GB 1839 Pre-Stamp - Hastings S4 Ship Letter

Stock Code: P223015334

1839 Maritime Mail. Very fine commercial entire from Macao, China to London, dated internally JA.8.1839, endorsed 'Duplicate' on reverse and 'Hindostan' on face. The Hindostan did not leave Canton until the 9th of March, so this duplicate letter was presumably written a few weeks after the original. The Hindostan is recorded off Hasting on AU.5.1839, and the letter was carried in a sealed bag to the London Ship Letter Office where the 'SHIP LETTER/HASTINGS' handstamp (Robertson type S4) was applied from a duplicate set of handstamps that were kept and used in the 1830's, distinguishable by being struck in red. Rated '1/4' (8d Ship plus 8d inland) with a London arrival datestamp on reverse for AU.6.1839. A superb example of the duplicate red S4 handstamp, which is far scarcer than the original handstamp and only recorded 1836-1840. Ex Norman Bennett.

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