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1880 (Jul 5) Plain envelope to Paymaster Joseph Foster, U.S. Steamship “Monocacy, Yokohama bearing USA pair 5c tied 2? within three concentric circles with Lowell /Mass cds alongside with on reverse Boston (6 Jul) + San Francisco Cal /Rec’d (14 Jul transit & Yokohama (5 Aug) arrival cds ………….U.S.S. Monocacy was a Civil War type Sidewheel Gunboat serving in the Asiatic Naval Squadron