Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues

Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016

Category — 1901 Pan-American Issue Covers

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
217
c
Sale 1118, Lot 217, 1901 Pan-American Issue Covers1c Pan-American (294). Choice centering, tied by "New York, May 1, 7:30 PM, 1901" duplex datestamp and oval grid cancel on First Day souvenir card to Austria with "Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. - Temple of Music" multicolored design, 2c UPU card rate underpaid by 1c, Austrian 10kr Postage Due tied at Vienna, sender's ship-name directive "Per S. S. Columbia", few small thins at lower right of card

A VERY FINE AND REMARKABLE FIRST DAY USE OF THE ONE-CENT PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE ON A SOUVENIR MAILING CARD WITH MULTICOLORED EXPOSITION-THEME DESIGN, USED TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY'S POSTAGE DUE STAMP.

Apart from the complete set covers, only fourteen First Days are documented for the 1c Pan-American Issue, of which eight are on cover and six are on card. Of these, only two are to foreign destinations (the other to France).

Ex Dr. Martin.

E. 7,500-10,000
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