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1891 (Dec 17) War Library & Museum Military Order of the Loyal Legion at the United States printed envelope with contents to Captain H. B. Deely USN, USS Lancaster c/o Navy Pay Office, San Francisco deleted in blue crayon & sent Yokohama, Japan & forwarded again c/o US Consul at Hong Kong bearing USA 2c tied 3 within three concentric circles with Philadelphia cds alongside, San Francisco Cal Duplex No 1 (22 Dec) transit & blue crayon 6 for deficient postage alongside black unframed 15 /Ctms /T hand stamp with on reverse partial San Francisco /rec’d (24 Dec) + Yokohama (22 Jan 92) transit & Hong Kong (30 Jan) arrival cds ………….U.S.S. Lancaster left New York en route far East via Cape Town & Singapore arriving Hong Kong 4 Jan 1892 & served as Flag ship to the Asiatic Fleet until 1894 cruising extensively off the China coast & in Japanese waters