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From Etterbeek to Pasadena (California, USA) in 1921



This small registered cover was sent from Etterbeek on 20 April 1921, well after the Red-Cross stamps had been taken out of circulation! Nonetheless, it safely passed through San Francisco (California, USA) on 2 May and arrived at its destination in Pasadena (California, USA) on 7 May.
See another cover with stamps used after they had officially been removed from circulation.

Characteristics:
  • A cover cluttered with stamps,
    including three Red Cross stamps,
    an old Pellens (out of circulation, too!),
    6 definitives of 1915,
    and 4 Albert with trench helmet of 1919
  • 14 stamps in all with total franking of 1F46c
  • Registered letter
  • Clear cancels of departure
  • Cancels of arrival on reverse
    in both San Francisco and Pasadena
  • A well travelled piece of mail!
Estimated value: $100