Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. Used with 1¢ green (405) and 1¢ carmine (406), each tied by "Brooklyn N.Y., Y" ovals on 2¢ red entire to Auckland, New Zealand, reverse with Brooklyn Sta. Y (8.16.1912) origin, San Francisco (8/20) transit and Auckland (9.13) arrival backstamp; slightly rough opening at right, otherwise Very Fine and exceptionally rare registered use to New Zealand.
Scott No. F1; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. Used with 2¢ Wash., tied together by "United States Sea P.O., Jun 4 1914" duplex on registered "Ocean Letter" cover to New York N.Y.; large cover tear, Fine and exceptionally rare use from the U.S. Sea Post Office.
Scott No. F1; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. Used with 8¢ olive green (380), tied by "Fitchburg Mass." oval cancel on 1914 manila envelope to Havana, Cuba, purple boxed "Registered" handstamp, reverse with purple "Fitchburg Mass, Registered, Dec 23, 1914" origin cds and Boston (12.23) transit along with Havana (12.29) arrival cds ties 1914 Christmas Seal (WX15); small top edge flaws, Very Fine and scarce use to Cuba.
Scott No. F1; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. Used with 5¢ blue (428), tied by "Rock Island, Ill." double oval to Switzerland, reverse with purple "Rock Island, Ill. Registered, Nov 27 1916" cds and New York (11.29) transit, Schonenberg (12.20) arrival cds, French censor tape removed upon opening, purple "Carl Kuschl, Justice of the Peace" corner card handstamp, Very Fine and attractive use, ex-Landau.
Scott No. F1; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. Used with 5¢ blue (378), tied by "Ogden, Utah" double oval on registered cover to Holland, reverse with pink "Ogden, Utah, Registered, Fed 15, 1912" origin cds, New York (2.19) transit and Utrecht (2.29) leap year arrival, Very Fine, A scarce overseas F1 use., ex-Landau.
Scott No. F1; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Boston, Mass. Registry label with ms. "54841" number, affixed on registered cover to Germany bearing 10¢ green (226) and 3¢ Columbian (232), each tied by "Boston Mass, Camb" oval cancels and additional "A.R." handstamp, magenta "Registered / Mar 29 1893 / Cambridge Branch / Boston Mass., P.O." framed postmark, Gottingen (4.8) arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. FX-BO1; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Laredo, Tex. Registry exchange label with blue crayon manuscript "269" number tying on 1902 blue illustrated building ad cover from Houston, Tex. to Santa Lucrecia, Mexico, franked with 10¢ orange brown (283) tied by cork handstamp, purple straight line "Houston, Texas, Jul 11, 1902" registry date stamp and Nuevo Laredo registry handstamp; cover slightly reduced at right and small tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. FX-LA1; $1,000; Estimate $300 - 400. Scott $1,000
Est. $300-400 (Image)

Scott $1,000
Est. $300-400

Mobile Ala., 3 Paid, Nov 21. Red cds and black "Paid 6" circled handstamp plus manuscript "Register. No 480" on 1854 folded letter from the Bell correspondence to New Orleans La., Very Fine and scarce provisional registry use, Illustrated in Ashbook 1¢ 1851-57 Vol 2 book on page 353.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

A system for "Valuable", "Record(ed)", or "Registered" letters was introduced at the New Orleans post office in 1851, by postmaster Michel Musson and continued under his successor William G. Kendall (1853-1855). A small number of these pioneer "Registered" covers to and from New Orleans have survived to provide a record of this new experimental system that continued until the Federal Registry act of March 3, 1855 went into effect on the first day of July 1855. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

New Orleans, La. On incoming 1908 cover from Costa Rica to Chicago, Ill. franked with Costa Rica 10c black and blue, two singles + 5c black and yellow tied by Cartago barred boxed date stamp, with blue Cartago cds and registry handstamp; cover reduced at side and bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. FX-NO1; $600; Estimate $150 - 200. Scott $600
Est. $150-200 (Image)

Scott $600
Est. $150-200

New York, N.Y. Registry label with blue "20650" number, affixed on cover to Glarryford, Ireland, bearing 3¢ bright violet (302) and 10¢ pale red brown (307) plus 10¢ Special Delivery (E6), all tied by two strikes of "St. Louis Mo." registry ovals, purple "Registered / Jul 30 1908 / Saint Louis, Mo." three-line postmark and circled "R" registry handstamp, New York (8.1) transit backstamp; reduced slightly at right and edge wear, F.-V.F., a scarce special delivery registered foreign use..
Scott No. FX-NY1a; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

New York, N.Y., "3d or 4th Class". Registry label with "2853" number used on package front bearing France 15c pair and 50c tied by three strikes of Paris cds to Boston Mass., bold New York (3.5.1906) registry oval and purple Boston (3.6) and Fenway Sta. (3.7) arrival cds, F.-V.F., ex-A.R.T. Collection, Landau.
Scott No. FX-NY1d; Estimate $500 - 750.

ONE OF LESS THAN 6 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE NEW YORK "3RD OR 4TH CLASS" EXCHANGE LABEL PROPERLY USED ON COVER. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

(New York, N.Y.), blank label. Blue handstamped "48353", affixed on 1892 registered cover to Vienna, Austria bearing 15¢ indigo (227) tied by quartered cork, purple "Registered / South West Station / Jun 1 1892 / Chicago Ill." four-line postmark, New York (6.4) transit backstamp; couple mounting stains on back only, reduced slightly at left, F.-V.F., ex-Karlen.
Scott No. FX-NY4; $250; Estimate $200 - 300. Scott $250
Est. $200-300 (Image)

Scott $250
Est. $200-300

San Francisco, Cal. Registry exchange label on 2¢ red entire to Bathurst, N.S.W. uprated with 1¢ two singles + 4¢ + 5¢ Pan-Am issues tied by oval handstamps, purple straight line "Saginaw, Mich., May 1, 1902" registry date stamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. FX-SF1; Estimate $100 - 150. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

San Francisco, Cal. Purple registry exchange handstamp on 4¢ Jackson entire to Melbourne, Australia, uprated with 1902-03, 2¢ carmine, pair + 10¢ red brown tied by grid handstamps, purple "Mucatine, Iowa., Feb 2, 1906" origin date stamp, gold and black leaf corner card label and reverse with illustrated return labels, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Seattle, Wash. Registry exchange label on 1909 cover from Montevideo, Uruguay to Kobe, Japan, franked with Uruguay 1900 5c dull blue + 10c gray violet, pair tied by Montevideo cds's, origin registry etiquette and appropriate transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. FX-SE1b; $800; Estimate $300 - 400. Scott $800
Est. $300-400 (Image)

Scott $800
Est. $300-400