1886 Lovely THREE COLOUR FRANKING on stationery envelope with backflap FLAGSHIP LANCASTER to USA franked Hope Seated values totalling 7½d cancelled three strikes Cape Town squared circle cds's JA 23 and 2½d Accountancy mark. Redirected from original Maine address to Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. Relevant backstamps. An attractive cover. The US Navy sloop-of-war Lancaster was at this period patrolling the west coast of Africa, sailing here and in South America until 1888.