Lot 467
Cook Islands, 1893-94, 1d blue, 2½d rose and 5d olive gray, three color franking with each tied by strike of "Rarotonga, 18 OC 95" cds on registered cover to Barbados, perfect purple "R, Cook Islands" framed handstamp, reverse with Auckland (10.30), San Francisco (11.22), New York (11.29) and Barbados (11.11) arrival cds, New York, N.Y. registry label FX-NY1a(ii) with blue "42191" number on cover from Cook Islands to Barbados, Very Fine.Scott No. 10, 12-13 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL REGISTERED USE FROM COOK ISLANDS TO BARBADOS WITH A THREE-COLOR FRANKING.
Realized: $1,200