Office, The Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd., The Bank of England, an 1838 letter referencing The Camberwell Naval School, etc., (20).