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Sale 28: The Winter Sale

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U.S. Postal History: Airmail & Other Back-of-the-Book Issues

Lot 921    

Offices in China, 4¢ orange brown + 6¢ red orange + 10¢ Registration, Darrah type II overprints, all tied by two strikes of bold "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China, Rec'd, Jul 28, 1914" cds's on oversized pre-printed address cover to Paris, France, purple registry boxed handstamp at left and reverse with matching "Shanghai, China (U.S. postal Agency.), Registered, Jul 28, 1914" cds, Hong Kong transit and receiving backstamps; cover with a couple file folds well away from stamps, Very Fine, one of the rarest Darrah overprint usages to a foreign destination bearing the unique example of the 10¢ Registration issue with the Darrah type II overprint on cover, ex Drucker; with 2006 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 3377+379+F1 vars.    Estimate $20,000 - 30,000.

Realized: $19,000

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