Details For Cover ID# 29482

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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Entered by: dwsnow
Added on:Jun 4, 22
Edited on:Jun 4, 22
 
Postmark: Dec 10, 1890
Origin: San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES
Destination: Bruxelles (Brussels), BELGIUM
 
Description:

1890 6c brown red Small Bank Note (224), 3c purple (221) and 4c dark brown (222), tied by cork cancels on 1884 2c brown postal entire (U277) to Brussels, Belgium, purple "San Francisco Registered Dec. 10, 1890" circular datestamp, New York registry label, Brussels "281" in circle carrier marking.  "New York, N.Y. Reg'y Div. 12-17 1890" transit backstamp and "Bruxelles 26 Dec 1890" arrival backstamp. Paid 5c UPU rate plus 10c registry fee. Ex-Johnson.

UPSS no. 797 postal entire, wmk 7, size 14, knife 82.

The sender, William Sellschopp, 120 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal., was listed as First Purchasing Agent of the American Philatelic Society in February 1890.

Owner's ID: 2728
 
Certificate? No
For Sale? No
Stampless? No
Stamps:Stamp images are from reference catalog. Click image to view at larger resolution.
[SNS 61] SNS# 61 [1890 3¢ Purple - USA Stamps 1890-1893 Issues]
[SNS 62] SNS# 62 [1890 4¢ Dark Brown - USA Stamps 1890-1893 Issues]
[SNS 64] SNS# 64 [1890 6¢ Brown Red - USA Stamps 1890-1893 Issues]