Lot 208
1913, 5¢ Panama-Pacific (399), single with deep color, tied by "Washington D.C. Jan 1 1913" machine cancellation on legal size envelope with printed address to Bern, Switzerland, endorsed "Per S.S. "La Touraine", printed "Legation of Switzerland, Washington D.C." corner card, Bern (1.13) backstamp; couple tiny edge tears, Very Fine.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
A UNIQUE AND MOST IMPORTANT COMMEMORATIVE FIRST DAY COVER.
Expertization: 1982 A.F.D.C.S. and 1996 A.P.S. certificates.
Provenance: Fisher, Martin
Experts now consider the 1¢ 5¢ and 10¢ combination first day cover bearing San Francisco Station D duplex cancellations a fake. The cancellations are back-dated collector fantasies as detailed in Alan Berkun's article in First Days.
The Scott catalog is currently listed as $21,000 based on the 1996 Fisher sale realization of $20,900. This cover brought $41,250 in the 2005 Martin sale, but the catalog value has not been updated.
Discussed in the Berkun and Savadge census, First Days, Jan. 15, 2005. p. 33.
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| Realized $27,000 |
