Lot
1576 
(San Diego, Cal.), blank label with pencil "1250" number on cover to Mexico bearing 2¢ carmine, 8¢ violet brown (319, 306) tied by "San Diego Cal." registry ovals, magenta "Sta. No. 2, San Diego, Cal. Registered, Apr 13 1906" cds, Ensenada (4.17); cover faulty with reduction into 2¢ at right, Fine, Census No. SD-1. Scott No. FX-SD4; $4,500 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED SAN DIEGO REGISTRY LABELS USED ON COVER, THIS BEING THE ONLY BLANK LABEL RECORDED.
The San Diego exchange office apparently only used blank labels without a town designation. There is only one example known with manuscript name and the blank example offered here.
Realized: $625