Baltimore, Md. (FX-BA2), handstamped "BALTIMORE" label on 1¢ entire from New York to Montevideo, Uruguay, uprated with two 2¢ & a 15¢ Bank Note (213, 189), toned perfs, tied by New York Station "P" ovals with matching "Registered" postmark, Jun 2, 1888, New York exchange office registry label and Montevideo receiver (26 Jul) all on front; on reverse New York Reg'y Div. oval (Jun 2 & 4), magenta straightline "BALTO MD. JUN 12 1(888)" and Rio de Janeiro transit c.d.s. (Jul 13); small part of top flap missing where remainder of Baltimore straightline would have been. Otherwise F.-V.F. and exceedingly rare.
Scott $2,500

One of only six recorded Baltimore labels with the handstamped town name. Scott $2,500 (Image)

Scott $2,500

Cristobal, C.Z. (FX-CZ1), on 1906 cover from Ancon C.Z. to Norfolk Va. franked with two 1¢ on 20c & an 8¢ on 50c (16, 20) tied by bar cancels, postmarked Ancon double oval, Oct 28, backstamped Cristobal (Oct 28), New York (Nov 5) & Norfolk (Nov 7). Very Fine.
Scott $500 Scott $500 (Image)

Scott $500

El Paso, Texas (FX-EP2), handstamped name with capital initials on 1910 cover from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Guadalajara, Mexico franked with a 10c pictorial tied by one of two strikes Port Au Prince c.d.s. Oct 22 Oct, with handstamped "Recommandée", backstamped New York (Oct 31), El Paso (Nov 6), Ciudad Juarez and Guadalajara (Nov 8). Very Fine.
Scott $1,000

One of only four recorded examples of the handstamped El Paso label. Scott $1,000 (Image)

Scott $1,000

El Paso, Texas (FX-EP2), handstamped name in all upper case letters, used on 1909 cover from Oakland, Cal. to Mexico City, Mexico, franked with five 2¢ Shields & a 2¢ Washington (319, 332) tied by target cancels, violet Oakland "Registered" c.d.s., Feb 2, along with boxed Ciudad Juarez & Mexico City registration number handstamps, backstamped El Paso (Feb 5), Ciudad Juarez (Feb 5) and Mexico City (Feb 8 - incorrect Jan ("Ene") month slug). F.-V.F.
Estimate $500 - 750

Another of the four recorded El Paso labels. (Image)

Havana, Cuba (FX-HA1), on 1899 cover from Havana to Carlstadt, N.J.; 2c on 2¢ entire (U8) uprated with 1c, 2c (2), 3c & 5c U.S. overprints (221, 222, 224, 225) tied by target cancels, violet straightline "Sep 9, 1899", no dated backstamp; 3c damaged. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $2,500

One of only twelve recorded. Scott $2,500 (Image)

Scott $2,500

Honolulu, Hawaii (FX-HO1 var.), registration no. "2866" applied with a manual numbering machine, on a fabulous registered round-the-world coveroriginating in New York City on June 17, 1903 and traveling through 14 cities in 11 countries, winding up back in New York on June 14, 1904; also present are exchange office registry labels from San Francisco, Hong Kong & British Guiana. As would be expected, despite being a heavy, linen-lined envelope (about 12" x 5"), the cover is somewhat battered, as are some of the stamps. It is, nonetheless, quite a remarkable piece of postal history.predating by many years the proliferation of such covers after the introduction of round-the-world airmail. One of only 7 known Honolulu labels.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000

Identifiable 1903 postmarks are New York City (Jun 17), St. John's, Newfoundland (Jun 6), Vancouver, B.C. (Jul 2 & 7), San Francisco (Jul 10), Christchurch & Auckland, N.Z. (Aug 6/11), Honolulu (Aug 25), Hong Kong (Sep 23). Then, in 1904, after a delay of more than four months, The cover wnet to Hong Kong (Feb 4), Colombo, Ceylon (Mar 5), Johannesburg, Transvaal (Apr 3, 4, 6, 9), Batavia & Soerabaja, Dutch Indies (Apr 15, 17), London & Fulham, England (Apr 30/May 6), Georgetown, Br. Guiana (Jun 2) and back to New York City (Jun 14). It was re-addressed and posted in every country but Ceylon (Hawaii using U.S. stamps and Vancouver using Canadian. (Image)

Jacksonville, Fla. (FX-JA2), used on 1900 cover from Yokohama, Japan to Havana, Cuba, franked with 8s & 10s stamps on a 2s stamped envelope tied by Japanese c.d.s.s with two Yokohama exchange office registry labels, one in Japanese, the other in English, all other markings on reverse: Yokohama (Jul 5), San Francisco (Aug 4) Jacksonville (Aug 12) and Havana (Aug 15, 2 different); light all-over toning. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

Only 5 of the Jacksonville label are recorded. (Image)

Jacksonville, Fla., label with no town name and manuscript registration number on 1899 cover from Huguenot, Ga. to Havana, Cuba, a 5¢ Columbian entire with an 8¢ & two 10¢ Trans-Mississippis tied by small target cancels, postmarked Hugenot c.d.s., Feb 17, backstamped "Jacksonville, Fla. Recieved, Reg. Div." (Feb 19) and Havana (Feb 22). Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

An excellent exot so-call "utility label" without town name. (Image)

Key West, Fla. (FX-KW3), on 1896 cover from Key West to Breslau, Germany, franked with 1¢, 2¢ & two 10¢ First Bureaus (264, 267, 258) tied by two of three strikes fancy framed Key West Registered postmark in violet (Jan 21), backstamped New York (Jan 27) and Breslau distribution c.d.s. (Feb 7); file fold across bottom, bit of soiling. Fine.
Scott $3,000

One of just three recorded Key West labels. Scott $3,000 (Image)

Scott $3,000

Laredo, Texas (FX-LA1), on 2¢ entire to Mexico City, Mexico, uprated with 3¢ violet & 5¢ blue (302, 304), postmarked Cuero, Tex., Jun 3, 1905; handstamped registry markings from Nuevo Laredo, Mex. & Mexico City, backstamped Laredo registry postmark (Jun 4), Nuevo Laredo (Jun 5) and Mexico City (Jun 7). Very Fine. One of 27 recorded.
Scott $1,200 Scott $1,200 (Image)

Scott $1,200

Miami, Fla. (FX-MI Unlisted), handstamped name and manuscript registration number, used in conjunction with New York exchange office label FX-NY1a (iv) on 1904 cover from New Angledool, New South Wales to Nassau, Bahamas, franked with 5½d postage tied by "1199" barred ovals with large handstamped "R", all other markings on reverse: Angledool c.d.s. (Feb 5), transits from Sydney N.S.W. (Feb 8), San Francisco (Mar 16), New York (Mar 20 & 21), Miami (Mar 24) plus Nassau receiver (Mar 26); bit of mounting damage on reverse. Otherwise Very Fine and apparently unique.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

No Miami exchange label has been previously recorded. (Image)

New Orleans, La. (FX-NO1), on 1903 cover from Chicago to San José, Costa Rica, 4¢ entire franked with 1898 5¢ blue & 4¢ Pan-American (281, 296) tied by Chicago double ovals with Chicago Sub-Station 87 registration postmark, Apr 4, backstamped New Orleans (Apl 6) and San José (Apr 15); reverse also bears an Pan-American Exposition label depicting the Puerto Rico Exhibi. Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (ii)), on 2¢ entire from Port Townsend, Wash. to England, uprated with 1¢, 4¢ & 6¢ First Bureaus (279, 280a, 282) canceled by nice "kicking mules", cover bears a Port Townsend corner card but no datestamp, backstamped New York, Sep 28, 1900, and Wolverhampton, England, Oct 7;. F.-V.F.
Estimate $400 - 500 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (ii)), used on 1899 cover from Belize, British Honduras to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, franked with 10c on 4d violet tied by Nov 3 Belize c.d.s. with large "R" alongside, backstamped New Orleans (Nov 7), New York (Nov 10) and London (Nov 19), no Falklands markings;. Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (ii)), used on multicolor allover Pan-American advertising cover from Litchfield Ct. Sarawak, Borneo, franked with 1¢, 4¢ & 8¢ Pan-Americans (294, 296, 298) tied by light smudge cancels with Nov 4 Litchfield c.d.s. alongside, London transit c.d.s. (Nov 13) on front, backstamped New York (Nov 4), no Borneo markings; reverse bears for different Pan-American Exhibition labels; bit of light allover toning. Fine.
Estimate $400 - 500 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (ii)), on 1899 cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Dubrovnik, Austria franked with six different 1894-99 Pictorials (74, 77, 78, 80-82) tied by magenta Honolulu c.d.s.s, Oct 30, with matching large "R" and straightline "General Post Office", backstamped San Francisco (Nov 6), New York (Nov 17) and Dubrovnik (Nov 27); a bit of insignificant light toning around a couple of stamps and reduced slightly at left. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (ii)), on 1897 cover from Philadelphia to Meester-Cornelis, Java, 1¢ entire franked with 1890 4¢ & 8¢ (222, 225) tied by Philadelphia double ovals, London transit oval (Mar 28) on front, Philadelphia registry postmark on reverse, Mar 20, also New York oval and Batavia transit & Meester Cornelis receiver (both Apr 29); slight damage on back obscures part of New York & Philadelphia markings. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400 (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (iii)), on 1895 fumigated cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Colaba, Bombay, India, 1¢ entire (U1) uprated with 17¢ postge (33, 37, 52C, 58) tied by magenta target cancels and postmarked matching Honolulu c.d.s., Sep 30, 1895, and "Registered Hawaii P.O." in large "R", backstamped San Francisco (Oct 9), New York (Oct 15), Sea Post Office (Nov 5) & Colaba (Nov 10); upper left & lower right corners snipped off to fumigate the contents. F.-V.F.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

A cholera epidemic struck Honolulu in August and September of 1895 killing 64 people. (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (iii)), on 1894 cover from Apia, Samoa to London, England, locally franked with Samoa ½d brown violet & 5d on 4d blue (9c, 22) tied Apia c.d.s., Aug 1, 1894, two different registered handstamps, U.S. 3¢ purple & 10¢ green (221, 226) tied by indistinct San Francisco ovals with magenta Aug 21 San Francisco registry postmark, readdressed from London to Richmond, several transit handstamps, front and back. F.-V.F.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

All stamps were applied in Samoa, which was not yet a member of the U.P.U. The Samoan stamps paid the local registry fee and postage to the U.S., while the U.S stamps paid the U.S. 8¢ registry fee and the 5¢ U.P.U. letter rate. This was the last mail requiring mixed franking prior to Samoa's admission to the U.P.U. (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (iv)), on 1883 cover from New Haven Ct. to Butzbach Germany franked with 15¢ orange (189) tied by circle-of-wedges, postmarked violet straightline "Registered/ Jan 17 1883/ New Haven, Conn.", backstamped Butzback, Mar 1; stamp with tiny perf tear. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400

Believed to be the earliest recorded usage of the New York City exchange office label, the use of which began on January 1, 1883. (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a (iv)), on 1910 cover from Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia to Pedro-Miguel, Canal Zone franked with a 4g Pictorial tied by one of two strikes Addis-Ababa c.d.s., 22 Oct, backstamped New York (Nov 22 & 23) and Cristobal C.Z. (Dec 1). F.-V.F.
Estimate $300 - 400

Provenance: Boksenbom. (Image)

New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1b (i)), on 1885 cover from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6¢ entire (U181) uprated with 4¢ & two 5¢ Bank Notes (185, 205, 211) paying the 10¢ registry fee and twice the 5¢ U.P.U. rate, tied by New York REG ovals with Oct 17 "REG'Y. DIV." oval, backstamped Buenos Aires (Dec 1); minor edge wear. Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750

A most unusual four-color franking, utilizing the two different 5¢ Bank Notes. (Image)

Nogales, Ariz. (FX-NOG1), on reverse of 2¢ entire to Hermosillo, Mexico, uprated with 8¢ violet black (306), postmarked Healdsburg, Cal., Sep 21, 1907; backstamped Nogales, Ariz. (Sep 25), Nogales, Mex. (Sep 25) & Hermosillo (Sep 26); the letter was unclaimed and bears later datestamps of Hermosillo (Oct 6 & 18), Dead Letter Office (Nov 20, Nogales, Ariz.?) and Healdsburg (Dec 10). Very Fine. One of only nine recorded with the printed name.
Scott $1,000 Scott $1,000 (Image)

Scott $1,000

Nogales, Ariz. (FX-NOG2), on legal size cover to Guaymas, Mexico, franked 8¢ Small Bank Note & 2¢ First Bureau (225, 252), postmarked Lawrence, Kans., Oct 26, 1895 with Mexican registry transit datestamp (Oct 31) and Guaymas receiver (Nov 1); the letter was unclaimed and bears later Mexican and U.S. Dead Letter Office datestamps (Dec 30 & Feb 19, 1896), plus, on reverse, small handstamp "Recd In Bad Condition"; reduced slightly at top with two vertical file folds and a few small sealed edge tears. Fine.
Scott $1,300

One of just six recorded with the name handstamped. Scott $1,300 (Image)

Scott $1,300

Philadelphia, Pa. (FX-PH1b), used in conjunction with New York exchange office label FX-NY1a (iv) on 1894 cover from New York to St. Thomas, D.W.I. franked strip of 3 5¢ brown (255) tied by New York station "E" ovals, postmarked Aug 16, backstamped Philadelphia (Aug 21) and St. Thomas (Aug 28); bit of side flap missing affecting the St. Thomas postmark. Otherwise Very Fine and exceedingly rare.
Estimate $200 - 300 (Image)