1929 Appleton WI Registered Air Mail Cover 20c Rate Hawaii Scott 647 Harding

This 1929 registered airmail cover from Appleton, Wisconsin features a bi-color winged airmail handstamp logo, an exact 20¢ postal rate, and a single 2¢ Hawaii overprint paired with three blocks of four 1½¢ Harding stamps. It was serviced and dispatched directly by H. M. Brehm, Secretary of the Appleton Philatelic Society and a prominent 1920s Wisconsin philatelist.

Philatelic Highlights & Breakdown

• Collector Provenance: Prepared and sent by H. M. Brehm (printed return address at 321 E. Brewster St.), a key officer in organized Wisconsin philately known for servicing high-quality, meticulously franked covers.

• Franking & Exact Rate ($0.20 Total): Perfectly pays the exact 20¢ rate for registered airmail in February 1929 (5¢ domestic airmail letter + 15¢ registry fee):

  • 1× 2¢ Carmine Hawaii Overprint (Scott #647)

  • 12× 1½¢ Brown Harding (Scott #612/638) arranged in three neat blocks of four

• Air Mail Marking: Struck with a crisp two-color purple and green winged "U.S. AIR MAIL" handstamp emblem on the lower left.

• Cancellations: Features bold black geometric killer cancels, including a starburst/pinwheel strike over the Hawaii stamp and grid strikes across the Harding blocks.

• Postal Route: Dispatched from Appleton, WI (Feb 6, 1929), processed through the Chicago Air Mail Division that evening, and delivered to the Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis, MO (Feb 7, 1929).