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Sale 282
Lot 1051
1923, $5 carmine & blue (573), tied by March 20, 1923 Washington, D.C. slogan cancel on bright white First Day Cover, small mimeographed Worden address, neatly opened at left. Extremely Fine.
Scott $32,500
A SUPERB, AND MOST LIKELY THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE 20TH CENTURY FIRST DAY COVER IN THE FINEST POSSIBLE STATE OF PRESERVATION. ONLY EIGHT ARE RECORDED, TWO SERVICED BY WORDEN.
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| Realized $30,800 |
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Lot 1050
1923, $2 deep blue (572), tied by March 20, 1923 Washington, D.C. slogan cancel on bright white First Day Cover, Worden mimeographed address, neatly opened at left. Extremely Fine.
Scott $20,000
PROBABLY THE FINEST OF ONLY TWELVE RECORDED $2 FIRST DAY COVERS, FOUR OF WHICH WERE SERVICED BY WORDEN.
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| Realized $13,200 |
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Lot 1049
1923, $1 violet black (571), block of four tied by February 12, 1923 Washington, D.C. duplex cancel on registered First Day Cover (a 2¢ carmine entire), magenta registry postmarks on reverse, Philatelic Stamp Agency corner card; opened at left, light overall toning. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A $1 BLOCK OF FOUR ON A WASHINGTON FIRST DAY COVER.
This cover is illustrated in Jack Harvey's handbook in which he speculates that it was prepared by PhilipWard. He further states that there are no other known blocks from Washington.
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| Realized $6,600 |
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Lot 1032
1923, 7¢ 8¢ 14¢ and 20¢ (559-560, 565, 567), all tied by bold May 1, 1923 Washington, D.C. slogan cancel on First Day Cover, bright white paper, beautiful Ward manuscript address, small "FIRST DAY COVER" rubberstamped cachet. Extremely Fine.
Scott $10,000
A MAGNIFICENT AND UNIQUE COMBINATION FIRST DAY COVER, THE ONLY ONE RECORDED WITH ALL FOUR OF THE VALUES ISSUED ON MAY 1ST.
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| Realized $7,150 |
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Lot 1017
1923, 2¢ carmine, perf. 10 at top (554d), tied by November 23, 1923 Albion, Mich. machine cancel, the Earliest Documented Usage, on a cover to Newberry, Mich., blue Sigma Chi fraternity corner card. Very Fine.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
THE ONLY THREE EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE VARIETY ARE RECORDED ON COVER, THE NEXT EARLIEST IS FEBRUARY 6, 1924.
Expertization: 1969, 1991, 2000 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Herst
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| Unsold |
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Lot 1043
1923, 20¢ carmine rose (567), tied by May 1, 1923 Oakland, Calif. machine cancel on special delivery First Day Cover, local Oakland address, opened at top. Fresh and Very Fine. Brookman $8,000.
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNOFFICIAL CITY WITH NO MORE THAN FIVE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
Provenance: Fisher
Though it has been commonly accepted that five Oakland First Day Covers were produced, only two have been sold at auction and none of the other three has ever been seen by collectors.
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| Realized $7,150 |
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Lot 1047
1923, $1 violet black (571), tied by February 12, 1923 Washington, D.C. slogan cancel on First Day Cover, Worden mimeographed address. Very Fine.
Scott $7,000
BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC COVER OF WHICH ONLY 23 ARE RECORDED.
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| Realized $6,325 |
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Lot 1081
1927, 1¢ green, booklet pane of six (632a), tied by November 2, 1927 Washington, D.C. duplex cancels on fresh First Day Cover, neat Hugh Southgate manuscript address, opened at left. Fresh and Very Fine. A rare complete pane on a FDC.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
THIS FIRST DAY COVER WITH THE COMPLETE BOOKLET PANE IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND QUITE POSSIBLY UNIQUE.
Expertization: 2004 A.P.S. Certificate.
For many years no First Day Covers of the perf. 11x10½ rotary press booklet stamps were known. This self-addressed Hugh M. Southgate cover (Southgate was President of the Bureau Issues Association) was not discovered until 1977. To date, it the only one the current owner has encountered.
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| Realized $7,150 |
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Lot 1055
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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| Realized $5,225 |
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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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| Realized $6,050 |
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