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...

**1929 and Later First Day Covers continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
562		3c Mothers (737). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, label address, unique, one of only two known Knapp cachets for this issue, the other is also offered in this auction (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	1,250.00
563		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachets, exceptionally detailed multicolored cachets on standard-size covers, neatly opened at top ONE OF ONLY TWO SETS OF TEN COVERS RECORDED. A MAGNIFICENT SET AND A MUST FOR THE KNAPP SPECIALIST. A perfect mate to the imperf Farley set offered in lot 570. (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	7,500.00
564		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Complete set of ten unlisted Gladys Adler add-on hand-painted cachets, matched typed addresses to H. E. Radasch, each with Park cancel, this is the only set we have have seen and is most probably unique (Image)	E. 1,500-2,500	2,800.00
565		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted beautifully hand-painted multicolored "of the period" R. M. Warren cachets, each cachet extremely well done and with a different rendition for each, all are with blocks of four and matched typed addressed, unique, some of the best work we have seen for this period (Image)	E. 1,200-1,500	1,800.00
566		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted set of ten unknown photographic paste-on cachets with hand lettering, matched typed addresses to Arthur F. Boyles in Ithaca N.Y., these are not Beazells but are similar in design and they are "of the period", probably unique, these are extremely well done (Image)	E. 750-1,000	900.00
567		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted, fantastic oversized Grimsland engraved cachet in Blue with extremely rare franking and cancels, each stamp has its appropriate First Day of Issue cancel (all ten stamps had different First Days) with U.S.S. Herbert Hoover duplex cancels, an incredibly rare item, it was against postal regulations at that time to "re-cancel" mail, this is only the second such example we have seen, a great exhibit item and a must for the Parks specialist (Image)	E. 500-750	425.00
568		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Uncacheted set of ten with Washington D.C. cancels, also with signatures of superintendent of each National Park on printed period cachet in Red "1934 - A National Park Year", probably unique and a must for the Park specialist (Image)	E. 450-600	240.00

1929 and Later First Day Covers continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

562

3c Mothers (737). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, label address, unique, one of only two known Knapp cachets for this issue, the other is also offered in this auction (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

1,250.00

563

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachets, exceptionally detailed multicolored cachets on standard-size covers, neatly opened at top

ONE OF ONLY TWO SETS OF TEN COVERS RECORDED. A MAGNIFICENT SET AND A MUST FOR THE KNAPP SPECIALIST.

A perfect mate to the imperf Farley set offered in lot 570. (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

7,500.00

564

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Complete set of ten unlisted Gladys Adler add-on hand-painted cachets, matched typed addresses to H. E. Radasch, each with Park cancel, this is the only set we have have seen and is most probably unique (Image)

E. 1,500-2,500

2,800.00

565

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted beautifully hand-painted multicolored "of the period" R. M. Warren cachets, each cachet extremely well done and with a different rendition for each, all are with blocks of four and matched typed addressed, unique, some of the best work we have seen for this period (Image)

E. 1,200-1,500

1,800.00

566

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted set of ten unknown photographic paste-on cachets with hand lettering, matched typed addresses to Arthur F. Boyles in Ithaca N.Y., these are not Beazells but are similar in design and they are "of the period", probably unique, these are extremely well done (Image)

E. 750-1,000

900.00

567

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Unlisted, fantastic oversized Grimsland engraved cachet in Blue with extremely rare franking and cancels, each stamp has its appropriate First Day of Issue cancel (all ten stamps had different First Days) with U.S.S. Herbert Hoover duplex cancels, an incredibly rare item, it was against postal regulations at that time to "re-cancel" mail, this is only the second such example we have seen, a great exhibit item and a must for the Parks specialist (Image)

E. 500-750

425.00

568

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Uncacheted set of ten with Washington D.C. cancels, also with signatures of superintendent of each National Park on printed period cachet in Red "1934 - A National Park Year", probably unique and a must for the Park specialist (Image)

E. 450-600

240.00