Lot 153 ANTIGUA

1845 (27 May) Entire Letter, nice early cover with interesting contents to London bearing manuscript charge marks and beautiful strike of ANTIGUA / MY 27 / 1845 double arc cancel (rated very rare by Robson Lowe). London receiving CDS in red, addr to a business in London the contents relate to boiling sugar, experimenting with new methods and to wait before spending large sums of money on the new system...asking for £400 to carry on the cultivation of the estates...mistaken about the oats as sending some by the Harmony...plenty of other stories and business matters updates. Filing folds otherwise fine.