MIL STA. No. 1 MANILA, PHILIPPINE / 
RECEIVED
Circular Steel Receiving Postmark in Black.
Diameter: 29.0 mm

Period of Use:
22 April, 1899 to Late 1901

SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL to MANILA

25 JANUARY, 1900

Lettercard with Casa de Moneda view.

Routed via

Rio de Janeiro, 26 January
St. Thomas, 19 March
New York, 31 March

Received Manila, 14th of May.
DAMAGED mail / off S.S. Morgan City / Manila P.I., 9-19,99,
Special Receiving 3-Straightline Handstamp in Violet


WASHINGTON to MANILA                        31 JULY, 1899
The S.S. Morgan City, a U.S. chartered transport, sunk off
the South East coast of Japan in 1899. Recovered mail for
the Philippines directed to Manila where special marking 
applied upon receipt.

ONLY FOUR COVERS KNOWN

A DANGEROUS FAKE COVER HAS BEEN SEEN