| FEBRUARY
23, 1864: 24c pale reddish brown lilac, two copies, 5c brown (#70,
#75), tied by two strikes of segmented cork cancels on folded letter
bearing red BOSTON BR.PKT. FEB 23 PAID, Hong Kong transit and small
MANILA 26 APR 64 receiver on reverse, blue Storer forwarder along with
“48” (British packet credit), red “1d”, “2” and “Via Marseilles” on front.
53c was
the single rate via Marseilles. The cover departed New York on February
25 on the Canarder "ASIA".
Absolutely
fabulous anti-slavery paragraph made more meaningful coming from
the common man. Also interesting tid-bits on the up-coming Presidential
campaign. |
