Lot 643
St. Louis, Mo., registry label with pencil "13903" number on cover from Chicago Ill. to Mexico City, Mexico bearing 4¢ brown (303) strip of three tied by Chicago registry ovals, violet "Chicago, Ill., Registered, Feb 25, 1908" cds and matching "Return Receipt Demanded" straightline, reverse with magenta "Received at Saint Louis, Mo. / Feb 26 1908" transit backstamp and ultramarine Mexico City (3.1) arrival oval, Very Fine and choice use, Census No. STL-17, ex-Meroni, Heimberger.Scott No. FX-STL1 $700.
ONE OF ONLY 17 RECORDED ST. LOUIS REGISTRY LABEL USAGES, THIS BEING ONE OF 14 PRINTED EXAMPLES.
Realized: $900