364 / März 2017

1787 (Jan 16): Entire letter from a member of staff at the British Museum addressed to a Captain MacDonald, an Artillery Captain and Engineer at Bencoolen, Sumatra concerning a possible patent for making fuses. The entire re-addressed from Bencoolen to Bengal and struck on reverse with rare straight line BEARING POSTAGE at Calcutta in black (Hammond Giles fig. 3). Docketing of receipt in manuscript on reverse (Oct 6, 1787). An interesting and fine entire.