The February Sale

Registry Exchange Label, Boston, MA, printed name, registry label affixed on cover to Dresden, Germany bearing 15¢ pale ultramarine (382) tied by "Boston, Mass." oval, "Boston (North Boston Sta.) Mass., Registered. Apr 5, 1910" 1549A domestic label affixed, Dresden Apr. 17th arrival backstamp, Very Fine.

Scott No. FX-BO1   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

Registry Exchange Label, Havana, Cuba, printed name, registry label with magenta "8225" number on 1900 registered cover from Cuba to Schenectady N.Y. bearing Cuba, 1c green, 2c carmine pair and 10c brown , each tied by matching target cancel, magenta "Registered No, Mar 24 1900, Cienfuegos, Cuba." three-line postmark, reverse with Havana Registered (3.25) transit and New York (3.29) transits, Very Fine and choice, Census No. HA-14.

Scott No. FX-HA1   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $2,000.

ONE OF ONLY 14 RECORDED HAVANA, CUBA REGISTRY LABEL USAGES.

Registry Exchange Label, Naco, AZ, handstamped name with block letters, registry label no. 7311, affixed and purple "Naco, Ariz. Registered, Dec 6, 1900" cds on 2¢ red brown entire bearing 6¢ claret (305) and 2¢ shield (319) tied by "Baltimore Md., Reg." double-ovals, purple "Baltimore, Md. Reg. Div., Nov 29, 1907" cds to Cananea, Mexico , forwarded to El Paso, Texas, purple El Paso (12.7) backstamp and El Paso (12.9), forwarded again to Barrizoza, N.M., Mexican "Naco, Son." registry framed backstamps, Very Fine.

Scott No. FX-NA2b   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $3,500.

ONE OF FOUR RECORDED NACO, ARIZONA EXCHANGE LABEL USES, ONLY TWO OF WHICH ARE WITH BLOCK LETTERS.

Registry Exchange Label, New York, N.Y., registry label, affixed on cover bearing 15¢ yellow orange (163) well centered, bright color, tied by neat circle of wedges, purple "Registered, Jan 17, 1883, New Haven, Conn." three-line postmark addressed attractively in purple to Germany , reverse with purple New York "B" (1.18) transit and Butzbach (2.1) arrival backstamp; 15¢ small flaws, fresh and Very Fine, an exceptionally early registry label use .

Scott No. FX-NY1a (iv)   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

The use of exchange labels began at New York City exchange office on January 1, 1883.

Registry Exchange Label, New York, N.Y., registry label, affixed on 4¢ entire with Mekeel corner card to Germany bearing 1¢ ultramarine (212) and 15¢ orange (189) , tied by "St. Louis Mo." ovals, bblue "Regsitered, Mar 13 1890, St. Louis, Mo." three-line postmark, reverse with New York (3.17) oval and Chemnitz (4.1) arrival backstamp; small flaws, fresh and still Very Fine.

Scott No. FX-NY1a   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

Registry Exchange Label, New York, N.Y., registry label, affixed on cover bearing 10¢ pale red brown (307) tied by sharp "Cincinnati, Reg" oval, purple "Cincinnati, Ohio, Registered. Feb 24, 1909" cds adjacent to Dresden, Germany , Cincinnati 1549A domestic label affixed at left, fresh and Very Fine, a scarce domestic and foreign registry label use .

Scott No. FX-NY1a   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

Registry Exchange Label, New York, NY, printed name and "3rd or 4th CLASS", affixed over stamps on 1905 pink package label from Spain registered to Brooklyn N.Y. bearing Spain 15c purple and 25c blue, two singles of each, tied by partial Barcelona Registered (12.1) framed origin handstamp strikes, matching "R" and "Certificado" straightline; flaws, Fine and scarce New York 3rd Class label use.

Scott No. FX-NY1d   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $1,000.

Registry Exchange Label, San Francisco, CA, printed name in sans-serif letters, registry label used on B.L. Drew & Co. cover bearing 2¢ red (279B) , two singles, and 5¢ dark blue (281) , two pairs, each tied by "Boston, Mass." oval, partial Boston registry postmark to New Zealand , reverse with purple San Francisco (3.7) transit and Oamaru (4.13) arrival cds; some wear, F.-V.F.

Scott No. FX-SF1a   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

Registry Mail and Exchange Label Balance, group of 26 covers mostly with exchange labels including mostly First Bureau and Second Bureau issue frankings including #236 on 10¢ Columbian entire with New York exchange label to Germany; #319 two pairs on 2¢ entire with New York label to London, #319, 305 pair on faulty repaired legal-size cover front with San Antonio, Tex label (FX-SA1 cat. $2,000) to Mexico, #301, 307 (2), 319 on 1905 cover with New York exchange label to Haiti, #306 on 5¢ Lincoln entire with New York label to Belgium; couple 1900-01 Hawaii registry use to San Francisco, #189, 209 reduced New York domestic registry use to Lead City Dak.; some faults, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $750 - 1,000.