1 October 1836 Waghorn Cover

1 October 1836

Postal cover from waghorn (), bearing Unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office. Corinphila: 1836 (Oct 1): Double rate entire letter from London to Adam Skinner & Co. in Bombay, India, prepaid "6/4d." in red manuscript and struck with superb "CARE OF MR WAGHORN / ALEXANDRIA" handstamp in black (Sidebottom type 4b - taller lettering) with docketing at top right "No. 257 / S.E & C" (Smith Elder & Co). London cds on reverse in black (Oct 1) displaying well. No arrivals or further charges in Bombay but the dispatches of October 1, November 1 and December 1 all arrived at the same time in Bombay (April 3, 1837). Sidebottom lists three covers sent on this date to Calcutta and none to Bombay, however more may have since come to light. A generally fi ne and very scarce entire. Signed Todd AIEP. Note 1: Journey time 185 days. Note 2: Waghorn himself wrote that the Mail of "October 3rd from Falmouth left Suez by janissary for Mocha, as yet I do not know its progress...". See the cover dated 25 November 1836 from Waghorn in Alexandria to Sir John Phillipart, also in this sale. Provenance: Cavendish, Derby, 21 April 2005, lot 463

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