Malaya Straits Settlements Penang
Malaya Straits Settlements Penang
£1,750.00
25th May 1835 Entire Letter to Madras showing at back a superb strike of the boxed PINANG datestamp of 25th May with Madras Ship Letter of the 28th June alongside. The address panel, somewhat faded, shows an endorsement “ per H.M. Ship Wolf”. The Wolf had been sent in 1835 by the British authorities to protect merchant shipping from the Malay pirates.