Lot 20121 – 1898 Registered envelope to New York with rare Mil. Sta. 1 registration hs

1898 (Sept 18). Registered envelope to New York, bearing 5c pair and strip of three, tied by Arroyo Mayor oval cancels, showing violet “REGISTERED/SEP 18 1898, /Military Station No. 1, Washington, D.C./PONCE, PORTO RICO” four-line hs, from the second location of the Mil. Sta. #1 in Marina Street in downtown, opened on September 16; stamps with light gum soaks and cover with usual edge imperfections, but a very scarce usage; cert PF (2011).