Lot 42038 – 1827 (Nov 29). Entire letter from Montevideo to Coldstream, redirected to Edinburgh, sent by a naval officer on board HMS “Cadmus” in Uruguay

1827 (Nov 29). Entire letter from Montevideo to Coldstream, redirected to Edinburgh, sent by a naval officer on board HMS “Cadmus” in Uruguay during the Portuguese-Brazilian occupation, carried via Rio de Janeiro to Falmouth by the HMS “Osborne”, with “BRAZIL/FE 24 1828/F” ds unusually applied in green and infrequently struck so clearly, originally charged “3/9” (2/7 packet plus 1/3 less 1d inland) uprated to ‘4/5’ for 8d from Coldstream to Edinburgh. Interesting contents concerning a naval engagement in the River Plate: “A vessel unexpectedly fired a shot close to us, and by the time we got all sail in, and guns ready, two others. We accordingly gave her a dozen from one side, when she tried to escape, but we made sail after her, and when Captaincies Thompson hailed her, she fired two volleys of musketry. (…) Finding she could not escape, she fired a gun and surrendered. I went on board and found her to be a privateer called General Dorrego”.