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
583		3c Susan B. Anthony (784). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare, this is the actual cover listed in Planty and is one of two know covers (both have different designs), this is the first we have handled (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,400.00
584		1c-5c Army-Navy (785-794). Planty #18, set of nine covers (lacking only No. 787), all with matched typed addresses to Beazell, extremely rare group, seldom seen, we have only offered one complete set in the past and with a bit of patience the No. 787 will turn up, certainly one of the highlight of any Army-Navy collection and a must for the Beazell specialist (Image)	E. 2,500-4,000	1,500.00
585		1c Navy (790). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the first we have handled in over 25 years (Image)	E. 1,200-1,500	1,000.00
586		3c Constitution (798). Planty #86, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare, this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the only example we have seen in over 25 years (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,300.00
587		3c Hawaii (799). Planty # 127, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the only known cover for this issue (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,000.00
588		3c Territorial (799-802). Set of four different Planty #115 Laffert hand-painted "of the period" cachets, a magnificent and detailed set, fewer than ten sets were produced, many of which have never been on the market, this is only the second set set we have offered, the last realized over $1,250 in McCusker Sale #178 (April 2003) (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	900.00
589		-1/2c-$5.00 Presidential (803-834, 839-851). Planty #137, complete set of Munprint from the -1/2c value to $5.00, an exceptional historical detail cachet, second to none for this series is represented in these "text" cachets, a true rarity for the Presidential Series and only the second set we have seen (Image)	E. 750-1,000	850.00

1929 and Later First Day Covers continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

583

3c Susan B. Anthony (784). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare, this is the actual cover listed in Planty and is one of two know covers (both have different designs), this is the first we have handled (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,400.00

584

1c-5c Army-Navy (785-794). Planty #18, set of nine covers (lacking only No. 787), all with matched typed addresses to Beazell, extremely rare group, seldom seen, we have only offered one complete set in the past and with a bit of patience the No. 787 will turn up, certainly one of the highlight of any Army-Navy collection and a must for the Beazell specialist (Image)

E. 2,500-4,000

1,500.00

585

1c Navy (790). Unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the first we have handled in over 25 years (Image)

E. 1,200-1,500

1,000.00

586

3c Constitution (798). Planty #86, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare, this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the only example we have seen in over 25 years (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,300.00

587

3c Hawaii (799). Planty # 127, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare this is the actual cover listed in Planty and the only known cover for this issue (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,000.00

588

3c Territorial (799-802). Set of four different Planty #115 Laffert hand-painted "of the period" cachets, a magnificent and detailed set, fewer than ten sets were produced, many of which have never been on the market, this is only the second set set we have offered, the last realized over $1,250 in McCusker Sale #178 (April 2003) (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

900.00

589

-1/2c-$5.00 Presidential (803-834, 839-851). Planty #137, complete set of Munprint from the -1/2c value to $5.00, an exceptional historical detail cachet, second to none for this series is represented in these "text" cachets, a true rarity for the Presidential Series and only the second set we have seen (Image)

E. 750-1,000

850.00