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
604		3c Baseball Centennial (855). Planty #127, J. Neal Griffith wood cut cachet in Purple, addressed to Griffith, very few produced and quite scarce, our last recorded sale of a similar cover was at $1,050 in McCusker Sale #145 (11/2000) (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,250.00
605		3c Baseball Centennial (855). Planty #28a, Crosby thermographed cachet in silver, this cachet actually depicts Honus Wagner and is accompanied by his autograph "Honus Wagner - Pirates", quite rare and desirable (Image)	E. 750-1,000	900.00
606		3c Baseball Centennial (855). Planty #28a, Crosby thermographed cachet in silver, this cachet actually depicts Honus Wagner and is accompanied by his autograph "Honus Wagner", quite rare and desirable (Image)	E. 750-1,000	1,150.00
607		3c Panama Canal (856). Unlisted, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet., unaddressed, this is the only known cover for this issue, last offered in McCusker Sale #47 in September 1993 where acquired by Dr. Martin, a wonderful cover (Image)	E. 2,000-2,500	3,500.00
608		3c 50th Anniversary of Statehood (858). Unlisted, magnificent set of four Laffert hand-drawn hand-painted "of the period" cachets, all blocks of four with matched addresses to George Dexter Frost of Newton Center MA (the well-known pioneer FDC servicer), exquisite detail and color produced in extremely limited quantities (generally less than ten), most have never been seen on the open market, this is the first time we have offered this set (Image)	E. 1,200-1,500	800.00
609		1c-10c Famous Americans (859-893). Complete set of blocks of four on 35 unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cacheted covers, few covers show slight toning at bottom which does not detract ONE OF ONLY TWO COMPLETE SETS PRODUCED BY DOROTHY KNAPP, AND THE ONLY ONE EVER TO BE SOLD. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KNAPP SPECIALIST TO ACQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT KNAPP SETS IN EXISTENCE, AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MARTIN COLLECTION. We originally sold this set to Dr. Martin over a decade ago privately for $25,000. A public offering of this set has certainly not occurred in over 25 years, if ever. (Image)	E. 30,000-45,000	19,500.00
610		1c-10c Famous Americans (8569-893). Unlisted, complete set of 35 Beardsley cachets with matched typed addresses, very informative, quite scarce, one of a small handful known (Image)	E. 500-750	260.00

1929 and Later First Day Covers continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

604

3c Baseball Centennial (855). Planty #127, J. Neal Griffith wood cut cachet in Purple, addressed to Griffith, very few produced and quite scarce, our last recorded sale of a similar cover was at $1,050 in McCusker Sale #145 (11/2000) (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,250.00

605

3c Baseball Centennial (855). Planty #28a, Crosby thermographed cachet in silver, this cachet actually depicts Honus Wagner and is accompanied by his autograph "Honus Wagner - Pirates", quite rare and desirable (Image)

E. 750-1,000

900.00

606

E. 750-1,000

1,150.00

607

3c Panama Canal (856). Unlisted, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet., unaddressed, this is the only known cover for this issue, last offered in McCusker Sale #47 in September 1993 where acquired by Dr. Martin, a wonderful cover (Image)

E. 2,000-2,500

3,500.00

608

3c 50th Anniversary of Statehood (858). Unlisted, magnificent set of four Laffert hand-drawn hand-painted "of the period" cachets, all blocks of four with matched addresses to George Dexter Frost of Newton Center MA (the well-known pioneer FDC servicer), exquisite detail and color produced in extremely limited quantities (generally less than ten), most have never been seen on the open market, this is the first time we have offered this set (Image)

E. 1,200-1,500

800.00

609

1c-10c Famous Americans (859-893). Complete set of blocks of four on 35 unlisted Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cacheted covers, few covers show slight toning at bottom which does not detract

ONE OF ONLY TWO COMPLETE SETS PRODUCED BY DOROTHY KNAPP, AND THE ONLY ONE EVER TO BE SOLD. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KNAPP SPECIALIST TO ACQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT KNAPP SETS IN EXISTENCE, AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MARTIN COLLECTION.

We originally sold this set to Dr. Martin over a decade ago privately for $25,000. A public offering of this set has certainly not occurred in over 25 years, if ever. (Image)

E. 30,000-45,000

19,500.00

610

1c-10c Famous Americans (8569-893). Unlisted, complete set of 35 Beardsley cachets with matched typed addresses, very informative, quite scarce, one of a small handful known (Image)

E. 500-750

260.00