
Lot
1320
Laredo, Tex., registry label with ms. "143" number on legal size "Wm. J. De Gress, Hawaiian Consul, City of Mexico" corner card official cover with "On Hawaiian Provisional Government Service" imprint to the Gov. Printing Office, Doc. Proof Room, Washington D.C., bearing Mexico 10c orange pair tied by two strikes of Mexico D.F. (10.9) cds, two different Mexico registry labels, purple "Laredo, Texas, Oct 15 1898" straightline, reverse with two strikes of "W.J. De Gress, Mexico, Oct 9 1898" oval cachets and additional Hawaiian consulate label on pink paper used as a letter seal; cover and stamp faults including a repair at right adding a bit of the cover, Fine, Census No. LA-25, ex-Pietsch. Scott No. FX-LA1; $1,200 Estimate $500 - 750.
A STRIKING AND SCARCE EXAMPLE OF HAWAIIAN CONSULATE MAIL FROM MEXICO.
Realized: $500