30c Orange (71). Used with 3c Rose (65) and pair of 10c Green (68), tied by "Syracuse N.Y. May 16" (1865) duplex datestamp and target cancels on yellow cover to Commander Robert Townsend aboard the U.S.S. Wachusett in Macau, China, sender's directive "Via Marseilles", red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 1863 [error] May 20" (1865) circular datestamp, red "32" credit handstamp--carried on NGL America, departing New York May 20, 1865, arriving Southampton May 31, then by P&O route--red "London Paid EM JU 1 65" datestamp, red "1d" British Colonial credit handstamp, blue "Hong-Kong C JY 23 65" transit backstamp, Extremely Fine, a rare three-color franking to Macau, the Wachusett sailed in March 1865 to pursue the Confederate raider Shenandoah--in August, during a mission to track down pirates in China, Commander Townsend sailed up the Yangtze River and died of heat stroke

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