2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II,
Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (539). Barest trace of hinging, centered slightly
to top but much better centering than usually found on this rare coil-waste
issue, Very Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate
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1c Green, Rotary Perf 11
(544). Rich color, neat San Francisco precancel, thin spot and crease,
appears Fine, with 1966 P.F. certificate
(Image)
1c Green, Rotary Perf 11
(544). Bold "Binghamton N.Y." precancel, horizontal crease, otherwise
Very Fine (Image)
1c Green, Rotary Perf 11
(544). Bold "Chicago Illinois" precancel, Very Good, with 1971 P.F.
certificate (Image)
1c Green, Rotary (545).
Block of four, bottom stamps Mint N.H., top pair h.r., fresh and bright
color, very well-centered, Extremely Fine and choice block, Scott Retail as
singles (Image)
1c-5c Pilgrim Tercentenary
(548-550). Complete set tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 21, 1920"
postmark on First Day of Issue cover addressed to Philip H. Ward Jr.
in Philadelphia, yellow and blue sender's corner card, ms. "These stamps
are cancelled Dec. 21, 1920, the 300th anniversary of the landing of the
Pilgrims, and the day the stamps were placed on sale." and initialled
"W.S.B.", fresh and Very Fine first day cover, with 1978 P.F. certificate
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1c Green, Rotary, Perf 11
(594). Horizontal pair, tied by "Madison Sq. Sta. N.Y. Oct. 4, 1924"
machine cancel on piece, deep shadeFINE AND VERY RARE PAIR. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE EIGHT KNOWN PAIRS OF SCOTT 594.
The 1c Green, Scott 594, is waste from a horizontal rotary printing used to make coils. At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was produced that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by perforating and cutting the sheets into panes. They were put through the 11-gauge flat-plate perforator in use at the time, giving the sheets full perforations on all sides. In 1923 coil waste from the new 1c and 2c rotary production was turned into stamps later classified as Scott 578-579 and 594-595. These were the last of the coil-waste issues. The existence of Scott 594 was not reported until four months after the final sheets were delivered, and the 1c Rotary Perf 11 was soon recognized as one of the rarest United States stamps.
There are today fewer than 100 confirmed examples of Scott 594. The first major find of this stamp was made in 1934 by Ernest E. Fairbanks, who retrieved nine pairs (18 stamps, one or two damaged) on nine separate covers that were returned by the post office years earlier from a bulk mailing. All were postmarked at New York City on October 4, 1924. The nine Fairbanks covers were cut down into pieces, and today there are perhaps five of these pairs on piece still intact.
There is one intact cover bearing a pair (not from the Fairbanks correspondence), and two pairs off cover. Of the five pairs on piece, three have major faults, as does one of the two known used pairs on piece. There are no known unused multiples.
With 1973 and 1999 P.F. certificates (Image)
2c Harding, Perf 11 (610).
Set of four First Day covers with George W. Linn cachet, three
different sizes and each with "In Memorium, Warren G. Harding Twenty-Ninth
President, Born Nov. 2, 1865, Died Aug. 2, 1923", different thicknesses of
mourning borders, each with "Marion Ohio Sep. 1, 1923" postmark, small one
bit toned and s.e. at bottomFINE-VERY FINE GROUP OF THE SCARCE LINN CACHETED HARDING COVERS, WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST CACHETED FIRST DAY COVERS.
Planty's Photo Encyclopedia of Cacheted F.D.C.'s states that "All complete classic collections [of FDC's] should start with this cover" (Image)
2c Harding, Perf 11 (610).
Complete set of seven different unofficial First Day covers, from
the Ohio towns of Dublin, Columbus, Delaware, Linworth, Powell, Waldo and
Worthington, also bears block of four, Worthington natural s.e. at left,
prepared by George W. Linn and addressed to him in Columbus O., fresh and
Very Fine, mailed by Linn on his way home from sending some first day
covers at Marion, the official city of issue, a rare group (Image)