1883 U.S. Post Office Department Registry Bill Postal Card Altamont Dakota Brown

Brand: United States Post Office Department

Item: Brown United States postal registry bill card dated 1883, printed for the Post Office Department and completed between Watertown, Dak and Altamont, Dak.

Front side details: Instruction panel headed Post Office Department Official Business with printed directions for handling registered letters, a $300 penalty warning, and a return address section for the postmaster at Altamont, Dak, with County and State lines left blank.

Design elements on this side include the circular Watertown, Dak postal marking dated 1883 struck within the preprinted Stamp here name of Post Office and date of receipt circle.

Reverse side details: Registry Bill heading with printed form for listing registered letters or parcels, including columns for Reg. No., Class, and Addressed to.

Handwritten entries on the reverse include Watertown Dak as the sending office, Altamont Dak as the destination, Reg. Package No. 10, registration number 10 class 1, and addressee Stokes Bro Jenson and Co, with the name L. H. Guernsey P.M. in the Sent by line.

Format: Single cardstock form with printed black text and purple manuscript entries, suitable for postal history, ephemera, or Dakota Territory collecting and display.

Notes: No UPC, ISBN, or EAN are present on this historical postal document.