cover 1891, 10c Violet on red (44), four average singles tied by either Canton or Hong Kong Apr.-July 1900 c.d.s. cancels on separate covers, all with ms. docketing of the 'U.S.S. Don Juan de Austria' (one of only three warships captured from Spain in the Spanish-American War), three with original contents (two headed with the ship's name), one letter mentions the food, life on the ship and the morale of the crew, another relates sleeping with their equipment (armed and ready for battle), Chinese rockets that they thought were a distress signal from the French Consulate, departure of the 'U.S.S. Princeton', arrival of two French gunboats; covers and stamps have faults or slight staining, otherwise very good-fine lot, desirable Boxer Rebellion postal history
cover 1891, 10c Violet on red (44), four average singles tied by either Canton or Hong Kong Apr.-July 1900 c.d.s. cancels on separate covers, all with ms. docketing of the 'U.S.S. Don Juan de Austria' (one of only three warships captured from Spain in the Spanish-American War), three with original contents (two headed with the ship's name), one letter mentions the food, life on the ship and the morale of the crew, another relates sleeping with their equipment (armed and ready for battle), Chinese rockets that they thought were a distress signal from the French Consulate, departure of the 'U.S.S. Princeton', arrival of two French gunboats; covers and stamps have faults or slight staining, otherwise very good-fine lot, desirable Boxer Rebellion postal history
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