cover 3c Orange Brown (10), pos. 72L2E, large margins to cut in, tied by clear "Brunswick, Me. 3 Paid Mar 23" c.d.s. on fresh 1852 buff cover to Hong Kong (via Macao), ms. "Rec'd Hong Kong Jan. 5 1853 per (coal ship) Gertrude/Macao" endorsement, mostly clear "U.S. Naval Lyceum" full-rigged sailing ship oval h.s., cover addressed to "Mr. John S. Sewall, U.S. Ship Saratoga, via Naval Lyceum, New York, N.Y." (at the Brooklyn Naval Yard), applied to mail carried by American ship captains to the various ships of the U.S. Naval Squadron on station in distant waters, delivery was unreliable to say the least, this letter took over nine months to reach the recipient, the 3c stamp paid only the U.S. domestic postage to New York, carried from N.Y. to Hong Kong by favor, very fine, a very scarce and desirable usage to Hong Kong and a rare naval forwarder's handstamp marking photo
cover 3c Orange Brown (10), pos. 72L2E, large margins to cut in, tied by clear "Brunswick, Me. 3 Paid Mar 23" c.d.s. on fresh 1852 buff cover to Hong Kong (via Macao), ms. "Rec'd Hong Kong Jan. 5 1853 per (coal ship) Gertrude/Macao" endorsement, mostly clear "U.S. Naval Lyceum" full-rigged sailing ship oval h.s., cover addressed to "Mr. John S. Sewall, U.S. Ship Saratoga, via Naval Lyceum, New York, N.Y." (at the Brooklyn Naval Yard), applied to mail carried by American ship captains to the various ships of the U.S. Naval Squadron on station in distant waters, delivery was unreliable to say the least, this letter took over nine months to reach the recipient, the 3c stamp paid only the U.S. domestic postage to New York, carried from N.Y. to Hong Kong by favor, very fine, a very scarce and desirable usage to Hong Kong and a rare naval forwarder's handstamp marking photo
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