Sale No: 33
Lot No: 1404
Symbol: C
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 1869 (Sept. 10), Cover sent to U.S.S. Monocacy in Hong Kong, 1869 cover addressed to "1st Asst. Engineer, E.J. Whitaker U.S.N., U. S. Steamer Monocacy, Care of Thos. Hunt & Co., Hong Kong, China", franked with a cork-canceled 10¢ green F. grill (Scott US #96) and postmarked with a light Sep 10 Sackets Harbor, N.Y. c.d.s. and a red "San Francisco, Paid All, Oct 3" exchange office c.d.s.; reduced slightly at the left, Fine to Very Fine. This cover would have been carried from San Francisco on the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's China, departing Oct. 4, 1869, and arriving at Hong Kong on Nov. 8.,
Monocacy served in the Asiatic Squadron from 1867 until 1903. During her time with the squadron she surveyed the Inland Sea between Nagasaki and Osaka to locate appropriate sites for lighthouses; she patrolled off the coast of Japan; she charted the Yangtze River and was part of a five-ship survey expedition of the Salee River in Korea. In 1900 she became involved in the Boxer Rebellion and captured seven small craft off Tongku, China. She was sold to Japan in 1903. Est. HK$8,000-12,000
Est. HK$8,000-12,000
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Opening HK$ 10,000.00
Sold...HK$ 10,000.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 15:20:45 EST
Sold For 10000
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