| 1923-29 Rotary Press Coils and Perf. 10 Issues |
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Lot 1052 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary (578), horizontal pair tied by November 7, 1923 Flushing, N.Y. machine cancel, the Earliest Documented Usage, on commercial cover to the commissioner of patents in Washington, D.C., opened on three sides and slightly reduced. F.-V.F. and rare.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: 2001 A.P.S. Certificate.
The perforated coil waste stamps, made from the unused leading and trailing edges of the sheets used to produce coils, were not considered by the post office to be a new issue of stamps. As a result, there is no documentation as to when they were issued and, hence, no first day covers. It is assumed that the coil waste stamps came out sometime after the January 1, 1923 issue date of the coil stamps themselves.
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Lot 1053 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary (579), tied by February 20, 1923 New York, N.Y. machine cancel, the Earliest Documented Usage, on a commercial cover to Chico, Calif., Synthetic Organic Products Co. corner card, small edge/flap wear and separations. Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: clear 1978 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Ahl
The cover offered here was discovered by Fourth Bureau specialist, Gary Griffith.
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Lot 1054 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary (581), tied by May 18, 1923 Wilmington, Calif. machine cancel, the Earliest Documented Usage, on a tri-fold mailing card written aboard the Admiral Line’s H.F. Alexander, the back of the card being a multicolor ship’s breakfast menu. A Very Fine and truly gorgeous EDU. Brookman $7,500.
A UNIQUE COVER — THE ONLY RECORDED COVER BEARING AN UNPRECANCELLED #581 PRIOR TO ITS OCTOBER 17TH RELEASE BY THE PHILATELIC AGENCY.
Expertization: 2002 A.P.S. certificate.
In 1923 the Bureau chose the 1¢ value to continue its experiments with the use of the rotary press to produce sheet stamps, an experiment it had begun earlier with the Washington-Franklin issues. The first plates of the 1¢ went to press on April 2nd and were distributed to post offices without official notice, probably in late April. The first examples to show up were precancelled New York, leading to the erroneous assumption that the first distribution consisted entirely of these New York precancels. It was subsequently learned that precancels were not ordered until May 31st, and not delivered until June 6th. Therefore, unprecancelled stamps were available prior to that June 6th date, and probably afterward, but only one such cover is recorded, the cover being offered here.
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Lot 1055 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary (581), tied by clear October 17, 1923 Washington, D.C. First Day slogan cancel on picture post card. Very Fine.
Scott $6,000
THE UNIQUE COVER REFERENCED BY SCOTT’S LISTING CANCELLED ON THE DAY OF ISSUE BY THE PHILATELIC AGENCY IN WASHINGTON.
Expertization: 1981 A.F.D.C.S. and 1998 A.P.S. Certificates.
Provenance: Fisher
Once the variety in precancelled form became known to the collecting public, a drive was mounted, led by Philip Ward, to have the Philatelic Agency release the stamps unprecancelled. The agency complied on October 17th but despite collector interest only one Agency First Day Cover has been found — the one offered here — and that is completely non-philatelic.
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Lot 1056 |
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1924, 2¢ carmine, booklet pane of six (583a), with full tab and showing a siderographer’s vertical layout line in the right margin, tied by August 27, 1926 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on special delivery First Day Cover, serviced by Nickles. Very Fine.
Scott $1,800+
A SCARCE POSITIONAL PANE — UNIQUE ON A FIRST DAY COVER.
Expertization: 1998 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 1057 |
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1924, 2¢ carmine, booklet pane of six (583a), with full tab, tied by August 27, 1926 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on air mail First Day Cover, red printed Gorham address, light diagonal crease. Otherwise F.-V.F. Includes typed and signed enclosure from Gorham.
Scott $1,800
THE ONLY RECORDED FLOWN FIRST DAY COVER OF THIS PANE.
The enclosure is an interesting little note typed by Albert Gorham discussing how "loth" (sic) he is to part with this First Day Cover as it is "the only one in captivity". Gorham was charging only $1 for the cover, but then goes on to complain how expensive this item had become. He spent two hours on Sunday morning (the post office was open on Sundays in 1926) locating his special delivery cover at the post office. Then, on the way home "I was in a collision which cost me $15 for repairs".
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Lot 1058 |
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1925, 4¢ yellow brown, 5¢ blue and 6¢ red orange, perf. 10 (585-587), tied by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on special delivery First Day Cover to New York, brown envelope, backstamped April 7, F-VF.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 1059 |
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1925, 4¢ yellow brown, 5¢ blue, 6¢ red orange (585-587), tied, along with pair of ½¢ olive brown (551), by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. duplex handstamps on small First Day Cover, mimeographed address to Carbonear, Newfoundland, backstamped April 11; small flap tear. Otherwise Very Fine. (Scott is $1,000 for just the 585-587 on one cover).
Estimate 750 - 1,000
A RARE COMBINATION COVER, QUITE LIKELY UNIQUE TO NEWFOUNDLAND.
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Lot 1060 |
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1925, 4¢ yellow brown and 5¢ blue (585-586), tied by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. slogan cancel on Nickles airmail First Day Cover, neat mimeographed address, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1061 |
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1925, 4¢ yellow brown and 6¢ red orange (585, 587), three different Washington, D.C. combination First Day Covers: 4¢ and 5¢ tied by machine cancel on airmail envelope; 4¢ and 6¢ tied by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on First Day Cover with attractive bi-colored Buick corner card, back flap missing, Very Fine; 5¢ and 6¢ on 1½¢ green entire on a Cregan cover tied by duplexes. Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1062 |
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1925, 4¢ and 6¢ perf. 10, 1¢ Lexington-Concord (585, 587, 617), single of each tied by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. handstamped duplex and slogan cancels on 1¢ entire (U352), a special delivery First Day Cover with proper 12¢ postage, addressed to Baltimore in the hand of J.W. Creegan with Baltimore special delivery backstamp. Flap tear. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1063 |
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1924-25, 5¢ blue and 6¢ red orange (586-587), tied by April 4, 1925 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on 1¢ entire (U352), a special delivery First Day Cover with proper 12¢ postage, addressed locally in the hand of J.W. Creegan with special delivery backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1064 |
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1926, 7¢ black, 8¢ olive green, 9¢ rose and 5¢ Ericsson (588-90, 628), all tied by May 29, 1926 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on First Day Cover with stamps arranged diagonally, green typed addressed to A.E. Gorham. Fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
THE FINER OF ONLY TWO RECORDED FIRST DAY COVERS BEARING ALL FOUR STAMPS ISSUED ON MAY 29TH.
Provenance: Harvey, Ahl
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Lot 1065 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary coil waste (595), horizontal pair, cancelled by a neatly struck "New York, N.Y. Madison Square Sta. Mar 31, 1923" duplex cancel, the Earliest Documented Use of the 2¢. Left stamp with a small insignificant crease, average centering, fresh and attractive.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1998 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Griffith
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Lot 1066 |
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1923, 1¢ green coil (597), strip of four and joint line strip of eight tied by July 18, 1923 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on legal size 2¢ carmine entire special delivery First Day Cover, neat Siebold manuscript address, opened at left. Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
A RARE AND MOST ATTRACTIVE FIRST DAY COVER, FRANKED WITH THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE.
Provenance: Hammelman
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Lot 1067 |
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1925, 1½¢ brown coil (598), regular and joint line strips of four tied by oval cancels on 1¢ brown entire registered First Day Cover, back with March 19, 1925 purple registry cancels, small typed Worden address. Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1068 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine coil, type I (599), tied by January 10, 1923 Lancaster, Pa. machine cancel on Earliest Documented Usage which predates the official issue date of January 15, 1923 at Washington, D.C., typed address, printed corner card, opened at top. Very Fine and unique. Brookman $5,000.
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Lot 1069 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine coil, type I (599), strip of six tied by January 15, 1923 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on small special delivery First Day Cover, typed Ward address, opened at top, illustrated in Gary Griffith's "United States Stamps 1922-26". Very Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
A RARE COVER BEING ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED STRIPS OF SIX OF THE 37 DONE BY WARD, THE ONLY SERVICER.
Provenance: Griffith
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Lot 1070 |
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1929, 2¢ carmine coil, type II (599A), tied by March 29, 1929 New York, N.Y. slogan cancel on Earliest Documented Usage, typed address, printed publisher's corner card, opened at top. Very Fine and unique.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: 1988 A.P.C. Certificate.
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Lot 1071 |
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1923, 1¢ green, vertical coil (604), strip of eight including joint line tied by July 19, 1924 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on large First Day Cover, opened at sides and barely reduced at right. Very Fine. Serviced by Henry Hammelman and addressed in his distinctive hand.
Estimate 400 - 500
THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE ON A FIRST DAY COVER.
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Lot 1072 |
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1923, 1¢ green and 1½¢ yellow brown vertical coils (604, 605), joint line strips of four of each on separate First Day Covers, 1¢ tied by July 19, 1924 Washington, D.C. slogan machine, Ward typed address; 1½¢ tied by May 9, 1925 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels, Nickles rubberstamped address. Very Fine. Brookman $400.
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