Lot
147 
Cook Islands, 1892, First Issue, 1d black, white paper, in combination with 1892, First Issue, 10d carmine, toned paper, horizontal pair on legal size registered cover to W.A. Cooper in the Foreign Mail Dept. at the post office in San Francisco, Cal., tied by purple "Cook Islands, Rarotonga, P.O." circular handstamps, "Rarotonga, 6 Fe, 93" origin date stamp and Auckland registry transit, purple circular Government of the Cook Islands cachet handstamp on front and reverse, purple "Received in Bad Condition at San Francisco, Cal." handstamp below stamps; cover tears and edge nicks, F.-V.F. for this, a rare registry usage of first issues. SG No. 1+4 Estimate $750 - 1,000.