Lot 769
Panama, Colombia 1892, Registration, 10c Yellow Brown on Light Buff, vertical pair with manuscript "1985" registry numbers, used with Panama 1892-96, 20c violet, horizontal pair, nat. s.e. at top, tied by purple "Colon, 20 May 1902" cds on Mallet correspondence legal size cover to Brighton, England, New York (5.27) transit backstamp and New York registry exchange label affixed, red London (6.5) arrival datestamp; wax seal stain, Fine.Scott No. Colombia F12 (2) + Panama 19 (2) Estimate $200 - 300.
Colon had a stock of Colombian registration stamps at the time of the mid-April 1902 rate increase. At first the two of the 10c registry stamps were used on covers to pay the doubled rate.
Realized: $300