Losnr. 741 - 213.-217. Auktion
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Losnr. : 741 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Hotel Posts 1850 (Aug 4): Entire letter from Cairo written by Samuel Shepheard datelined from Shepheards Hotel, mailed to his wife Mary in London, mailed via British P.O. in Alexandria with superb double ring ALEXANDRIA on reverse in black (Aug 5), thence via Malta where disinfected with PURIFIÉ AU LAZARET / MALTE in black and London arrival (via Marseille) in red (Aug 17), where rated 2/1d. due to pay. A fine entire with full transcript concerning the suicide of a gentleman inhabiting room 12 - 'I heard West, the steward exclaim "Good God, he has cut his throat". I hastened to his room and found him weltering in his blood with his head nearly off..'. Shepheard then goes on to recount the deaths of two others in the letter and states 'the Pasha has left and gone to sea until the Cholera is over'. A fine and rare entire.Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : 900 CHF -
