Ref: K2832
- £325.00
1857 envelope to Leamington, Warwickshire, endorsed 'Per R.M.S. “Oneida” via Marseille', franked with a 6d cancelled by a barred obliterator with a MELBOURNE JA 26 1857. datestamp on the back. A London 4 MY 1857 datestamp is on the front of the cover and a Leamington 4 MY 57 arrival c.d.s. is on the back. The 'Oneida' sailed from Melbourne on January 28 with 10,156 oz of gold on board (£50,000) and 15 boxes of mail. On 23 February she put into King George's Sound with engine trouble. The gold, passengers and the mail were transferred to the 'European' which sailed from King George's Sound on 21 March and arrived at Suez on 19 April. The total journey took 98 days, well beyond the normal 65 – 70 days this trip should have taken.
