Sale 88: The Sescal Sale

Lot 889    

1932, ½¢-10¢ Washington Bicentennial complete, in blocks of 4 on separate First Day of Issue Beazell cachet covers, "Washington, D.C., Jan 1, 1932" machine cancels, all with matching C.E. Nickles address, typical smudged cancels, Very Fine, a seldom seen complete set of these very scarce cachets.
Scott No. 704-715    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

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Lot 890    

1934, 1¢-10¢ National Parks complete, perf'd & imperf, 13 FDC sets; perf'd sets with cachets including Beverly Hills, Rice, Ioor, "See America First", Linprint, Roy, Bert, Dyer and unknown, imperf with Grimsland and Ioor.
Scott No. 740-749, 756-765    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $400

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Lot 891    

1934, 1¢-10¢ National Parks complete, perf'd, on separate First Day of Issue Gundel hand painted cachet covers "of the period", fresh with matching addresses, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 740-749    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 892    

1936-37 Army-Navy complete, 9 FDC sets; with cachets including G. Evans, Gundel, Laird, Raley, Anderson, Grimsland, Ioor and Dietz, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 785-794    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Lot 893    

1938-39, ½¢-$5 Presidential complete, a deluxe set of regular definitives, coils and booklets on First Day of Issue Laffert hand drawn cachet covers, "of the period" cachets with regular definitives in blocks up to the 50¢, coils complete in strip (½c) and pairs with additional combination covers, booklets complete, Extremely Fine, one of the rarest Prexie cachet sets known to exist.
Scott No. 803-834, 839-851    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,250

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Lot 894    

1938, 3¢ Presidential, single on four different 1946 allover hand illustrated covers, each stamp trimmed (petit cut) and tied by Los Angeles, Cal. machine postmark, each with various early cartoon characters including Donald Duck, also includes an additional "Air Mail" Cover (small repaired cover corner nick), Very Fine.
Scott No. 807    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Realized: $400

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Lot 895    

1942, 3¢ Win the War, on Dorothy Knapp hand painted cachet unaddressed cover tied by purple "Victory, Vt., Jun 6, 1944" D-Day postmark, Very Fine and rare.
Scott No. 905    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $525

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Lot 896    

1943-44 Overrun Countries complete, on separate First Day of Issue Gladys Adler hand painted cachet covers, fresh and unaddressed, Extremely Fine, a very rare Gladys Adler set with only two such sets known.
Scott No. 909-921    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $525

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Lot 897    

1943, 5¢ Overrun Countries, France, on Dorothy Knapp hand painted cachet "V-E" Day cover, tied by purple "Victory, Vt., May 8, 1945" postmark, fresh and unaddressed, Extremely Fine and rare, one of the finest pieces of art produced by Dorothy Knapp.
Scott No. 915    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 898    

1945, 1¢-5¢ Roosevelt complete, on First Day of Issue Dorothy Knapp hand painted cachet cover, fresh and unaddressed, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 930-933    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $950

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