Lot
1073 
U.S.F.S. Hartford Pacific Station (Pacific Ocean), printed corner card on cover to Brooklyn, N.Y., franked with 2¢ Bank Note (small faults & nat. straight edge) tied by fancy segmented cancel with "San Francisco, Cal. May 31" cds alongside, Very Fine.Milgram No. 590A Estimate $200 - 300.
In 1882, as Captain Stephen B. Luce's flagship of the North Atlantic Station, "Hartford" visited the Caroline Island, Hawaii, and Valparaíso, Chile, before arriving San Francisco on 17 March 1884. She then cruised in the Pacific until decommissioning 14 January 1887 at Mare Island, California, for apprentice sea-training use.