Lot 1042
1923, 20¢ carmine rose (567), block of four tied by May 1, 1923 San Francisco, Calif. slogan cancel on special delivery First Day Cover, auxiliary handstamp "Received at San Francisco, California under cover from the post office at Phila Pa (in manuscript)", typed address to Philip Ward in Philadelphia, opened at left. Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE 20¢ SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DAY COVER RANKS AMONG THE RAREST OF THE MIDDLE VALUES FROM THIS SERIES AND, WITH A BLOCK OF FOUR, THIS COVER IS BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE.
The reason for the small number of San Francisco FDCs is the city’s distance from the east coast, where most of the servicers were based. The Post Office announced the new 20¢t stamp only three days before its date of issue, leaving little time to get requests for first day cancellations from the east to San Francisco.
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| Realized $2,000 |
