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A wonderful India registered commercial cover, sent by registered mail from Ranipet, India, to Chicago, Illinois USA in 1928.
This is clearly a commercial cover that was not created for philatelic purposes. Addressed to Montgomery Ward & Co. in Chicago, the cover is a piece of India registered letter postal stationery with a two Annas registration fee & one Anna postage imprinted "stamp" on the front. It is also uprated by franking with a three Annas India regular issue stamp on the front. Both the imprinted postage and the stamp are tied to the cover by circular cancellations (three 1928 cancels on the front).
A Ranipet Registered Mail Etiquette - No. 1 - and a handstamped number 86356 are also on the front of the cover.
The back side bears two oval Reg'y Div. cancellations dated 1928.
Opened along the right side, there is no damage of any note seen other than an irregular opening along the left edge of the back where opened, 2 small hinge marks and three small pinholes.
We sold a very similar cover on eBay recently; it sold for more than $200.
$29.99 postpaid to a US address, or $32.00 postpaid to anywhere else.
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