cover 1884 (23 May) XU5 (230x115mm.) registered to the Treasury Department, Washington D.C., U.S.A., bearing 16a. brown (blurred impression) 1st. printing ( a few blunt perfs) and 40a. pale purple (thin paper) 1st. printing (lower left corner perf. added), both with light creases, well cancelled by c.d.s. (23.5) Type C2 with another strike adjacent, also boxed "DANEMARK/R" h.s., "REGISTERED/EDINBURGH" c.d.s., framed "SHIP LETTER" (Leith) with Glasgow, N.Y. and arrival d.s. on reverse; the XU5 has splitting at left caused by a heavy vertical crease. A very rare franking. F. 13a, 17a. Photo