Lot
1717 
Shanghai, China, red Roman "R" registry label with "4413" number on 1903 registered cover to San Francisco, Cal., franked with 1895, 3¢ purple + 1898, 5¢ dark blue, horizontal strip of three (268+281) tied by "U.S. Postal Agc'y, Shanghai, China, Feb. 14, 1903" duplex, "War Department, Official Business." corner card with latter part crossed out with corner card from transport ship U.S.A.T. "Burnside", reverse with Seattle, Wash. transit and receiving backstamps; couple vertical cover folds one affecting etiquette and stamps with some toned perfs, F.-V.F., a rare Shanghai, China registry etiquette usage, with only nine examples recorded. Scott No. FX-SH1b Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,700