Lot 1477
St. Louis, Mo., registry label with ms. "13903" number on 1908 registered cover from Chicago Ill. to Mexico City, Mexico bearing 4¢ brown (303) strip of three tied by Chicago ovals, purple "Chicago Ill. Registered Feb 25 1908" origin cds, St. Louis (2.26) transit backstamp, ultramarine Mexico City (3.1) arrival backstamp and matching registry handstamp, Very Fine, Census No. STL-17.Scott No. FX-STL1; $1,000 Estimate $500 - 750.
ONE OF ONLY 17 RECORDED ST. LOUIS REGISTRY LABEL USAGES, THIS BEING ONE OF 14 PRINTED EXAMPLES.
Realized: $850