#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied by Segmented Duplex Cancel on Cover to Aspinwall, Panama (United States of Colombia) via Packet Steamship

"West Meriden, DE. Mar. 21 1873" " segmented duplex cancel, via packet "Henry Chauncey", and black "N. YORK STEAMSHIP MAR. 22" handstamp.

The letter is part of an extensive correspondence addressed to Lieutenant Frederick G. Hyde, then assigned aboard the U.S.S. Kansas, a steam and sail gunboat cruiser then on a survey expedition of the eastern Central American coast.