C.G.H. - EARLY BRITISH OCCUPATION COVER EX "[H.M.S.] AMERICA...

Hammer

£360

C.G.H. - EARLY BRITISH OCCUPATION COVER EX "[H.M.S.] AMERICA, TABLE BAY TO G.B.; Fine 29 Mar. 1796 EL from RM Major "Geo. F. Wingrove" on board "[H.M.S.] America, Table Bay [C.G.H.]" (one of the British ships that took part in the successful capture of Dutch Cape Colony on 15 Sept. 1795) carried privately and posted locally in London with a fine oval "Charing Crofs/Unpaid/Penny Poft" on the front, with good contents; "It bis now more than 6 months since the Orpheus sailed with the first Despatches of the surrender of this Colony...as this goes by a ship not deemed the surest of all conveyance...should you receive this safe, be so good as to forward it to Mrs. W...". An early letter to G.B. after the British Occupation of the Cape. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR