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
569		1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Uncacheted set of ten with Washington D.C. cancels, with signatures of director 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
570		1c-10c Imperforate Farleys (756-765). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachets, exceptionally detailed multicolored cachets on standard-size covers, neatly opened at top ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN SETS OF TEN COVERS. A MAGNIFICENT SET AND A GREAT RARITY. A perfect mate to the perforated Farley set offered in lot 563. (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	4,500.00
571		1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #24, complete set of twenty plate blocks of six, gutter blocks of souvenir sheets of six on business-size Beverly Hills cachets in Red and Black, unaddressed, scarce, only the second set we have seen as plate blocks (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	1,050.00
572		1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #24, complete set of twenty on one Top Notch cachet in Red and Blue, seldom seen and very clean example, one of the few cachet makers who actually made a cachet specifically designed for the entire set of twenty Farleys (Image)	E. 450-600	550.00
573		1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #34, set of twenty singles and gutters on one oversized Top-Notch cachet in Red and Blue, seldom seen (Image)	E. 450-600	240.00
574		1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #44, set of twenty unlisted, unknown cachets printed in Red and Blue on #10 business-size envelopes, all with matched typed addresses and with blocks or gutter blocks, a scarce set, standard-size envelopes for this set are scarce, this is the only set on this size cover we have seen (Image)	E. 900-1,200	800.00
575		1c-10c Imperforat Farleys (756-765). Planty #56, magnificent set of ten Laffert hand-drawn and hand-painted "of the period" cachets, exquisite detail and color, all have blocks of four with matched addresses to George Dexter Frost of Newton Center MA (a well-known pioneer FDC servicer), certainly one of the finest of all Farley cachets from one of the finest cachet makers of the period, produced in extremely limited quantities (less than five were produced and most have never been seen on the open market), this is only the second set we are aware of (Image)	E. 2,500-4,000	3,500.00

1929 and Later First Day Covers continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

569

1c-10c National Parks (740-749). Uncacheted set of ten with Washington D.C. cancels, with signatures of director 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

570

1c-10c Imperforate Farleys (756-765). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachets, exceptionally detailed multicolored cachets on standard-size covers, neatly opened at top

ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN SETS OF TEN COVERS. A MAGNIFICENT SET AND A GREAT RARITY.

A perfect mate to the perforated Farley set offered in lot 563. (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

4,500.00

571

1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #24, complete set of twenty plate blocks of six, gutter blocks of souvenir sheets of six on business-size Beverly Hills cachets in Red and Black, unaddressed, scarce, only the second set we have seen as plate blocks (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

1,050.00

572

1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #24, complete set of twenty on one Top Notch cachet in Red and Blue, seldom seen and very clean example, one of the few cachet makers who actually made a cachet specifically designed for the entire set of twenty Farleys (Image)

E. 450-600

550.00

573

1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #34, set of twenty singles and gutters on one oversized Top-Notch cachet in Red and Blue, seldom seen (Image)

E. 450-600

240.00

574

1c-16c Imperforate Farleys (752-771). Planty #44, set of twenty unlisted, unknown cachets printed in Red and Blue on #10 business-size envelopes, all with matched typed addresses and with blocks or gutter blocks, a scarce set, standard-size envelopes for this set are scarce, this is the only set on this size cover we have seen (Image)

E. 900-1,200

800.00

575

1c-10c Imperforat Farleys (756-765). Planty #56, magnificent set of ten Laffert hand-drawn and hand-painted "of the period" cachets, exquisite detail and color, all have blocks of four with matched addresses to George Dexter Frost of Newton Center MA (a well-known pioneer FDC servicer), certainly one of the finest of all Farley cachets from one of the finest cachet makers of the period, produced in extremely limited quantities (less than five were produced and most have never been seen on the open market), this is only the second set we are aware of (Image)

E. 2,500-4,000

3,500.00