12 August 1799 Hunter & Hay Census Cover

12 August 1799

Postage charged, Guernsey Weymouth packet rate 2 d Weymouth - London (128 miles)7 d Total for a single letter 9 d Double letter I sh 6 d 6 Fanams Endorsed in Madras Forwarded by Y.m.ob.s.Hunter & Hay - (Hunter & Hay were Tom Fiott's agents at Madras) Extremely rare cover as majority of the covers coming from Europe were post not paid but very few covers were forwarded by the forwarding agent hunter and hay and thus postpaid fort St George HG4 hand stamp is applied

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