Lot 1002
1925, ½¢ olive brown (551), seventeen First Day Covers, each with a block of four from a different unofficial city, all but two have matching C.E. Nickles rubberstamped address. Very Fine. A rare group of these popular covers. Brookman $2,625.
THESE SEVENTEEN COVERS PLUS THE FOLLOWING PHILADELPHIA R.P.O. COVER, REPRESENT 18 OF THE 19 RECORDED UNOFFICIAL FIRST DAY CITIES — THEY TOOK 35 YEARS TO ASSEMBLE!
The cities comprise Alexandria, Va., Annapolis, Md., Baltimore, Md., Bridgeport, Conn., Dover, Del., Elizabethton, Tenn., Harrisburg, Pa., Martinsburg, W.Va., Newark, N.J., New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Raleigh, N.C., Richmond, Va., Southington, Conn, Wallingford, Conn., Westerly, R.I., and Wilmington, Del. the Southington and Wallingford covers were serviced by S.R. Castaldi.
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