Lot
1512 
San Francisco, Cal., registry label with sheet margin selvage on cover from Brigham, Utah to Taiohae, Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands (now French Polynesia), franked with pen-cancelled 8¢ violet brown and 10¢ orange brown (272, 282C) for the double UPU registry rate, manuscript "Via San Francisco and New Zealand", purple "Brigham, Utah Jul 9, 1900" boxed postmark, San Francisco (7.12) and Papeete, Tahiti (8.14) backstamps, Very Fine and exceedingly rare destination, ex-A.R.T. collection. Scott No. FX-SF1a Estimate $300 - 400.
Nukahiva Island, a small speck in the South Pacific, was surely the recipient of very little registered mail. The return address suggests the recipient was a Mormon Missionary.
Realized: $210