INDIA - CALCUTTA - AGENT MAILS EX G.B. (1807) + TO AMERICA: ...

Hammer

£420

INDIA - CALCUTTA - AGENT MAILS EX G.B. (1807) + TO AMERICA: 20 Aug. 1807 EL from Weymouth to Calcutta "to the Care of...mefs. Downie & Co - Comp" (forwarding agents, endorsed on flap also) with unusual usage of boxed "Inld Ptge/Ship Do" rate hs. The extensive contents incs. news on the on-going Battle of Copenhagen "They have sent a large fleet to prevent the Danish Ships from falling into the Power of Bonaparte & an Army to secure Copenhagen". 25 Jan. 1827 EL from Calcutta to Boston endorsed "To the care of Capt. Balch or Mr. Brigs of the ship George of Salem" with blue "SALEM" cds & "SHIP" marks & boxed "CALCUTTA/G.P.O./SHIPLETTER" backstamp explaining the doctors in Calcutta have given cider "[...]a bad name. They say it creates the collery and the People here are afraid to drink it and the market is full of cider in all parts." (2 covers) Cross Reference: DENMARK, INDIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR