Lot no. 8071

1860: 2nd Opium War: 1857, 1 d. red, horizontal pair and 1856/57 4 d. rose, used on cover endorsed 'via Marseilles' to Canton, China addressed to Lieut. Pollard on 'H.M. Gunboat Staunch', neatly tied by '250' obliterators with 'Devonport' cds on reverse of despatch (Aug 25) and London transit cds in red, struck on obverse with '1d.' credit marking in red. A fine and attractive cover. Opinion Holcombe (1987).  HMS Staunch was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856. Provenance: John Sussex (Christie's 1987)