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The Alan Parsons Collection of United States First Day Covers continued...

1923-1927 Issues continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

2721

585-587

1925, 4¢ yellow brown, 5¢ blue and 6¢ red orange, rotary. Tied on special delivery cover by "Washington, D.C., Apr 4 1925" First Day of Issue duplex cancels, locally addressed to the U.S. Patent Office, Very Fine, a rare triple issue first day.
Scott No. 585-587; $1,000; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)

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Scott $1,000
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

2722

588-590

1926, 7¢ McKinley, 8¢ Grant & 9¢ Jefferson, rotary press printing, perf 10. All tied "Washington, D.C., May 29, 1926" First Day of Issue duplex postmarks on C.E. Nickles airmail corner card cover to San Francisco, Cal., receiving backstamps, Very Fine, a rare first day of issue trio, listed but unpriced in Scott.
Scott No. 588-590; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

2723

597

1923, 1¢ Franklin, horizontal rotary press coil, pair. Tied by "Washington, D.C., Jul 18, 1923" First Day of Issue duplex and partial machine postmarks on locally addressed cover, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. 597; $600. (Image1)

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Scott $600

SOLD for $150.00
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2724

599

1923, 2¢ Washington, type I, horizontal rotary press coil, strip of six. Tied by "Washington, D.C., Jan 15, 1923" First Day of Issue duplex postmarks on Philip H. Ward, Jr. addressed cover endorsed "Special Delivery", light purple "Forwarded. delivery fee paid by other…" handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, illustrated in Gary Griffith United States Stamps 1922-26, ex-Griffith.
Scott No. 599; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

ONE OF TWO RECORDED STRIPS OF SIX OF THE 1923 2¢ WASHINGTON COIL ISSUE ON FIRST DAY COVER.

Philip H. Ward was the only servicer for this First Day issue in which he only produced 37 covers, with thirty five bearing singles and only two with strips of 6. Scott catalog value $1,750 for single on First Day cover. (Image1)

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,000.00
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2725

623

1925, 17¢ Wilson. On three Roessler photo cachet special delivery covers to East Orange, N.J., tied with "Washington D.C." duplex, "New York, N.Y., City Hall Sta." duplex and purple "Air Mail Field, Bellefonte, Pa." First Day of Issue postmarks of December 28th, 1925, various special delivery handstamps; the former with minor cover edge nick at top, Very Fine, this being A.C. Roessler's first photo cachet.
Scott No. 623; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
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2726

630a

1926, 2¢ White Plains, from souvenir sheet, top sheet margin plate block of 10. Tied by "Model Post Office, Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa." roller cancel on Exposition First Day of Issue registered Worden cover, reverse with "Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 18, 1926" machine postmark with "Model Post Office" slogan box and purple registered "Model Post Office" duplexes of the same day, Very Fine.
Scott No. 630a; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $140.00
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2727

632

1927, 1¢ Franklin & 8¢ Grant, rotary press printings. The two neatly tied by Washington D.C. First Day duplex handstamps on an exceptionally clean cover with a Milton Mauch, Baltimore rubberstamped address, Very Fine, ex-A. Martin.
Scott No. 632; $350. (Image1)

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Scott $350

SOLD for $100.00
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2728

633, 636, 641

1927, 1½¢ Harding, 4¢ Martha Washington & 9¢ Jefferson, rotary press printing. Neatly tied by "Washington D.C., May 17, 1927" First Day of Issue duplex postmarks on fresh locally addressed special delivery cover, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and choice, a scarce first day trio, most likely serviced by Gorham.
Scott No. 633, 636, 641; $550. (Image1)

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Scott $550

SOLD for $180.00
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2729

634

1935, 2¢ Washington, type I, right margin block of four with experimental electric eye marks. Tied by neat "Washington D.C., Mar 28, 1935, Benjamin Franklin Station" First Day of Issue machine postmark on fresh cover with blue printed cachet, Extremely Fine, exceptionally scarce electric eye mark block and printed cachet first day.
Scott No. 634; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
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2730

634

1926, 2¢ Washington, type I, Experimental Electric Eye, right margin horizontal pair. Tied by "Washington, D.C., Benjamin Franklin Sta., Mar. 28, 1935" First Day of Issue duplex cancel on unaddressed cover, Very Fine, very scarce.
Scott No. 634; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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2731

635, 642

1927, 3¢ Lincoln & 10¢ Monroe, rotary press printing. Singles tied by two strikes of "Washington D.C., Feb 3, 1927" First Day of Issue duplex postmark on locally addressed special delivery cover, serviced by Hammelman with "Washington, D.C., Special Del., Feb 3, 1927" duplex on reverse, delivered to the U.S. Patent Office with oval "Captain of the Watch, Feb 3, 1927, 8:10 P.M." handstamp additionally tying stamps; light edge toning at left edge, Very Fine, an extremely rare First Day combination, with only a small handful known.
Scott No. 635, 642; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
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2732

637, 639

1927, 5¢ Roosevelt & 7¢ McKinley, rotary press printing. Singles tied by "Washington, D.C., Navy Dept. Sta., Mar 24, 1927" First Day of Issue duplex postmark on special delivery cover, serviced by Albert E. Gorham (embossed corner card on backflap) sent to Hugh M. Clark of Scott Stamp & Coin Co.: some minor corner cover wear, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 637, 639; $500.

A number of values from the last rotary press issue were issued at the Philatelic Agency on the same days, but combination covers are surprisingly scarce, some do not even exist, this one is especially scarce with the Navy Department station cancel. (Image1)

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Scott $500

SOLD for $130.00
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2733

637, 639

1927, 5¢ Roosevelt & 7¢ McKinley, rotary press printing. Tied by "Washington D.C., Mar 24, 1927" First Day of Issue slogan machine postmark on unaddressed cover, Very Fine.
Scott No. 637, 639; $500. (Image1)

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Scott $500

SOLD for $110.00
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1929-1995 Issues

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

2734

657

1929, 2¢ Sullivan Expedition. Neatly tied by Horseheads, N.Y. First Day machine cancel on cover with Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet (Planty 657-64, Weisz 657-1); addressed to England, Very Fine and rare, ex-A. Martin.
Scott No. 657; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
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2735

657

1929, 2¢ Sullivan Expedition. Tied by "Geneseo, N.Y., Ju 17, 1929" First Day of Issue machine postmark on Howard F. Cooper hand drawn cachet and addressed cover, Very Fine, the listing example in Planty and likely unique. Planty No. 61.
Scott No. 657; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
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2736

658-668

1929, Kans., 1¢ to 10¢ complete. All tied by "Washington, D.C., May 1, 1929" First Day of Issue duplex postmarks on cover addressed to Philip H. Ward, Jr., with "Airmail", "Special Delivery" and "Fee Claimed by Office of First Address" handstamps, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, a very scarce set on First Day.
Scott No. 658-668; $1,500. (Image1)

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Scott $1,500

SOLD for $400.00
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2737

664

1929, 6¢ Kans. Tied by "Newton, Kans., Apr 15, 1929" Predated First Day of Issue machine cancel on airmail endorsed cover to Kentucky, Very Fine, the earliest known usage predating the official first day of May 1st.
Scott No. 664; $900. (Image1)

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Scott $900

SOLD for $180.00
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2738

666

1929, 8¢ Kans. Left margin single, tied on Cressler corner card cover by "Newton, Kans., Apr 15, 1929" Predated First Day of Issue duplex postmark, signed by the Newton Postmaster; slight toning bands from gummed flaps, otherwise Very Fine, the earliest known usage predating the official first day of May 1st.
Scott No. 666; $900. (Image1)

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Scott $900

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2739

669-679

1929, Nebr., 1¢ to 10¢ complete. All tied by "Washington, D.C., May 1, 1929" First Day of Issue duplex postmarks on A.C. Roessler airmail cachet cover, purple Special Delivery notice handstamp at right and receiving backstamps (East Orange, N.J.), Very Fine.
Scott No. 669-679; $1,500. (Image1)

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Scott $1,500

SOLD for $500.00
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2740

692-701

1931, Rotary press definitives, 11¢ to 50¢ complete. Each on First Day of Issue cover from Washington D.C. various postmark types and addresses with many Nickles and includes Eugene Klein, Gorham and Griffin, 11¢ with plate block of 4, a Very Fine set.
Scott No. 692-701; $2,270. (Image1)

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Scott $2,270

SOLD for $350.00
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