Lot
1374 
San Juan, P.R., registry label with blue "1641" handstamped number, affixed on 2¢ entire (U385) uprated with two singles of 1¢ green (300) and 4¢ brown (303), plus single 6¢ Claret (305), all tied by tied by blurry strikes of "San Juan, Puerto Rico" boxed handstamps to Leipzig, Germany, New York (FX-NY1a) exchange label affixed, New York (5.21.1906) oval backstamps, German (5.29) arrival backstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. FX-SJ1 $2,000.
ONE OF ONLY NINE RECORDED USAGES OF THE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO REGISTRY LABEL — MAKING IT THE RAREST REGISTRY LABEL USED OUTSIDE THE U.S. MAINLAND.
The San Juan label is known in only one style and is the rarest of all the labels used outside the U.S. mainland with only nine examples recorded.
Realized: $3,250