Sale No: 3054
Lot No:3339
Symbol:Cat No:179

179, 1875 5c Blue, pair just tied on cover addressed to a Lieut. on "U.S.S. Gettysburg" care of the B.F. Stevens Despatch Agent in London by cork cancel with an accompanying South Orange NJ cds, red "London Paid JU 23 77" transit cds and partial strike of the double oval "United States Despatch Agent, B.F. Stevens, London Jun 25 1877" handstamp, backstamped London JU 23, a trivial bit of wrinkling, Fine and attractivernThe first USS Gettysburg was a steamer in the Union Navy. The ship was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1858, named Douglas, and operated for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between Liverpool, United Kingdom and Douglas on the Isle of Man until November 1862. She was then sold to the Confederacy, renamed Margaret and Jessie, and operated as a blockade runner until her capture by the Union on 5 November 1863. The ship was renamed Gettysburg and commissioned into the Union Navy in May 1864. From 1876-79, the ship was deployed on navigation survey duty in the Mediterranean. (Image)

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Sale No: 3054
Lot No:3340
Symbol:Cat No:185

185, 1897 5c Blue, single on a cover addressed to Germany, not tied by a light target cancel, West New Brighton NY May 27 cds alongside, partially struck backstamp, Very Fine and choice; illustrated in Brookman, Vol. II, pg 295 (Image)

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