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...

**1922-26 Issue continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
403		2c Carmine, Booklet Pane of Six (583a). With intact tab, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Aug. 27, 1926 12 PM machine cancel and duplex with same date and time on cover from Siebold to Koslowski in Latvia, forwarded to Rome, Italy, then sent back to the U.S., appropriate foreign transit markings, Very Fine and rare, this is the only FDC to a foreign destination we have seen for this Scott number, a must for the booklet pane specialist (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	1,900.00
404		2c Carmine, Booklet Pane of Six (583a). With intact tab, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Aug. 27, 1926 4:30 PM machine cancel on cover addressed to Cornish, neatly opened at left, Very Fine, Brookman catalogue value $1,400.00 (Image)	E. 900-1,200	775.00
405		7c McKinley, 8c Grant, 9c Jefferson, 5c Ericsson (588-590, 628). Combination First Day cover with all four issues, plate no. singles of each tied by "Washington D.C. May 29 11 AM 1926" duplex cancels, unaddressed VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN COMBINATION FIRST DAY COVER WITH PLATE NUMBER SINGLES OF THESE ISSUES. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COMBINATION COVERS. A GREAT ROTARY PRESS ISSUE RARITY. All four stamps were issued on the same day. A recent auction realization for a similar cover (without plate numbers) was over $5,000. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,500	2,900.00
406		1c Green, Coil (597). Pair, tied by First Day "Washington D.C. Jul. 18 10:30PM 1923" machine cancel on cover serviced by Hammelman and addressed to Miss E. Aman in Washington D.C., Very Fine cover, Brookman catalogue value $750.00 (Image)	E. 500-750	325.00
407		2c Carmine, Coil (599). Single tied by First Day Washington D.C. Jan. 15, 1923 7:30 PM machine cancel on cover with typed address to and serviced by Philip H. Ward, Jr. VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY 37 FIRST DAY COVERS OF THIS ROTARY COIL ISSUE PRODUCED BY WARD. We have offered two other examples of this Scott 599 FDC in recent auctions. The last recorded sales of a similar cover were in McCusker Sale #110 (4/98) at $2,300 and Sale #145 (11/2000) at $3,000. With 1975 AFDCS certificate (Image)	E. 2,500-3,500	1,500.00

1922-26 Issue continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

403

2c Carmine, Booklet Pane of Six (583a). With intact tab, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Aug. 27, 1926 12 PM machine cancel and duplex with same date and time on cover from Siebold to Koslowski in Latvia, forwarded to Rome, Italy, then sent back to the U.S., appropriate foreign transit markings, Very Fine and rare, this is the only FDC to a foreign destination we have seen for this Scott number, a must for the booklet pane specialist (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

1,900.00

404

2c Carmine, Booklet Pane of Six (583a). With intact tab, tied by First Day Washington D.C. Aug. 27, 1926 4:30 PM machine cancel on cover addressed to Cornish, neatly opened at left, Very Fine, Brookman catalogue value $1,400.00 (Image)

E. 900-1,200

775.00

405

7c McKinley, 8c Grant, 9c Jefferson, 5c Ericsson (588-590, 628). Combination First Day cover with all four issues, plate no. singles of each tied by "Washington D.C. May 29 11 AM 1926" duplex cancels, unaddressed

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN COMBINATION FIRST DAY COVER WITH PLATE NUMBER SINGLES OF THESE ISSUES. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COMBINATION COVERS. A GREAT ROTARY PRESS ISSUE RARITY.

All four stamps were issued on the same day. A recent auction realization for a similar cover (without plate numbers) was over $5,000. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,500

2,900.00

406

1c Green, Coil (597). Pair, tied by First Day "Washington D.C. Jul. 18 10:30PM 1923" machine cancel on cover serviced by Hammelman and addressed to Miss E. Aman in Washington D.C., Very Fine cover, Brookman catalogue value $750.00 (Image)

E. 500-750

325.00

407

2c Carmine, Coil (599). Single tied by First Day Washington D.C. Jan. 15, 1923 7:30 PM machine cancel on cover with typed address to and serviced by Philip H. Ward, Jr.

VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY 37 FIRST DAY COVERS OF THIS ROTARY COIL ISSUE PRODUCED BY WARD.

We have offered two other examples of this Scott 599 FDC in recent auctions. The last recorded sales of a similar cover were in McCusker Sale #110 (4/98) at $2,300 and Sale #145 (11/2000) at $3,000.

With 1975 AFDCS certificate (Image)

E. 2,500-3,500

1,500.00