Los-Nr. 8107

1861: 1857/61,1¢ blue Type V (2 singles), 3¢ Dull red Type IV, 10¢ Green type V, all cancelled with manuscript “X” on cover with printed address from Indianapolis IN to Hong Kong via New York, London, and Marseilles; red NY British packet transit mark to left of stamps; Hong Kong and red London back stamps; the stamps pay three times the British Open Mail rate of 5¢ per ½ oz to the Cunard steamer and went unpaid thereafter. 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott 24, 26, 35). USS Hartford, launched in 1858, sailed in 1859 for the Cape of good hope  and the Far East carrying Flag Officer Cornelius K. Stribling, the newly appointed commander for the East India Squadron. In November 1859 USS Hartford embarked the American Minister to China, John Elliot Ward, at Hong Kong and carried him to Canton, Manila, Shanghai, Swatow and other Far Eastern ports to settle American claims and to arrange for favorable consideration of the US Nation’s interest.