Lot no. 8063

1845: Entire letter from Edinburgh to William Leslie, Macau endorsed 'via Southampton' with Edinburgh 'Paid' despatch cds (Dec 31, 1844) and London tombstone 'Paid' datestamp (Jan 1, 1845) in red. Manuscript '1/-' prepaid in red with reverse showing double arc HONG KONG cds (April 21) in black. A fresh and fine entire with interesting content including a hand drawn map.  William Leslie was partner of the Hong Kong merchant Dent & Co.