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Stamps tied by New York double oval machine cancel on registered cover to Des Moines, Iowa.

Stamps tied by "BOSTON, MASS." oval on Dec. 19, 1884 R. & E. Boris & Co. cover to Paris, France, with manuscript "PER STEAMER BRITANIC" and blue Paris receiving mark.

Stamps tied by "BOSTON, MASS." oval on R.& E. Boris & Co. cover to Paris, France, with manuscript "VIA ENGLAND", and blue Paris receiving mark. The 10c stamp with a puncture.

"FALMOUTH, MAINE MAY 9, 1887" duplex cancel on registered cover to Laibach (Ljubljana), Province of Carniola, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire with FXNY1a(IV) registry label. The 5c stamp damaged at right, the 10c stamp with stained perforations.
This is a scarce destination for that period, especially for registered mail. Ljubljana is the capital of modern, independent Slovenia of the former Yugoslavia.

New York double oval registry cancels on Scott Stamp & Coin, Co. corner card cover to France, with purple "REGISTERED RETURN RECEIPT" handstamp and type FXNY1a(III) registry label, and French receiving mark. The 5cstamp with gum stained perforations.

This cover is not only a registered letter but also displays a magenta handstamp REGISTERED RETURN RECEIPT requiring this more rarely used service in the foreign mails. Also, the addressee is the noted French motor engineer Edouard Delamare-DeBouteville (1856-1901), an early pioneer in the development of the automobile using a 4-stroke gasoline engine, and presumably an early stamp collector.

Stamps tied by "NEW YORK SEP. 30, 1885" duplex cancel on cover to British Burma, with manuscript "VIA ENGLAND" and via Brindisi. The 5c stamp faulty the 10c stamp with pieces missing at top the cover roughly opened at right.

Matching "KINEO, MAINE JUN. 23, 1885" postmark, forwarded by U.S. Despatch Post B.F. Stevens. The cover opened roughly at right and affecting the stamp.

Cover from Galesburg, ILL. to Amsterdam via New York on Aug. 19, 1884. The stamps with a horizontal crease, the cover with a hole at upper left.

"CORTLAND, N.Y. NOV. 9, 1886" cork duplex cancel on registered Second National Bank corner card cover to Marathon, N.Y.

Stamps tied with target cancels and matching "CHANTILLY, KAS. AUG. 13, 1889" postmark on illustrated "ODD FELLOWS PROTECTIVE & BENEFIT ASSN." return cover to Fort Madison, Iowa. The 2c stamp with a fault at bottom right.

Both stamps tied by cork cancels with "SACCARAPRA, ME. MAY 26, 1890" postmark on registered cover to Boston, Mass., with pink "BOSTON, MASS. REGISTRY DIV. MAY 27, 1890" oval handstamp on reverse. Both stamps with perf stains.

Stamps both tied by New York double oval registry cancels on registered R.P. Albrecht & Co. Stamp Dealer corner card cover to Stoughton, Wisc. The 10c stamp with a thin at upper right prior to use.