cover -- 10c. purple on red overprinted "S. O." used with unoverprinted 2c. carmine on locally registered 1893 (11 Aug.) envelope (flap missing and stained on reverse), tied by c.d.s. and showing circular-framed "R" adjacent. A very rare commercial usage. S.G. S3. Photo

Details
cover -- 10c. purple on red overprinted "S. O." used with unoverprinted 2c. carmine on locally registered 1893 (11 Aug.) envelope (flap missing and stained on reverse), tied by c.d.s. and showing circular-framed "R" adjacent. A very rare commercial usage. S.G. S3. Photo
Provenance
George C. Dyer, 1984

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