Lot
1315 
"Key West", registry label with manuscript name, affixed on registered cover to Turkey bearing 5¢ dark blue (281), two singles, and 8¢ violet brown (272), cancelled by neat manuscript strokes, complete "Registered, Key West, Fla., Dec 13 1899" origin cds, New York (12.17) transit backstamp with New York registry label FX-NY1a(ii) affixed, Constantinople; couple minor flaws, Very Fine, Census No. KW-1. Scott No. FX-KW3; $3,000 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE KEY WEST FLA. REGISTRY LABEL.
It is noteworthy that this cover has the distinction of being mail in one century - but received in another without delays. This was the subject of an article in the American Philatelist December 1989 on p. 1148.