Sale 1283 — Commemoratives, Featuring Morton Trans-Mississippi, Brody Jamestown and Haber 1909 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
Category — 1909 Lincoln Centenary Issue
2c Carmine, Lincoln, U.S. Automatic Vending Co. Ty. I (368). Tied by "Brooklyn N.Y. Feb. 12 5-PM 1909" First Day of Issue wavy-line machine cancel on Merrill-Ruckgaber-Fraser Co. corner card cover to the same 50 Church Street address in New York CityVERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST DAY COVER OF THE 2-CENT IMPERFORATE LINCOLN CENTENARY ISSUE WITH U.S. AUTOMATIC VENDING CO. PERFORATIONS. ONLY THREE ARE RECORDED.
We record only three First Day Lincoln imperforate covers with private vending and affixing machine perforations, each with U.S.A.V. Ty. I perforations. All three were postmarked in Brooklyn on Feb. 12, 1909. On that date an advertisement was placed in The New York Times by Frederick Loeser & Co. stating that three vending machines would be selling the new Lincoln stamps in their Brooklyn N.Y. store. In addition to the three mentioned covers, there are only seven First Day covers recorded with the underlying Scott 368 issue.
Ex Getlan. The normal imperforate version catalogues $12,000.00 as a First Day. Scott value for U.S.A.V. perforated First Day
