Bidspirit auction | Pre-philately. Maritime mail. Letter written

Pre-philately. Maritime mail. Letter written in Lisbon on April 5, 1804, carried by hand on the packet ship to Falmouth, where it was mailed, marked FALMOUTH/ Apr. 22 1804, postage 10d, to London, where it arrived on April 24. Letters carried by hand on packet ships from England are very rare.