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...

**1924-29 Issues continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
421		2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Tied by New York Expo registry duplex cancels, typed addressed to and serviced by Edward Worden, Very Fine and clean, Brookman catalogue value $1,700.00 (Image)	E. 1,200-1,700	900.00
422		2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Tied by Philatelic Station cancel, addressed to and serviced by Frost, sent registered, Very Fine and fresh cover, Brookman catalogue value $1,700.00 (Image)	E. 1,200-1,700	950.00
423		1c-10c Perf 11 x 10-1/2 (632-634, 635-642). Complete set of eleven covers, all typed addresses, Very Fine, one of the better quality sets (Image)	E. 500-750	260.00
424		1c Franklin, 8c Grant (632, 640). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Jun. 10, 1927 1:00 PM duplex cancels on combination cover with rubber-stamped address to Mauck and serviced by him, both stamps issued on the same day, Very Fine, a seldom-seen combination and only the third we have offered (Image)	E. 300-450	180.00
425		1-1/2c Harding, 4c Martha Washington, 9c Jefferson (633, 636, 641). Combination First Day cover with Gorham Wreath & Dome cacheted corner card, all three stamps were issued the same day, Very Fine, quite scarce and the first we have seen cacheted (Image)	E. 750-1,000	900.00
426		1-1/2c Harding, 4c Martha Washington, 9c Jefferson (633, 636, 641). Combination of three different values issued on the same day in plate no. blocks of four, tied by First Day Washington D.C. May 17, 1927 9AM duplex cancels on legal-size cover to Philip S. Warren in Washington D.C., a combination First Day with singles of these issues is scarce in its own right, the same in plate blocks is an incredible rarity and probably one-of-a-kind, we have never seen another FDC with plate blocks of three or more same-day issue definitives for any other issue, one of the rarest of all definitive FDC's in the Martin Collection, in our opinion rivaled only by the $2.00 and $5.00 1922 Issues (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	2,100.00
427		2c Washington, Experimental Electric Eye (634EE). Top right corner selvage horizontal pair with electric eye marking, tied by rare semi-official "Washington D.C. Benjamin Franklin, Sta. Mar. 28 3 PM 1935" duplex cancel, serviced by A. E. Gorham and with light pencil addressed initials to Gorham, Extremely Fine. this is the finest example of this elusive First Day we have offered, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)	E. 1,200-1,500	1,150.00

1924-29 Issues continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

421

2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Tied by New York Expo registry duplex cancels, typed addressed to and serviced by Edward Worden, Very Fine and clean, Brookman catalogue value $1,700.00 (Image)

E. 1,200-1,700

900.00

422

2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Tied by Philatelic Station cancel, addressed to and serviced by Frost, sent registered, Very Fine and fresh cover, Brookman catalogue value $1,700.00 (Image)

E. 1,200-1,700

950.00

423

1c-10c Perf 11 x 10-1/2 (632-634, 635-642). Complete set of eleven covers, all typed addresses, Very Fine, one of the better quality sets (Image)

E. 500-750

260.00

424

1c Franklin, 8c Grant (632, 640). Tied by First Day Washington D.C. Jun. 10, 1927 1:00 PM duplex cancels on combination cover with rubber-stamped address to Mauck and serviced by him, both stamps issued on the same day, Very Fine, a seldom-seen combination and only the third we have offered (Image)

E. 300-450

180.00

425

1-1/2c Harding, 4c Martha Washington, 9c Jefferson (633, 636, 641). Combination First Day cover with Gorham Wreath & Dome cacheted corner card, all three stamps were issued the same day, Very Fine, quite scarce and the first we have seen cacheted (Image)

E. 750-1,000

900.00

426

1-1/2c Harding, 4c Martha Washington, 9c Jefferson (633, 636, 641). Combination of three different values issued on the same day in plate no. blocks of four, tied by First Day Washington D.C. May 17, 1927 9AM duplex cancels on legal-size cover to Philip S. Warren in Washington D.C., a combination First Day with singles of these issues is scarce in its own right, the same in plate blocks is an incredible rarity and probably one-of-a-kind, we have never seen another FDC with plate blocks of three or more same-day issue definitives for any other issue, one of the rarest of all definitive FDC's in the Martin Collection, in our opinion rivaled only by the $2.00 and $5.00 1922 Issues (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2,100.00

427

2c Washington, Experimental Electric Eye (634EE). Top right corner selvage horizontal pair with electric eye marking, tied by rare semi-official "Washington D.C. Benjamin Franklin, Sta. Mar. 28 3 PM 1935" duplex cancel, serviced by A. E. Gorham and with light pencil addressed initials to Gorham, Extremely Fine. this is the finest example of this elusive First Day we have offered, Brookman catalogue value $1,200.00 (Image)

E. 1,200-1,500

1,150.00