Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Green, First Day of Issue Presentation Letter. Typed letter signed "J.E. Ralph" as Director of the BEP with blue Bureau of Engraving & Printing letterhead imprint dated December 12, 1908 and reading "My dear Mr. Courts:-, I take pleasure in handing you the new design special delivery postage stamp, which please accept with my compliments. It is taken from one of the first sheets printed by this Bureau,...
Auction # 69 - THE ROBERT MARKOVITS COLLECTION OF SPECIAL DELIVERY
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
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Jun 01, 2016 America/Los_Angeles
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 69 - THE ROBERT MARKOVITS COLLECTION OF SPECIAL DELIVERY
Wednesday Jun 01, 2016 15:00 America/Los_Angeles
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THE ROBERT MARKOVITS COLLECTION OF SPECIAL DELIVERY
We are pleased to have been selected as one of the Official Auctioneers for the New York 2016 International Exhibition. For this prestigious event we are honored to offer the Robert Markovits Collection of United States Special Delivery. This famed collection has won several awards, both internationally and nationally. It is considered to be finest collection of its type ever formed.
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Lot #1126 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1902 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Regular Issue
Lot #1127 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1902 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Green. Used on multicolor post card to Minneapolis Minn., used with 1¢ Franklin and tied by "St.P. & S. & Ok. R.P.O., 1st Div. Aug 18" cds, magenta "Fee claimed by office of first address" two-line handstamp also ties, Minneapolis (8.19) arrival cds; small edge tear at top, F.-V.F.
Scott No. E7; Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #1128 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1902 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Green. Tied by "Pope Valley Cal. Jan 11 1910" duplex on 1¢ postal card (UX20) to Oakland Cal., purple "Fee Claimed by Oakland, Cal." straightline and additional purple three-line Jan. 11th service handstamp; card creasing, Fine and rare, One of only 5 recorded uses on postal cards..
Scott No. E7; Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1129 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1902 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Green, Stamp Exhibit Group. Exhibit page comprising E7 left margin with designer "Whitney Warren, 1908" signature, E7 bottom right selvage single showing "GD" plate finisher George Davis initials, E7 left margin single with "J.P.P." siderographer John P. Prender initials, bottom left corner margin block of four with L.B.B. siderographer Lloyd B. Brooke initials, four used singles with magenta New York...
Lot #1130 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1902 10¢ Green - The Merry Widow - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ Green, Postal History. Better exhibit group of 20 covers on pages including 1909 Pecos Tex. use on windmill illustrated advertising cover marked "Due 2cts" and 2¢ postage due added (first class postage unpaid), 1909 Gulfport to Biloxi Miss. multiple delivery with #E6 & E7 franking, 1910 Seward Alaska Terr. use to Sacramento (toned and faulty), 1920 Manila, Philippines to Fort Washington Md., 1909 New...
Lot #1131 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Perf. 12 Single Line Watermark Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine, Darrah Ty. III Overprint. Two-line overprint on mint and used singles, Very Fine and rare pair.
Scott No. E8 var.; Estimate $750 - 1,000.
John Darrah was the U.S. postal agent in China, in 1913, in collusion with some stamp collectors he overprinted one sheet each of the stamps in stock at the agency. There are three different. As this was unauthorized he was ordered...
Lot #1132 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Perf. 12 Single Line Watermark Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine. Used with 5¢ rose (505) error, tied by Lacrosse Wa. duplex on cover to Chicago Ill.; horizontal file fold and tiny edge tear, Fine, The only recorded 5¢ error in combination with a Special Delivery stamp.
Scott No. E8 + 505; $2,250; Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #1133 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Perf. 12 Single Line Watermark Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine. Used with 1¢-10¢ Pan-Pacific Issue (397-400), each tied by Vera Cruz (5.21) cds on cover to St. Louis Mo., purple "U.S. Consulate / May 21 / Vera Cruz, Mexico" three-line backstamp, St. Louis Special Delivery (5.27) arrival backstamp; stamp and cover faults including 2¢ torn and with "St. Louis" precancel, F.-V.F. and rare use from Vera Cruz, Mexico during U.S. Occupation.
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Lot #1134 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery. 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine, Plate Numbers & Initials. Exhibit page group comprising bottom plate no. 5514 and imprint block of six (shows weak or missing top frame line, cat. $1,850+), top mint n.h. plate 5854 single, top plate 5860 single, bottom right corner plate 5514 pair with "G.H.D." plate finisher George H. Davis initials, used block of four with purple Vera Cruz, Mexico cds, right plate no. 5535 and imprint...
Lot #1135 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1911-17, 10¢ Ultramarine, Plate 5520. Group of four items showing how plate 5520 was reused comprising E8 bottom plate number and imprint strip of three (hinge reinforced), E9 top plate number and imprint strip of three, E10 bottom plate number and imprint strip of three, and E11 bottom plate number and imprint block of six, F.-V.F.
Scott No. E8-E11; $2,585.
Lot #1136 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1911 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine - Postal History. Exhibit group of 12 covers mounted on pages including 1914 Vera Cruz, U.S.M.A.G. duplex on E8 & 399 to Washington D.C., 1912 multiple delivery use with two E8 stamps, 1912 use on House of Representatives free frank envelope (frank did not cover special fees), 1914 U.S.S. New Jersey ship use to Trenton N.J., 1912 San Juan, Puerto Rico to Vega Baja and 1913 Vega Baja, Puerto...
Lot #1137 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1914 10¢ Ultramarine - Perf. 10 - Single Line Watermark - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1914, 10¢ Ultramarine. Top plate no. 5854 block of six, well centered with beautiful color, o.g., lightly hinged, four stamps n.h.; some minor perf strengthening, Very Fine.
Scott No. E9; $3,000.
Lot #1138 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1914 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balance
Special Delivery, 1914, 10¢ Ultramarine - Exhibit Balance. Exhibit balance of stamps and 10 covers comprising three mint singles in different shades, four used stamps with different cancels, bottom left corner single with "C.I.R." siderographer Clarence I. Ronsaville initials, covers include use on multicolor illustrated Winchester gun ad cover showing hunter on snowshoes, 1915 Princeton N.J. use on "Frances F. Cleveland Preston"...
Lot #1139 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1916 10¢ Pale Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balance
Special Delivery, 1916, 10¢ Pale Ultramarine - Exhibit Balance. Exhibit balance of stamps and 4 covers comprising two top plate number singles, bottom plate no. 5520 used single, bottom left corner margin "S.S.L." siderographer Samuel S. Ludlum single, six used singles and used block of four with "Special Delivery" straightline cancels, covers include 1918 Walton N.Y. use on War Department penalty post card and forwarded to Ilion,...
Lot #1140 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1917 10¢ Ultramarine - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ Ultramarine. Beautiful pastel color, used with 1¢ Washington coil, each tied by "U.S. Pos. Service, Shanghai, China, Aug 9 ' 1920" duplex on revalued 2¢ on 3¢ purple entire to Fort Washington Md.; reduced slightly at left, Fort Washington (9.15) arrival cds, fresh and Extremely Fine, An exceptionally rare Special Delivery use from the U.S. Postal Agency at Shanghai, China..
Scott No. E11...
Lot #1141 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1917 10¢ Ultramarine - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ Ultramarine. Used with Sudan 2m, 3m, 5m, all tied by three strikes of "Khartoum, 23 Apr 20" cds's on cover to Madison Wis., Very Fine and attractive use, the only recorded Special Delivery use from Sudan.
Scott No. E11; Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1142 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1917 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ Ultramarine - Plate Numbers & Initials. Mint selvage single exhibit group on four pages comprising 37 different top or bottom plate number singles including "10276" and "13393" each with inverted "F", the signature of plate finisher Frank Marti, one showing aniline ink caused by WWI ink shortages, siderographer initial corner margin singles of "W.McA" William McAleer, "C.A.H." Charles A. Hall, "A.B."...
Lot #1143 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1917 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ Ultramarine, Varieties. Group of 5 items on exhibit page comprising right selvage plate no. 8507 with doubled plate number, partial used dry print single with light print at left, mint pair with preperforating paper fold showing wild perfs, lower right corner preprint paper fold pair, and top right corner plate no. 13552 block of 12 with dramatic preprinting paper fold showing part of two stamps on reverse...
Lot #1144 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1917 10¢ Ultramarine - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ Ultramarine, Postal History. Exhibit group of 25 covers mounted on pages including 1917 used with first class postage unpaid and 2¢ postage due affixed, 1919 registered special delivery dual service use, 1921 use on PO railway mail service penalty use; package tag from Providence R.I. to Fort Sill Okl., 1921 Wilmington Del. to Naugatuck Conn. 4th class parcel, WWI war tax rates, Hawaii Terr. usages, foreign...
Lot #1145 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Proofs
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Black, Trial Color Large Die Proof on India. Die sunk on full size 203x152mm card, beautiful intense impression and color, Bureau blue "1160108" handstamp on reverse, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott No. E12TC1ae; $2,500.
THE ONLY RECORDED LARGE DIE TRIAL COLOR PROOF OF THE 1922 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE.
Lot #1146 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Proofs
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Deep Ultramarine, Large Die Proof on India. Die on India paper sunk on full size 203x152mm card, India left untrimmed, Bureau blue "1159490" handstamp on reverse, proof was pulled on June 6, 1922, Extremely Fine and rare.
Scott No. E12P1; $2,000.
Lot #1147 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Proofs
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Deep Violet, Large Die Proof on India. Die on India paper sunk on full size 203x152mm card, typed "Approved June 20, 1922, Postmaster General" note and signed "Hubert Work", Bureau blue "154569" handstamp on reverse, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. E12P1 var.; $2,000+.
THE ONLY RECORDED APPROVAL LARGE DIE PROOF OF THE 1922 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE IN UNLISTED DEEP VIOLET.
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Lot #1148 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Proofs
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Deep Ultramarine, Large Die Proof on India. Die on India paper sunk on full size 203x152mm card, handwritten "Approved June 20, 1922, Postmaster General" notation and signed "Hubert Work", Bureau blue "1160100" handstamp on reverse, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. E12P1; $2,000.
A RARE APPROVAL LARGE DIE PROOF OF THE 1922 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE IN DEEP ULTRAMARINE.
Lot #1149 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Regular Issue
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Gray Violet, Bisected. Diagonal bisect used along with single and 11¢ greenish blue (563), light crease, each tied by three strikes of purple "Minong, Wis., Parcel Post, May 5 1926" cds on parcel package front to Superior Wis., additional purple "Fee Claimed at / Superior, Wis." two-line and "Special Delivery" handstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. E12 var.; Estimate $500 - 750.
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Lot #1150 - The Robert L. Markovits Special Delivery Collection 1922 10¢ Gray Violet - Specialized Exhibit Balances
Special Delivery, 1922, 10¢ Gray Violet - Plate Number & Initials. Mint and used group on two exhibit pages including bottom plate number "13916" block of six with inverted "F" (only E12 plate no. with this variety), right plate number 13918 block of 10 with signatures of W.I. Glover (3rd Asst. PMG), M.L. Eldsness Jr. (Superintendent of Stamps) and L.A. Hill (Director of BEP), 7 plate number singles (2 are used) including rare "...
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