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The Dr. Alfred S. Martin Collection, Part 2: U.S.First Day Covers and Earliest Documented Usages continued...

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Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
788 c 1c-10c Famous Americans (859-893). Neatly mounted in 6 NuAce albums, 13 complete sets, including Gundel, Grandy (blocks), Rice, Ross Engraving, Ioor, Crosby, Reid labels, Artcraft, Reid 4x5 cards, Historic Arts hand-tinted, Cachet Craft, Historic Arts, and Fidelity. We also note several individual covers including handpainted, Czubay and Sadworth in this collection E. 1,000-1,500 525.00
789 c 3c Thomas Edison (945). 83 covers neatly mounted in NuAce album, includes Pent Arts (9), Farnam (2, with General Electric variety), Boll, Cachet Craft Staehle, Spartan, Sanders, Anderson (3), Grandy, Fluegel, Commonwealth Edison Employees, Electrical & Gas Association, Dorn's Wines, Staehle, Czubay (3), Fleetwood Knapp (2-1 unofficial Edison, OH), Chicago Daily Svornost, Busby hand-drawn (of the period), Lane, Weigand, Czubay/Sanders unofficial USS Stribling, Collman, Staehle 5 x 7 maxicard, 3 additional oversized cachets, dual with No. 654, several unofficial cancels, a cover signed by an Edison relative, and others(some of unknown origin). One of the finer collections we have seen for this Scott number E. 400-600 350.00
790 c Ralph Dyer Hand-Painted Liberty Series (1030-1053) Collection. 29 covers complete except for 1034 (Bunker Hill), also includes 1054A, 1056 & 1059 coil issues E. 2,000-3,000 0.00
791 c Liberty Series (1030-1053) and Prominent American Series (1278-1295). 104 covers neatly mounted in NuAce album, includes Liberty Series on Fleetwood cachets (all blocks of four), a set of 1278-1295 Plate Blocks with Fleetwood cachets, another complete set of 1278-1295 Plate Blocks, booklet panes and line pair coils with Fleetwood cachets. Additionally there are 2 Artcraft 1052 Plate Blocks and 1 single, 1 Artcraft 1053 Plate Block and 4 singles, 1053 Farnam Plate Block, Aristocrat 1053 single, 1 1053 Fleetwood Plate Block. There are 20 1295's from the following cachet makers: John Bassett Moore Birthplace postcard, Cover Craft (2), Cachet Craft, Kolor Kover, Aristocrat, Farnam, Fleetwood (3 singles and 2 Plate Blocks), Artcraft (4 singles and 1 Plate Block), Artmaster and Jackson. All covers are unaddressed except for 1 of the Cover Craft 1295's. Also noted are two Henriques hand-painted cachets "of the period" (1033 & 1037) and a 1053 National Gallery of Art postcard of Alexander Hamilton E. 1,200-1,500 0.00
792 c Ralph Dyer Hand-Painted Prominent Americans Series (1278-1295) Collection. 26 covers, complete including booklet pane issues (1278A, 1280A and 1284B), also includes 3 coil issues (1299, 1304 and 1305). E. 1,200-2,000 0.00
793 c Classic Air Post Balance. Nos. C5 through C19 including over 115 covers mounted in two books with highlights including C5 (w/ cert), C7 x 9 with Springfield unofficial and Gorham serviced FDC, C8 x 6 with Gorham FDC - FF and P.O. Dept. business size envelope, C9 x 9, C10 x 20 with Gorham x 3, Mauck x 3, Roessler, rare Gorham dual cachet, related postcard, C11 x 6 with 2 not first days but on Zepp flights, one 1st day of rate on Seapost cover, First Days include Gorham serviced and one with unofficial U.S.S. Oklahoma, C12 x 18 with Buchanan, 3 unofficials, plate block, Gorham, C16 x 2 one with block of four, C17 x 19 with Rice, Fairway, Roessler, Hacker, plate block with unofficial plus 4 other unofficials, 2 combo covers with UC7 (same day of issue), C19 x 30 with Ioor x 3 (one with plate block), Beverly Hills, UC3 combo cover (same day of issue). Many premium stand alone coves in the $100+ range, review highly recommended E. 2,500-4,000 2,800.00

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