【Spring 2024 Sales Special Features: HONG KONG POSTAL STATIONERY CARD USED IN US LEGATION IN BANGKOK】
1886 Hong Kong (22 May) to USA. Hong Kong QV 3c PSC, tied by crisp, full strike of USA Legation in Bangkok seal. Transit San Francisco (20 Jun). Arrived Washington (27 Jun). Probably unique. Addressed to General F M Cockrell, Washington D C, USA. Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834–December 13, 1915) was a Brigadier general of the Confederate Army and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms from 1875 to 1905, when he retired. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians. Excerpt of message:
Hong Kong May 22 1886
General
So far we have ……. in our leaving, having stopped Honolulu and Japan. We will leave here today at noon for Bangkok. Another weeks … and …our journey will be over. Mrs C and N children…
Respectfully Y J Chill
【春拍拍品介紹：美國駐曼谷公使館使用的香港郵資片】
1886.5.22 香港寄美國。香港維多利亞女皇像3仙郵資片，銷完整清晰的美國駐曼谷公使館戳記，為目前謹見。6.20經三藩市。6.27抵華盛頓。
收信人柯維爾准將，曾是南軍將領，1875-1905年間出任美國參議員。明信片敘述：
我們路過檀香山和日本，今天離開本地（香港）去曼谷，再過一周旅游就結束了。
