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**First Day Covers continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
981	F	614	#614, 1c Huguenot-Walloon, vertical pair tied to first day cover by "Allentown Pa/May 1/1924" duplex handstamp, with elaborate cachet commemorating the 175th Anniversary of Reading (Planty #6), neatly opened at left, very fine; a very rare cachet, with only a few examples known. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $220.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
982	F	617-19	#617-19, 1c-5c Lexington-Concord cplt., tied to first day cover along with 1 1/2c Harding imperf. pair (#576) by "Washington, D.C./Apr 4/1925" duplex handstamps, all four stamps issued on the same day, neatly opened at bottom, very fine; a rare combination first day cover. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
983	F	617-19	#617-19, 1c-5c Lexington-Concord cplt., blocks of four tied to one long first day cover by "Washington D.C./Apr 4/1925" duplex pmks., addressed to Nickles, very fine; reportedly the only know example of a set of blocks on a Nickles first day cover. (Image)	Mellone 250.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
984	F	617-19	#617-19, 1c-5c Lexington-Concord cplt., specialized group of ten first day covers with the first Guy Atwood Jackson cachet (Planty #1, 1A), 1c with four different towns (Boston, Lexington, Cambridge, Concord), 2c with three towns (Boston, Concord, Lexington) and 5c with three towns (Cambridge, Concord, Lexington) and all are to foreign destinations (two to France, one to Shanghai, China), the 5c covers with cut-out pasted on as always, very fine; a very scarce assemblage whose catalog value in Mellone does not accurately reflect their true market value; for instance, the 5c covers alone typically sell for $500.00-750.00 each when they make infrequent auction appearances. (Image)	Mellone 1,750.00+ SOLD for $1,250.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
985		617	#617, 1c Lexington-Concord, tied to cover by "Peabody, Mass/Mar 15/1925" duplex handstamps, predating the official first day of April 4, cover with just a faint hint of toning, still very fine; only a handful of predates of the Lexington-Concord issue are known. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
986	F	617	#617, 1c Lexington-Concord, tied to first day cover by "Cambridge Mass./Apr 4/1925" machine cancel, with unlisted Henry Yost cachet outlined in green crayon, very fine; probably unique. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $150.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
987	F	619	#619, 5c Lexington-Concord, tied to pristine first day cover by "Boston, Mass/Apr 4/25" c.d.s, with the first Guy Atwood Jackson cachet printed directly on the envelope in the lower right corner (unlike all other 5c values which have the cut-out label attached), neatly opened at top, extremely fine; unique with the printed cachet. (Image)	Est. 500-750 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
988	F	617-19	#617-19, 1c-5c Lexington-Concord cplt., group of fourteen better first day covers, includes six with first Jackson cachet (one a cut-out label), one with unofficial R.P.O. cancel, one with complete set tied by Concord Junction pmks., two bisect usages, etc., generally fine-very fine. (Image)	Est. 500-750 SOLD for $625.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
989	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., seven Nickles addressed May 18, 1925 Washington, D.C. first day covers, each with a position block, includes both values in all three arrow blocks, plus a 2c in a center line block, an extremely fine and attractive group. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $150.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
990	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., top margin arrow and plate no. blocks of each tied to separate Nickles addressed first day covers by "Washington D.C./May 18/1925" duplex pmks., very clean and extremely fine; immensely rare (if not unique) set with plate blocks. (Image)	Est. 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,300.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
991	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., set on seven May 18, 1925 first day covers, representing all seven of the official cities, each with first Roessler cachet at top left (Planty #1), Washington cover with very slight toning, otherwise very fine; an attractive set of the first cachet from one of the founding fathers of cachet making. (Image)	Mellone 2,100.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
992	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., tied to a first day cover by "Decorah Iowa/May 18/1925" machine cancel, with first C.W. George cachet (Planty #2), very fine and attractive. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $220.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
993	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., set tied to an immaculate blue first day cover by "Saint Paul Minn Commercial Sta. 2/May 13/1925" machine cancel, with first Ernest J. Weschcke cachet (Planty #5) at top left, extremely fine and beautiful; a scarce and undervalued cachet. (Image)	Mellone 300.00 SOLD for $30.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
994	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., tied to separate first day covers by matching "Northfield Minn./May 18/1925" machine cancels, with first Ralph Wirt serviced cachet (Planty #13), very fine; the 5c example was used for illustration in the Planty catalog. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
995	F	620-21	#620-621, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., group of nine first day covers, mostly better cacheted items including cplt. set on both the first Roessler and first Weschcke cachets, also a set on separate covers with Herst cachets (Planty #6), as well as separate covers with labels (Planty #11), an unlisted Buffalo rubber stamp cachet (see photo), plus there are two non-cacheted items (2c block of eight and 5c on unofficial Air Mail Field cover), mostly very fine. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $350.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
996	F	622	#622, 13c Green, two Worden addressed first day covers tied by "North Bend Ohio/Jan 11 1926" pmks., each with 5c or 25c Postage currency (Scott #PC5, PC7) tied also, fine-very fine; a most unusual and rare pair of first day covers. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $625.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
997	F	623	#623, 17c Black, tied to first day cover by "New York City Hall Sta./Dec 28/1925" duplex pmk., with unlisted Roessler cachet of Woodrow Wilson, very fine. (Image)	Mellone 300.00 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
998	F	627	#627, 2c Sesquicentennial Exposition, lot of 15 first day covers, seven are cacheted including two different cities with the first Griffin (Planty #3), also Planty #3A, 10, 29 and two unlisted, also unofficial cities including Alexandria, Baltimore and Braintree, mostly very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $240.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
999	F	628	#628, 5c Ericsson, four May 29, 1926 first day covers, being from the four different official cities, each with the Griffin cachet of blue and yellow making the Swedish flag (Planty #2), Washington also franked with #C7 and "Night Air Mail" handstamp, a very fine and choice set; this scarce and highly sought-after cachet is rarely offered as a complete city set. (Image)	Mellone 1,800.00 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1000	F	628	#628, 5c Ericsson, tied to first day cover by "Chicago Ill./May 29/1926" machine cancel, with unlisted Mack cachet of text in double border box, very fine and reportedly unique. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $130.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM