Lot 1093
1931, 17¢ black and 25¢ blue green (697, 699), tied by July 25, 1931 Brooklyn, N.Y. duplex cancels on special delivery First Day Cover, typed address to W.R. McCoy, return address of Max Johl; slightly reduced at top. Very Fine.
Scott $5,750
A VERY RARE COMBINATION FIRST DAY COVER; ONE OF ONLY TWO REPORTED AND A KEY ITEM TO THE COMPLETION OF A FOURTH BUREAU FIRST DAY COLLECTION.
Two magenta Brooklyn registry postmarks on the reverse are marked out with blue crayon, apparently when the clerk realized the cover, despite the high postage, was not being sent registered
Hugh Southgate and Walter R. McCoy, leaders of the Bureau Issue Association, arranged for the first day covers of these two stamps in Washington and Brooklyn, respectively. According to Jack V. Harvey, author of the AFDCS handbook First Day Covers of the Regular Postage Issue of 1922-1935, these covers "are extremely scarce and rank among the top ten First Day Cover rarities".
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