Puerto Rico (US) » U.S. Administration - Regular Issues. 1898 (Aug 11) Registered cover to France, franked by forerunner 2c, 5c (2) and 6c, tied by cork cancels with Ponce registration cds at lower left, New York registration exchange label alongside, backstamped in transit at New York, few usual tone perforations; a very rare franking to pay the unusual double rate registration franking. (Image)

1902 (Apr 8) Registered cover from Ponce to France, franked by forerunners 3c and 15c, with usual peripheral tone perforations, tied by cork cancels with dispatch registration cds in purple adjacent, N.Y. exchange registration label at left. (Image)

1899-1902 Selection of eleven covers incl. stationery envelopes and one additional cover front, noted large "War Department" official envelope sent to New York by an attorney in the U.S. Provisional Court, endorsed "Via SS Caracas", franked at reduced rate with Puerto Rico 1899 2c (ex Gallagher and Vega), a 1900 (Jan 12) legal size penalty cover from San Juan to Washington, bearing 1899 2c & 8c type I, tied by segmented cork cancels, alongside showing framed San Juan registration ds, and a uprated 2c stationery envelope dated Feb 17 1900 from Puerto Rico with 1899 1c & 2c, tied by Playa Ponce, other destinations include Belgium, Great Britain (London and Liverpool), and Porto Rico, some filing crease and faults to be expected, a fine lot and scarce group. (Image)

1899 (May 31) Registered 4c stationery envelope (Tittmann correspondence) to Santa Ana (Texas), uprated by 2c marginal pair with overprint at 25 degree angle, and 10c, each tied by Spanish boxed "R" registry marking, faint dispatch cds at lower left, New York and Santa Ana bs; scarce. (Image)

1899 (June 2). Cover to Chicago bearing Puerto Rico 1899 1c and 2c se-tenant pair, pos. 45-46, the right stamp showing overprint "U" in "Portu" variety, tied by Ponce Military Station No. 1 duplex cancel, very fine. (Image)

1899 (July 21). Registered 5c stationery envelope to Iowa, additionally franked by 1899 1c, 2c (2), 5c and 8c, tied by Spanish boxed "R" registry marking, with purple "Registered./Ponce. Porto Rico." cds alongside, New York transit on back; very fine and scarce. (Image)

Revenues: 1901 1c to $50 Excise Revenue overprints in complete mint set, plus 1c and 10c blocks of four, fresh and fine to very fine, with the "key" $50 exceptionally nice; Scott $815; ex Tolman and Curtis. (Image)

1900 (Nov 13). Registered 5c stationery envelope from San Francisco to Batavia (Dutch Indies), additionally franked with 1899 5c & 8c, the latter with 25 degree angle overprint, lightly cancelled on dispatch, the 8c also tied by purple dispatch oval registration ds, New York registration label and London transit on face, New York and arrival ds on reverse; a rare destination. (Image)

1900 (Nov 15). Registered 5c stationery envelope from San Francisco to Plymouth (England), uprated with 1899 5c & 8c, tied by oval cancels on dispatch and alongside purple San Francisco registration oval ds, New York exchange registration label, and red London oval transits, backstamped on arrival; minor tone perforations, a rare registered usage. (Image)

1903-27 Two postcards sent to Switzerland, underpaid, including a 1903 Casa Blanca card, franked with USA 2c red to front, tied by a dumb cancel, with 10c postage due tied to back with Nyon cds, and a 1927 photo postcard of the Hotel Condado, with USA 2c, tied by San Juan wavy line cancel, and a 15c Switzerland postage due tied by Basel cds, fine examples.