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1880 (Sep 8) Plain envelope to Paymaster Joseph Foster, U.S. Steamship “Monocacy, Yokohama bearing USA 5c tied 1 within three concentric circles with Washington D.C. cds alongside with on reverse San Francisco Cal /Rec’d (15 Sep) transit & Yokohama (12 Oct) arrival cds ………….U.S.S. Monocacy was a Civil War type Sidewheel Gunboat serving in the Asiatic Naval Squadron