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Description
The Battle of Woosung : 1842 (Jul 3) entire letter from Woosung to Palavaram, India. There is no postal marking on the address panel but the handwritten “Rec. 15th Oct 1842” in black ink. On the flap with rectangular GPO transit (1842 OCT 15), faint Calcutta and Palavaram arrival c.d.s.The writer, a soldier who was supposed to participate in the battle of Woosung, stated in the letter that they were too late for the battle, “We reached Hong Kong on the first of June, left on the 5th, arrived here on the 25th...We were late for the assault on Woosung, where had already been taken, pillaged, plundered by regiments which had arrived before us...We are to proceed up the river to take Nankin.”After the battle of Chapu, the British force invaded Woosung in June 1842 and cleared the way to Chinkiang and Nanking.
Auction
19TH CENTURY CANTON, MACAO, HONG KONG AND THE OPIUM WAR, Lot 792
Provenance
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Other recorded marks at Palaveram
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Palaveram are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Palaveram HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Ava Auctions, 19TH CENTURY CANTON, MACAO, HONG KONG AND THE OPIUM WAR, lot 792.