Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017
Category — China Mails, Inbound, Stampless
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Canton, China to New York. Gray folded letter datelined "Canton Oct. 3rd, 1838" and addressed to Messrs. Seth Low & Co. in New York, sender asks for 30 dozen concentrated compounds of sarsaparilla syrup, manuscript "Albion" at lower left and manuscript rating at top right, Very Fine, apparently carried outside of the mails to New York, sarsaparilla was a popular patent medicine considered a remedy for skin and blood problems, including protecting against venereal disease, ex Norman Bennett
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E. 200-300
350