1898
U.S. TRANSPORT POST OFFICE
FOURTH
DIRECT DISPATCH
1898 JULY
23: PHILIPPINES to YUMA, COLORADO
Soldier's Letter
mailed 23 days after U.S. troops landed in the Philippines.
Black "U.S.
Charge to Collect 2 Cents" two-line h.s. with Postage Due 2c
tied by Yuma
duplex. Via San Francisco, August 17.
Counter-signed
Major J. M. Stotsenburg.
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Described
as Second Direct Dispatch.
This is
a 4th dispatch cover based on postmarks. The Second dispatch made during
the first week of July and letters with San Francisco August 2 backstamps.
This is the second cover I have recorded for this dispatch, the first one
in the F.W. Lange collection, as illustrated.
Zurich Asia
Auction, a bargain at US$450.00. |
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