Lot 1773

1879 Macao (10 Apr) to USA. Registered cover, applied with Macao type 3-3-2 single ringed index B cds and framed "REGISTADA" marking (handfilled no.9) . In combination with Hong Kong QV 12c + 8c, tied by B62 obliterator, alongside with Hong Kong (11 Apr) cds. Transit London (19 May). Arrived New York (31 May). Rough edges and monting remnant on reverse. It is the earliest record of "REGISTADA" mark. Macao type 3-3-2 cds is also scarce as Choi Cheong Too only recorded 15 covers and postcards. Ex- F. Mayer. No. 891 cover in "A Survey and Recorded Postal History of Macau 1616-1891" by Choi Cheong Too. Illustration fig 172, p. 407 in "Historia e Desenvolvimento dos Correios e das Telecomunicacoes de Macau" by Luis Virgilio de Brito Frazao. With exhibit page.

1879.4.10 澳門寄美國。掛號封，鈐澳門3-3-2型B字單圈日戳及“REGISTADA”帶框掛號章（手填號碼9）。加貼香港維多利亞女皇像12仙 + 8仙，銷B62殺手戳，另鈐香港4.11日戳。5.19經倫敦。5.31抵紐約。邊緣磨損，背帶粘痕。此為“REGISTADA”戳記之最早例子。而澳門3-3-2型日戳同樣少見，蔡昌道記錄僅十五件封片。F. Mayer舊藏。蔡昌道《1616至1891年郵票發行前郵政史調查與記錄》中第891號封。范笙祿著《澳門郵政與電訊的歷史和發行》第一卷第407頁圖172原件。附展頁。