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Pre-Post Office Mail
1835 Ship Letter
27 June 1835 - Sierra Leone to London. Charge 8d ship letter plus 8d UK postage from Deal to London.
London backstamp Prior to the establishment of the first packet service Contemporary newspaper
in 1847, all mail was carried either privately or as a announcement of arrivals at Deal.
ship letter. This letter was carried by Brothers, under
Capt. Davies, which landed at Deal on 11 September
1835. This is confirmed by a London backstamp of
the following day.
