Lot 20126 – 1898 Civilian cover to New York showing « MIL. ST./MAYAGUEZ/P. R. » provisional railway duplex

1898 (Sept 16). Civilian cover to New York, franked by 1c and pair of 2c, showing in center « MIL. ST./MAYAGUEZ/P. R. » provisional railway duplex cancel, Military Station No. 1 Ponce transit and New York arrival on reverse; a very rare early mail (only ten days after the station was opened) with only five examples recorded of this provisional, all applied on civilian correspondence; ex Acevedo and Kugel.