Lot 167 Domestic First Class Special Delivery: $1 Woodrow Wilson violet and black, 15c Buchanan 1954 blue gray and 20c deep blue Special Delivery

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Domestic First Class Special Delivery: $1 Woodrow Wilson violet and black, 15c Buchanan 1954 blue gray and 20c deep blue Special Delivery ,tied by smudges on legal size envelope, magenta REGISTERED manuscript 57 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED handstamp, magenta SPECIAL DELIVERY (2x) handstamp, magenta Fee Claimed by Office of First Address handstamp, on reverse magenta double circle NEW WILMINGTON PA. DEC 7 1955 handstamp (2x), magenta double circle NEW YORK N.Y. ?.STA. DEC 8 1955 handstamp, DOUBLE OVAL NEW YORK, N.Y. REG?Y. DIV. handstamp. (Scott 832c, 820, E20 ) Est. Cash Val. $100 – 200

Rate paid for the registry fee for indemnity of $200.01 to $300 ($1.05), the return receipt fee (7c) and the special delivery fee (20c). A very nice example of the $1 red violet and black shade which wasn?t issued until August 31, 1954.