Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Dr. Alfred S. Martin Collection, Part 2: U.S.First Day Covers and Earliest Documented Usages continued...

**1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary Issue**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
362		1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 21, 1920 6PM machine cancel on cover with "Electric Club of Philadelphia, Philip H. Ward, Jr., Sec'y" embossed corner card, typed address to Ward, fresh and Very Fine, with 1974 AFDCS certificate, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)	E. 2,500-3,500	2,400.00
363		1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 2:30 PM duplex cancels with inverted yeardate on legal-size cover to local address, serviced by Hammelman, minor wear, Very Fine, much scarcer than Philadelphia cancel, with AFDCS certificate, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)	E. 2,500-3,500	1,600.00
364		1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 21,1920 5 PM machine cancel on cover to Evans City Pa., serviced by Philip H. Ward with is return address, neatly opened top and quite clean, Very Fine, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)	E. 2,500-3,500	1,900.00
365		1c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548).Tied by unofficial First Day "Plymouth Mass. Dec. 21 5:30 PM 1920" machine cancel with Plymouth Tercentenary slogan on multicolored Santa Claus postcard addressed to Herbert Rome in Winchester Mass., message related to the tercentenary "Plymouth, Mass. December 21, 1920 Dear Herbert, My Boy, This memorable Day from the hallowed ground I send you my best love, Affectionately Mama 1620, 1920.", 1920 Christmas seal at upper left EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE UNOFFICIAL FIRST DAY USAGE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED FIRST DAY USAGES FROM PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. This is the first unofficial First Day usage from Plymouth to trade publicly in decades, and the first the McCusker firm has ever handled. With 1980 AFDCS certificate. Not listed in Brookman, but we do note that the 2c Pilgrim FDC from Plymouth is valued at $5,000.00 (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	4,750.00
366		2c Pilgrim Tercentenary (549). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 5:30 PM machine cancel on cover to Lawrence Mass. with "The Stamp Shoppe" corner card in black (greenish blue address change handstamp), Extremely Fine, this is only the second we have handled with this corner card, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)	E. 900-1,200	600.00
367		2c Pilgrim Tercentenary (549). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 10 PM machine cancel on blue cover locally addressed to Fred Ludwig, neatly opened at left as is typical for these Hammelman-serviced FDCs, Extremely Fine, fresh and very clean, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)	E. 900-1,200	700.00

1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary Issue

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

362

1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 21, 1920 6PM machine cancel on cover with "Electric Club of Philadelphia, Philip H. Ward, Jr., Sec'y" embossed corner card, typed address to Ward, fresh and Very Fine, with 1974 AFDCS certificate, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)

E. 2,500-3,500

2,400.00

363

1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 2:30 PM duplex cancels with inverted yeardate on legal-size cover to local address, serviced by Hammelman, minor wear, Very Fine, much scarcer than Philadelphia cancel, with AFDCS certificate, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)

E. 2,500-3,500

1,600.00

364

1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548-550). Complete set, tied by First Day Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 21,1920 5 PM machine cancel on cover to Evans City Pa., serviced by Philip H. Ward with is return address, neatly opened top and quite clean, Very Fine, Brookman catalogue value $3,250.00 (Image)

E. 2,500-3,500

1,900.00

365

1c Pilgrim Tercentenary (548).Tied by unofficial First Day "Plymouth Mass. Dec. 21 5:30 PM 1920" machine cancel with Plymouth Tercentenary slogan on multicolored Santa Claus postcard addressed to Herbert Rome in Winchester Mass., message related to the tercentenary "Plymouth, Mass. December 21, 1920 Dear Herbert, My Boy, This memorable Day from the hallowed ground I send you my best love, Affectionately Mama 1620, 1920.", 1920 Christmas seal at upper left

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE UNOFFICIAL FIRST DAY USAGE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED FIRST DAY USAGES FROM PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

This is the first unofficial First Day usage from Plymouth to trade publicly in decades, and the first the McCusker firm has ever handled.

With 1980 AFDCS certificate. Not listed in Brookman, but we do note that the 2c Pilgrim FDC from Plymouth is valued at $5,000.00 (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

4,750.00

366

2c Pilgrim Tercentenary (549). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 5:30 PM machine cancel on cover to Lawrence Mass. with "The Stamp Shoppe" corner card in black (greenish blue address change handstamp), Extremely Fine, this is only the second we have handled with this corner card, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)

E. 900-1,200

600.00

367

2c Pilgrim Tercentenary (549). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Dec. 21, 1920 10 PM machine cancel on blue cover locally addressed to Fred Ludwig, neatly opened at left as is typical for these Hammelman-serviced FDCs, Extremely Fine, fresh and very clean, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)

E. 900-1,200

700.00