Lot 42017 – 1865 (Sept 26). Envelope 1865 Third Printing 5 c. red-brown,

1865 (Sept 26). Envelope to Vermont, United States, franked for the internal postage with 1865 Third Printing 5 c. red-brown, faintly tied on dispatch by indistinct black circular hs, apparently tied additionally on arrival, charged “40” in ms, carried by the “Oneida” to Southampton (which diverted from her normal route to pass the Rocas reef, 200 miles off the Brazilian coast, to pick up passengers and crew from the wrecked “Duncan Dunbar”), London transit on back, an infrequent and desirable destination; ex Alemany.