Line of packets for Calcutta..
George Smith & Sons.
John Jeffrey & Co. Ltd.,former owner.StEdNL
[Glasgow : George Smith & Sons,
Advertising sheet, with sailing ship vignette, folded to form a letter, listing the 'City Line' sailing ships on the Glasgow to Calcutta route and giving notice of the forthcoming departure dates of the 'City of Edinburgh' and 'City of Manchester'.
George Smith & Sons commenced shipowning in Glasgow in 1840 and built up a fleet of City Line sailing packets, sailing initially to India and later to South America, West Indies, Australia andNew Zealand, and New York. The company was sold to J.R. Ellerman in 1901 and became Ellerman's City Line. 'City of Edinburgh' was launched in 1852 and wrecked in the Bay of Bengal in 1869. 'City of Manchester' was built in 1854 and sold in 1871.
With Glasgow and Edinburgh frank marks and penny red stamp, and sent from George Smith & Sons in Glasgow to "Messrs. John Jeffrey & Co. Brewers Edinburgh". Jeffrey had a brewery in the Grassmarket and later at Roseburn Terrace.
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