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.