Lot 2
GB POs Abroad. 1840s-50s selection of stampless entires to London from Arica



Auction: 20 & 21 July 2026 10.30 BST
Description
GB POs Abroad. 1840s-50s selection of stampless entires to London (10), via Panama, each with Arica double arc cds, with one example in blue, another entire with Porus cds for 1847, and a range of British covers (39) franked by 1d reds. An interesting group for the postal and social historian. Variable condition. (53).
Footnote
Some of the letters were written by a surgeon's assistant who talks of chloroform being useful when describing an arm amputation of a woman who fell from a railway car. He also makes reference to a false yellow fever alarm in Winchester and describes Easter festivities.



