£280 - £400
PAIR OF BOXED "INDIA LETTER/BRISTOL" COVERS - EX PORT LOUIS (UNRECORDED RED) + CALCUTTA; 8 Nov. 1819 EL (mentions the writer's letters having been stolen by a messenger and never posted! - faults and worn) from "Calcutta" to Birmingham "P. [Ship] Bristol" charged "1/1" with a mainly very fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/BRISTOL" (Rob. In.1, 11 years earlier than previously recorded; creases) in unrecorded red ink; plus 6-10 Jan. 1837 EL (long typed Missionary contents transcript) from "Mauritius, Mahebourg" to London charged "1/2" with two partly fine strikes of the same Bristol In.1 mark on the front in black. Good pair, both with typed transcripts. (2 covers) [Ex Manning, Cavendish, Sept. 2015, lot 35; realised £670 the pair.]
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