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Auction: 23026 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1237

Cook Islands
Registered Mail
1895 (14 June) two similar covers registered to London or San Francisco, each bearing 1892 set of four cancelled by Raratonga c.d.s., with the framed Cook Islands Raratonga registered datestamp in purple with numbers "2052" and "2048" and with arrival registration handstamps and datestamps; also 1895 (17 Aug.) cover front to San Francisco with the set of four and similar markings, registration numbered "30782. (3 items)

Note: This third type registration mark was employed from April 1895 to May 1896 with serial numbers 1770 to 2082 and then 3032 to 3331

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£290

Starting price
£150