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**First Day Covers continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1081	F	743	#743, 4c Parks, tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./Sep 25/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "Attempting to Reach Top of No Name" (Planty #15b), very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1082	F	744	#744, 5c Parks, tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./Jul 30/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "Upper Falls of Yellowstone River" (Planty #15a), very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1083	F	746	#746, 7c Parks, tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./Oct 2/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "Early Transportation" (Planty #15c), very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1084	F	747	#747, 8c Parks, tied to first day cover by a scarce "U.S.S. Cormorant/Sep 18/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "View in Zion National Park" (Planty #15a), very fine; probably unique with this postmark. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $270.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1085	F	748	#748, 9c Parks, tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./Aug 27/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "Artist Painting of Glacier National Park" (Planty #15d), very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1086	F	749	#749, 10c Parks, tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./ Oct 8/1934" machine cancel, with Beazell cachet "Boulevard on the Border of Great Smoky Mt. Nat. Park" (Planty #15d), very fine. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1087	F	756-65	#756-765, 1c-10c Imperforate National Parks, blocks of four of each tied to matched March 15, 1935 first day covers, with Anderson cachets (Planty #3), very fine set. (Image)	Mellone 400.00 SOLD for $50.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1088	F	768	#768, 3c Byrd souvenir sheet of six, tied to first day cover by "Washington D.C./Mar 15/1935" machine cancel, with "Post Office Department/Office of the Chief Inspector" corner card at top left, a little excess gum in margin as so often seen, very fine. (Image)	Mellone 350.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1089	F	778	#778, 3c Tipex souvenir sheet, tied to first day cover by "New York N.Y./May 9/1936", with the scarce first House of Farnam cachet (Planty #32), unaddressed, very trivial cover wrinkle at top right not affecting the sheet, very fine; this cachet is particularly elusive to find unaddressed. (Image)	Mellone 500.00 SOLD for $210.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1090	F	853	#853, 3c New York World's Fair, five April 1, 1939 first day covers, three have the scarce and popular first Artcraft cachet, two of which have blocks of four on unaddressed covers, the other is a small sized cover addressed to Adam Bert, plus two Staehle cachets (Planty #16b, 17a), and not counted in the catalog value is an April 2 cover with the Artcraft cachet, very fine lot. (Image)	Mellone 710.00 SOLD for $475.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1091	F	922	#922, 3c Transcontinental Railroad, tied to first day cover by "Ogden, Utah/May 10/1944" machine cancel, with unlisted multicolored all-over cachet pasted on the envelope, some insignificant edge wear, very fine and undoubtedly unique. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $50.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1092	F		1973 Parcel Post Mailing Facility, five May 14, 1973 first day covers from this experimental self-serve facility in Jacksonville, Florida, this holding represents five of the twenty numbered covers made by Clyde Jennings and sent to Al Boerger (#1, 5, 10, 13, 17) with ABC cachets, representing the five different rates (8c, 11c, 33c, 68c, 71c), very fine; only 33 total transactions were made on May 14 at this short-lived facility; this group is particularly desirable because it contains the first ever piece of mail (#1) used at the facility. (Image)	Est. 500-750 SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1093		C1	#C1, 6c Orange, tied to first flight cover by Dec. 16, 1918 Philadelphia air mail cancel, ms. "Via Aeroplane Mail", quite fresh, choice very fine; a very scarce first flight cover, particularly in this premium quality. (Image)	Mellone 2,500.00 SOLD for $600.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1094		C2	#C2, 16c Green, tied to cover by violet July 14 Washington Airmail Service pmk., addressed to Maine, cover faults, fine appearance; although July 14 was technically the first day of the new 16c rate, it fell on a Sunday, so no flights actually took place until Monday, July 15, making this July 14 postmark very scarce. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $110.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1095		C2	#C2, 16c Green, four July 15, 1918 first flight covers, with New York, Philadelphia (two) and Washington, D.C. (purple) "Air Mail Service..." pmks., very fine and scarce group. (Image)	Mellone 3,200.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1096		C3	#C3, 24c Carmine rose and blue, tied to small first flight cover by superb strike of May 15, 1918 Philadelphia First Trip airmail cancel, hand addressed to Worden, New York backstamp, opened at left, a very fine example of the first regularly scheduled airmail flight; accompanied by a letter on the stationery of Sen. LeBaron B. Colt regarding the new airmail service. (Image)	Mellone 750.00 SOLD for $600.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1097	F	C4-6	#C4-6, 1923 8c-24c Air Posts cplt., a remarkably fresh set of Worden addressed first day covers, each tied by a "Washington, D.C./Aug 21/1923" machine cancel, envelope papers are especially bright and white, even the stamps are uncommonly well centered, extremely fine; a very scarce set of first day covers, particularly so in this stellar quality. (Image)	Mellone 2,125.00 SOLD for $650.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1098	F	C4-6	#C4-6, 1923 8c-24c Air Posts cplt., each tied to a separate Ward addressed first day cover, very fine; an especially fresh and well matched set. (Image)	Mellone 2,125.00 SOLD for $600.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1099		C4-6	#C4-6, 8c-24c 1923 Air Posts cplt., blocks of four of each tied to separate Worden first flight covers (8c and 16c Aug. 21, 24c Aug 22), addressed to Los Angeles, each with violet "Night Air Mail" and blue "Via Air Mail" handstamp cachets, very fine; seldom seen set in blocks. (Image)	Est. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $900.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM
1100	F	C4	#C4, 8c Green, well centered single tied to first day cover by "Washington, D.C./ Aug 15/1923" duplex handstamp, Shoreham Hotel corner card, hand addressed to George Linn, very fine. (Image)	Mellone 500.00 SOLD for $70.00 Closing..Jun-22, 09:00 AM