Lot 51461 – 1899 (January) Registered cover to Havana one of four covers known with the fifth printing

1899 (Jan) Registered cover to Havana (Cuba), franked with 10c on 1c black-violet, fourth printing, positions 2, and 5c on 4m blue-green, fifth printing, position 4, tied to a homemade envelope by the Puerto Principe cds, arrival to back January 22, vertical filing crease; a most significant usage being a 6c rate for double weight island mail plus 8c registry and 1c overpayment; one of four covers known bearing the fifth printing; and an incredible combination mailing with the fourth and fifth printing used together, which has been held in many of the great collections of this region; ex Houtzemer, Robertson, Prats and Kouri.