Today in Postal History
Costa Rica to United States
March 27, 1904
This cover was sent from Costa Rica.
We can't tell the city because the purple CDS is illegible however, I
believe the CDS
did not include a city mark only a CORREOS or something similar.
The stamps are cancelled with two strikes of a target killer.
The cover was addressed to New York City where it
arrived on April 6.
There are two New York receivers on the back.
The first is a machine cancel with a wavy lines killer applied in the
foreign mail branch.
The second is just a machine dial applied in the city post office after
the transfer.
The recipient's docket says, "Received April 6th. | Ans. on the
11th 1904."
The cover is franked with 1903 singles of 4c.
José M. Cañas red violet and black and
6c. Julián
Volio olive green and black (Scott 55 and 56).