RCSD interesting covers 7

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ARCTIC EXPEDITION
The cover illustrated above must be one of the earliest pieces of
postal history associated with exploration of the Polar regions, since
it relates to a proposed Expedition to the Arctic of 1845-
The official envelope is from the Admiralty, Somerset House,
London, to a Doctor I.T.U. Bremner, assistant surgeon on HMS
Flying Fish, of Plymouth. The letter inside, from the Director General
of the Medical Department of the British Navy reads; "I have to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 30th ultimo, offering
your services as an Assistant Surgeon in the Expedition which you
understand is shortly to be fitted out for the North Pole". The letter
is
signed "Your humble servant"'W. Burnett, Director General. The
envelope is stampless, being official correspondence, but bears a
clear Admiralty postmark, "PAID JA 1 1845".
The interesting thing about the envelope and letter is the speed with
which the correspondence was conducted in those far off days.
Doctor Bremner's letter to the Admiralty was penned on December
30, 1844 and probably was delivered to the Admiralty on the 31st.
The Admiralty, with commendable promptitude replied the next day
- January 1st 1845 - no taking time off for Public Holidays then.
These days a letter would probably take a week to get from Plymouth
to London and would then be lost in the Admiralty pigeonholes for
six months. Who said anything about the good old days!
The letter and envelope is from the Postal History collection of
"Stamp News" editor Bill Hornadge.

http://cjoint.com/data/bzvJPG4cSC.htm

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http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/...400/P39566.jpg

Description: The Upper Deck of HMS 'Flying Fish' showing a
group of young slaves rescued from a dhow off Madagascar on
15 May 1875. Slaves captured all over Eastern Africa were
taken to Madagascar.

Creator: Unknown Date: 1875
Credit: National Maritime Museum, London

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Many former East African slaves freed by the Royal Navy
were later employed in the British merchant navy by
the Peninsula & Oriental (P&O) or British India
Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).

Blair

What a disturbing image,
I imagined slaves to be muscled, tanned and mid twenties,
these are but tiny children.
What would happen in Madagascar? would that be the
"market" for sale to the rest of the world?



| http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/...400/P39566.jpg
|
| Description: The Upper Deck of HMS 'Flying Fish' showing a
| group of young slaves rescued from a dhow off Madagascar on
| 15 May 1875. Slaves captured all over Eastern Africa were
| taken to Madagascar.
|
| Creator: Unknown Date: 1875
| Credit: National Maritime Museum, London
|
| =========================================
|
| Many former East African slaves freed by the Royal Navy
| were later employed in the British merchant navy by
| the Peninsula & Oriental (P&O) or British India
| Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).
|
| Blair

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:43:43 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

What a disturbing image,
I imagined slaves to be muscled, tanned and mid twenties,
these are but tiny children.
What would happen in Madagascar? would that be the
"market" for sale to the rest of the world?

There's still a slave trade in central northeast Africa in some
places. This was not only a snatch and grab policy of the
colonialists, but of some of the indigenous peoples as well.

Unfortunately, only the exporting of slaves (slave trade) to America
was truly noticed and / or as pronounced as it was - or so it seems.

However you cut it, it still BAD.

| http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/...400/P39566.jpg
|
| Description: The Upper Deck of HMS 'Flying Fish' showing a
| group of young slaves rescued from a dhow off Madagascar on
| 15 May 1875. Slaves captured all over Eastern Africa were
| taken to Madagascar.
|
| Creator: Unknown Date: 1875
| Credit: National Maritime Museum, London
|
| =========================================
|
| Many former East African slaves freed by the Royal Navy
| were later employed in the British merchant navy by
| the Peninsula & Oriental (P&O) or British India
| Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).
|
| Blair