4 August 1840 Waghorn Cover

4 August 1840

Postal cover from waghorn (), bearing Unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office. Corinphila - 1840 (Aug 4): Entire letter from London to Madras, endorsed "via Marseilles & Egypt", annotated at top right "180 / GWW" by George W. Wheatley, struck with "CARE OF MESSRS. WAGHORN & Co. / LONDON ALEXANDRIA" in black (Sidebottom type 7). No rates in manuscript for payment to Alexandria and thus probably carried by hand outside the Mails to Egypt, and carried from Marseilles (Aug 9) on the "Prometheus" to Malta (Aug 13), from there to Alexandria on the "HMS Alecto", departing Suez (Aug 21) on the EIC "Zenobia", with framed "BOMBAY / STEAMER LETTER / Bearing" in black (Sept 11) with manuscript charge of 19 annas due to pay: 9 annas for Steam postage to Madras + 10 annas for a letter from Bombay up to 1 tola in weight and Madras 'G.P.O.' arrival (Sept 21) in red. A fi ne and scarce entire. Signed Todd AIEP

Max Uehlinger "Camellia"