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Scottish Industries Paper
2/- paid
Paid Packet Letter sent
18 October, 1847 ia
Southampton b
Ro al Mail Steam
Packet Medway from
Glasgow. Manuscript
2/-, recei er marking
re erse.
Scottish compan ,
Re erse notations on
shipment from
Glasgow.
Ta Valparaiso, Chile, 16 OctobEr, 1847
Chi[e encouraged Sc.ottish immigrants, Scots came t;o Valparaiso se,aports tracdlng in exporte,d goods.
<l unpaid
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lima, Peru, 10 May, 1848
Unpaid Ship Letter to Edinburgh. Black 8 handstamp applied at Liverpool upon receipt for 8d per \12 oz.
6 October, Liverpool, 7 October, Edinburgh. Reverse octagonal Liverpool Ship datestamp.
Notation: «Duplicate- Original, Lima May 10, 1848"
Sending a duplicate was a common practice to insure against lost mail.
Above: "One case of paper remains unsold. Please send part ruled with blue lines, sending samples of each kind."
The Scottish paper industry had the advantage of abundant natural resources and low cost tabor, and it sold paper worldwide.
