1900 2c GEORGE WASHINGTON


1902, MARCH 7: CAVITE to MASSACHUSETTS
Selvage missing on booklet pane, additional Scott # #214, 2c Washington 
for 16c Quadruple Registered Rate.
"REGISTERED / MAR 7 1902 / Military Sta No. 2 / Philippine Islands" 
4-straight line cancel on the side matched with segmented cork killers on franking.

Backstamped with
double circle "RECEIVED / MANILA, P.I. / MAR 8" transit
and "GREENFIELD, MASS / APR 2" destination cds.
Partial purple "SAN FRANCISCO, CAL" 3-straight line marking on the side.

With Philatelic Foundation Certificate #69 800,
dated August 21, 1978, in the name of A. Harry Sharbaugh.

Note: The vertical line on the left of "7" on dispatch postmark is not
a "1" but only a device stain mark.

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