Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2

First Issue, Overprinted at top 1903 (June 1): 3 r. brown & green and 5 r. ultramarinbe & violet used on 1903 registered cover addressed to Charles Lathrop Pack in Lakewood, NJ, USA tied by "Berbera / Somaliland" cds's (July 22) in black. Registration cachet centrally struck and reverse with Aden cds (and obverse with poor Sea P.O. oval registration), New York (Aug 13) and Lakewood datestamps and readdressed to Cleveland (Aug 17). Philatelic and some trivial aging but a rare usage of the high values on letter.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 12 Dec 2007, lot 865.