Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1892: 5 c.  blue single, 5 c. blue 'AR' Provisional red handstamp, vertical pair of 20 c. violet and 1 p. lake, used on a registered coarse linen front (cut from package wrapping) with 1901 provisional 10 c. red registration stamp, from Panama to New York, dated 16 December 1901, faint blue crayon '18c' to top left presumably postage due on arrival, 1 p. bottom perfs trimmed, otherwise a fine and intriguing cover front, rare. One of five non philatelic uses of the 1 peso on cover. rnNote: The linen cover is one of two almost identical items mailed to the same address on the same day. Both have a 5 c. with 'AR' cancel and both have the provisional registration stamp.