Sale 69: The Robert Markovits Collection of Special Delivery

Lot 1039 /()   

Special Delivery, 1888, 10¢ Blue, two top plate number and imprint strips, first is plate No. 552 strip of four, nicely centered with bright color, o.g., some reinforced perf separations, other is plate no. 73 top row strip of four with full selvage, deep intense color, no gum, reinforced perf separations, center stamp thinned with tiny hole, F.-V.F., A scarce pair of plate strips from the first two printing plates.
Scott No. E2    $11,500.

Printing plate number 552 was the first printing plate used to print the issue. Plate number 73 was the second printing plate used after the new American Bank Note Company (ABNC) numbering system was established.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 1040    

Special Delivery, 1888, 10¢ Blue, bottom imprint and plate no. 552 block of eight with wide selvage; perf separations, o.g., never hinged, Fine.
Scott No. E2    $25,000.

AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE 1888 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE.

Each of the first four Special Delivery Issues (E1-E4) is rare in plate block form. There are maybe ten known of the 1888 Issue.

Realized: $6,250

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Lot 1041    

Special Delivery, 1888, 10¢ Blue, used with 2¢ green (213) tied together by two strikes of cork cancel, matching "No. Adams & Pitts. R.P.O. 24 Oct 1888" railroad cds on cover to Bar Harbor Me., forwarded to Cambridge Mass., reverse with Bar Harbor (10.24) and Cambridge Station (10.25) backstamps, purple Cambridge special delivery handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. E2    Estimate $500 - 750.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THE 1888 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1042    

Special Delivery, 1888, 10¢ Blue, cancelled by cork cancel duplexed with bold "Oroville Cal. Sep 10, 1891" cds on cover from Oroville Cal. to San Francisco, originally mailed bearing 10¢ Special Delivery (E1) cancelled by manuscript and 2¢ carmine (220), tied by target cancel, forwarded to the Palace Hotel in San Francisco with the #E2, pink "Special Delivery, Post Office, San Francisco Cal., Sep 11, 1891" time clock backstamp, pencil "No forwarding address", "San Francisco, Cal. Sep 14 '91" duplex and sent back to Oroville; E1 surface scuffs, Very Fine.
Scott No. E2 + E1    Estimate $500 - 750.

THE ONLY RECORDED COMBINATION USE OF THE 1885 AND 1888 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUES.

Realized: $450

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Lot 1043    

Special Delivery, 1888, 10¢ Blue, used with 2¢ carmine (220), tied by two strikes of quartered cork cancels on large-size multicolor Miss Lillian Kennedy illustrated adverting cover to New York N.Y., reverse with partial "St. Louis… City R.P.O., Feb 25" railroad; couple minor edge tears and refolded at bottom, Very Fine and remarkable advertising cover, ex-Philip H. Ward Jr.
Scott No. E2    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $800

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