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1849 (Oct 17) Stampless entire registered to Mirre Morton & Co., Ship Agents in Liverpool from Capt of ship describing the wreck of the Brig “Adelaide” in a hurricane at Narva, Estonia cancelled cyrillic unframed Narva/(1)7 Octob 1849 date stamp (the 1 of 17 is missing in d/s) with alongside poor oval Narva hand stamp. On face manuscript ⅞ & black unframed R hand stamp & rated in manuscript 2/1. On reverse boxed Tilsit/22 10 * 4-5 indicating overland route via Lithuania & manuscript 3¾ Pfg & with Liverpool (30 Oct) arrival cds.