£200 - £250
SIERRA LEONE 1871 lengthy letter on H.M.S. Seagull letter sheet written by C. Druitt between 25 May - 8 June referencing the voyage, the Captain, life in Sierra Leone, the weather, the colonial Governor, comparisons between African & Chinese workers, school, army unit, labourers, racecourse, mail steamers etc. Also the original faulty env with ship's crest on flap to London, bearing GB 6d tied Liverpool numeral cancel. Lot 1009 [c]
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