Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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**The Award-Winning Donald Bianchi Hudson-Fulton Collection continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
3220		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Part imprint at bottom, used with blue on yellow Hudson-Fulton Celebration Label, both tied by "Madison Sq. Sta. N.Y. Sep. 25, 1909 12:30PM" first day machine cancel on cover to Brooklyn N.Y., cover with couple tiny faults at left, otherwise Very Fine and scarce first day cover with a label from the celebration (Image)	750.00	1,900.00
3221		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "Cincinnati O. Sep. 25, 1909 11AM" first day machine cancel on cover to Erie Pa., blue printed corner card, small part of back of cover removed, Extremely Fine appearing commercial usage from Cincinnati (Image)	750.00	700.00
3222		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "Lancaster Pa 12:30 AM Sep. 25, 1909" three-line first day machine cancel on fold-out souvenir postcard with four paragraphs of text prepared by Congressman William Walton Griest to commemorate the stamp that he actively promoted because Fulton was from Lancaster, fairly legible local address, Extremely Fine -- there were two types of souvenir postcards -- one with three paragraphs of text on the address card and one with four paragraphs of text on the address card, there are 47 known of both types combined (Image)	E. 750-1,000	600.00
3223		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "New York N.Y. Sta. W. Sep. 25, 1909 10PM" first day machine cancel on picture postcard of buildings on Broadway to Bavaria, Germany, Extremely Fine, station W was at 488 Columbus St. (at 84th Street), very rare usage paying the 2c U.P.U. postcard rate on the first day of issue (Image)	E. 750-1,000	2,000.00
3224		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Perfectly centered, tied by "Hudson Term. Sta. N.Y. Sep. 26, 1909 6:30PM" second day machine cancel on picture postcard of the Statue of Liberty to London, England, card with minor edge wear, otherwise Very Fine, a rare Sunday usage paying the proper rate to London (Image)	E. 400-500	475.00
3225		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Used with 2c Alaska-Yukon (370), tied by "Lynn, Mass. Cliftondale Br. Jun. 1, 1912 4PM" duplex cancels on flown pioneer flight cover (AAMC 29a) to Lynn Mass., well-struck "Aero Postal Sta. Saugus Mass," circular handstamp cachet, sealed by multicolored "Hobby Club" label and Truby backstamp, slightly reduced at top, Very Fine, very scarce with these issues (Image)	E. 400-500	450.00
3226		2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by Light "Natrona Pa. Oct. 17, 1913" circular datestamp on pioneer flight cover (AAMC 76) to New Kensington Pa., purple "Aeromail service Oct. 4 1913 Natrona Pa" three-line handstamp cachet, ms. "H.A.T." at top left (Harry A. Truby), stamp with defect in bottom left corner, otherwise Very Fine, only 45 covers known, very scarce with this issue (Image)	E. 400-500	260.00
3227		2c Hudson-Fulton, Imperforate, Type IV Mailometer Company Perforations (373 var). Tied by well-struck "Chicago Ill. Oct. 4, 1909 11:00PM" machine cancel on cover to Lockport N.Y., sender's printed corner card, Lockport receiving backstamp, cover barely reduced at top and faint toning VERY FINE. REPORTED TO BE THE ONLY KNOWN COVER BEARING THE HUDSON-FULTON ISSUE WITH MAILOMETER PRIVATE PERFORATION. Listed but unpriced in Scott (Image)	E. 4,000-5,000	8,000.00
3228		Hudson-Fulton Exhibit Collection Balance. The vast majority of Don Bianchi's Gold Medal exhibit, beautifully arranged and described, and can be divided into three main sections: stamps, unused private vending coils and covers/postcards, Unused stamps incl. No. 372 -- nine imprint and plate no. strips of three and about 20 unused singles, No. 373 -- matched sets of plate blocks, corner margin blocks and arrow blocks of four, center line block, three plate strips of three, also incl. group of blocks of four with different watermark orientations, wide variety of double transfers with one triple transfer, one shifted transfer, and one "twisted transfer", few cracked and damaged plates -- all unchecked for hinging -- and small group of cancellations incl. blocks of four, Privage Vending Coils incl. Brinkerhoff Type II line pair and pair, Mailometer Type I paste-up strip of four over plate no., Type II pair, Type III paste-up pair and line pair, Type IV line pair, guide line block of four with triple transfer at top left, US Automatic Vending Co. Type II pair, paste-up pair over imprint and line strip of four, Type III pair and line pair, also incl. five in pockets incl. Type 2-2, 3-1 and 3-2 (both single and two pockets attached), Covers and postcards (approximately 165) incl. cover with Naval Committee printed corner card, advertising cover with expo seal on reverse, cover with official cachet, six exposition commemorative covers incl. one to London and one to Hawaii, one Newburgh N.Y. official exposition cover, exposition postcard with French Naval cancel, two different covers with official exposition logo, many foreign destinations with better incl. Algeria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, England (wrapper), France (from Hawaii), Germany (via Supplementary Mail), Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland (from Puerto Rico), Syria, Turks Islands, other usages incl. New Mexico Territory, Hawaii inter island, R.P.O., R.F.D., U.S.P.O.D. official business, tied with No. 358 by Vera Cruz cds on piece, A.E.F. use from A.P.O. 800 (only three known with No. 372 or 373), eleven with different auxiliary markings, many with multicolor advertising incl. few all-over, and many other interesting usages VERY FINE. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF HUDSON-FULTON MATERIAL. A PROVEN BASIS FOR A GOLD MEDAL EXHIBIT. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE. The lot also includes the title and synopsis pages.	E. 15,000-20,000	23,000.00

The Award-Winning Donald Bianchi Hudson-Fulton Collection continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

3220

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Part imprint at bottom, used with blue on yellow Hudson-Fulton Celebration Label, both tied by "Madison Sq. Sta. N.Y. Sep. 25, 1909 12:30PM" first day machine cancel on cover to Brooklyn N.Y., cover with couple tiny faults at left, otherwise Very Fine and scarce first day cover with a label from the celebration (Image)

750.00

1,900.00

3221

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "Cincinnati O. Sep. 25, 1909 11AM" first day machine cancel on cover to Erie Pa., blue printed corner card, small part of back of cover removed, Extremely Fine appearing commercial usage from Cincinnati (Image)

750.00

700.00

3222

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "Lancaster Pa 12:30 AM Sep. 25, 1909" three-line first day machine cancel on fold-out souvenir postcard with four paragraphs of text prepared by Congressman William Walton Griest to commemorate the stamp that he actively promoted because Fulton was from Lancaster, fairly legible local address, Extremely Fine -- there were two types of souvenir postcards -- one with three paragraphs of text on the address card and one with four paragraphs of text on the address card, there are 47 known of both types combined (Image)

E. 750-1,000

600.00

3223

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by "New York N.Y. Sta. W. Sep. 25, 1909 10PM" first day machine cancel on picture postcard of buildings on Broadway to Bavaria, Germany, Extremely Fine, station W was at 488 Columbus St. (at 84th Street), very rare usage paying the 2c U.P.U. postcard rate on the first day of issue (Image)

E. 750-1,000

2,000.00

3224

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Perfectly centered, tied by "Hudson Term. Sta. N.Y. Sep. 26, 1909 6:30PM" second day machine cancel on picture postcard of the Statue of Liberty to London, England, card with minor edge wear, otherwise Very Fine, a rare Sunday usage paying the proper rate to London (Image)

E. 400-500

475.00

3225

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Used with 2c Alaska-Yukon (370), tied by "Lynn, Mass. Cliftondale Br. Jun. 1, 1912 4PM" duplex cancels on flown pioneer flight cover (AAMC 29a) to Lynn Mass., well-struck "Aero Postal Sta. Saugus Mass," circular handstamp cachet, sealed by multicolored "Hobby Club" label and Truby backstamp, slightly reduced at top, Very Fine, very scarce with these issues (Image)

E. 400-500

450.00

3226

2c Hudson-Fulton (372). Tied by Light "Natrona Pa. Oct. 17, 1913" circular datestamp on pioneer flight cover (AAMC 76) to New Kensington Pa., purple "Aeromail service Oct. 4 1913 Natrona Pa" three-line handstamp cachet, ms. "H.A.T." at top left (Harry A. Truby), stamp with defect in bottom left corner, otherwise Very Fine, only 45 covers known, very scarce with this issue (Image)

E. 400-500

260.00

3227

2c Hudson-Fulton, Imperforate, Type IV Mailometer Company Perforations (373 var). Tied by well-struck "Chicago Ill. Oct. 4, 1909 11:00PM" machine cancel on cover to Lockport N.Y., sender's printed corner card, Lockport receiving backstamp, cover barely reduced at top and faint toning

VERY FINE. REPORTED TO BE THE ONLY KNOWN COVER BEARING THE HUDSON-FULTON ISSUE WITH MAILOMETER PRIVATE PERFORATION.

Listed but unpriced in Scott (Image)

E. 4,000-5,000

8,000.00

3228

Hudson-Fulton Exhibit Collection Balance. The vast majority of Don Bianchi's Gold Medal exhibit, beautifully arranged and described, and can be divided into three main sections: stamps, unused private vending coils and covers/postcards, Unused stamps incl. No. 372 -- nine imprint and plate no. strips of three and about 20 unused singles, No. 373 -- matched sets of plate blocks, corner margin blocks and arrow blocks of four, center line block, three plate strips of three, also incl. group of blocks of four with different watermark orientations, wide variety of double transfers with one triple transfer, one shifted transfer, and one "twisted transfer", few cracked and damaged plates -- all unchecked for hinging -- and small group of cancellations incl. blocks of four, Privage Vending Coils incl. Brinkerhoff Type II line pair and pair, Mailometer Type I paste-up strip of four over plate no., Type II pair, Type III paste-up pair and line pair, Type IV line pair, guide line block of four with triple transfer at top left, US Automatic Vending Co. Type II pair, paste-up pair over imprint and line strip of four, Type III pair and line pair, also incl. five in pockets incl. Type 2-2, 3-1 and 3-2 (both single and two pockets attached), Covers and postcards (approximately 165) incl. cover with Naval Committee printed corner card, advertising cover with expo seal on reverse, cover with official cachet, six exposition commemorative covers incl. one to London and one to Hawaii, one Newburgh N.Y. official exposition cover, exposition postcard with French Naval cancel, two different covers with official exposition logo, many foreign destinations with better incl. Algeria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, England (wrapper), France (from Hawaii), Germany (via Supplementary Mail), Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland (from Puerto Rico), Syria, Turks Islands, other usages incl. New Mexico Territory, Hawaii inter island, R.P.O., R.F.D., U.S.P.O.D. official business, tied with No. 358 by Vera Cruz cds on piece, A.E.F. use from A.P.O. 800 (only three known with No. 372 or 373), eleven with different auxiliary markings, many with multicolor advertising incl. few all-over, and many other interesting usages

VERY FINE. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF HUDSON-FULTON MATERIAL. A PROVEN BASIS FOR A GOLD MEDAL EXHIBIT. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.

The lot also includes the title and synopsis pages.

E. 15,000-20,000

23,000.00