30c Orange, 15c Black (71, 77). Tied by grid cancels, "Salem Mass. Apr. 15" circular datestamp on 1867 blue cover with printed address to Zanzibar, East Coast of Africa, with printed "Via Marseilles" and "Care" with printed label "Dr. Brooks, Seychelle Isles", light strike of 24c credit circular datestamp, red London transit, red "4-1/2d" British Colonial credit handstamp, "Mauritius JU 30" backstamp, expertly restored at right, Very Fine appearance, an attractive cover from the Goodhue correspondence, the 15c and 30c stamps pay the 45c British Mail via Marseilles rate for a letter up to a half-ounce, the addressee, Albert P. Goodhue, was a ship chandler and businessman from Salem, Massachusetts, he is probably related to Benjamin Goodhue, who served in the state senate from 1784-89 and then as Massachusetts representative in the first U.S. congress, Benjamin was a commercial merchant instrumental in establishing many of this country's revenue laws, and his son, Jonathan, was a prominent commercial merchant, the label directing this cover to the care of "Dr. Brooks" refers to Dr. James Henry Brooks, who was the chief medical surgeon as well as the German consul to the Seychelles from 1858 to 1879. A picture of the house in which he resided can be found at http://www.kenwynhouse.com , No. 22 in census published in Chronicle 234

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