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Sale 69: The Robert Markovits Collection of Special Delivery

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1927 10¢ Gray Violet, Rotary Press

Lot 1164    

Special Delivery, 1927, 10¢ Gray Violet, tied by Earliest Documented Use "Chicago Ill. Nov. 17, 1927 12PM" duplex cancel on legal-size corner card cover from the "Law Offices of Burton & Burton Chicago" to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C.", additional "FOR 20-HOUR TRAIN" handstamp; bottom left corner tear, F.-V.F.
Scott No. E15    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

THE FINEST OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGES OF THE 1917 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE. AN IMPORTANT USAGE THAT PREDATES THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY BY TWELVE DAYS.

There were two covers used on Nov. 17th, 1927 from the same non-philatelic correspondence that contained legal patent documents that needed rush service to the Washington D.C. patent office. The other example was faulty and last offered in the Martin collection where it realized $2,300.

Realized: $2,200

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