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Special Delivery, 1885, 10¢ blue, First Day Cover, stamp nicely centered, tied by "New Haven, Conn., Oct 1, 1885" on 2¢ brown on white die I (U277) entire to Hartford Conn.; same-day Hartford (10.1) arrival backstamp; couple small stamp flaws, cover with light vertical file fold and portion of backflap missing., Fine and rare.

Scott No. E1 ; $27,500  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF FIRST DAY OF SERVICE COVERS OF THE 1885 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

*Hartford Ct. was one of the 555 authorized post offices that offered service starting on October 1, 1885. The stamps were available across the country to prepay the Special Delivery fee on letters to one of the 555 towns that offered service.

• References: Illustrated and discussed in Robert L. Markovits article in Collectors Club Philatelist, May-June 2001, pp. 133-139.

Special Delivery, 1908, 10¢ green, tied by "Granite, Va. Feb 7, 1910" Doane duplex on 1¢ postal card (UX19) with local handstamped address, message concerning appointment; some light card creases, Very Fine and rare, only 6 recorded uses on postal cards .

Scott No. E7   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $500 - 750.

Special Delivery, 1917, 10¢ ultramarine, in combination with 10¢ orange (562) , each tied by "Salem, Oregon" oval, partial "Salem, Apr 25, 1924" duplex at top right on Southern Pacific Co. parcel tag to Eugene Ore.; 10¢ with a few blunt perfs at bottom, a Very Fine and scarce use.

Scott No. E11   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $200 - 300.

Special Delivery, 1931, 15¢ orange, First Day Use, with 80¢ Hawaii Airmail (C46) and 20¢ Prexie (820) , tied by "Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 26, 1952, 9 AM." machine cancel on Hawaii Blossoms complete package shipping fresh flowers to Tuscaloosa, Ala., comes with stand for display, Very Fine and rare complete box use, reportedly only 2 complete boxes exist .

Scott No. E16   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $500 - 750.

Special Delivery, 1944, 13¢ blue, Dorothy Knapp Handpainted First Day Cover, used with 3¢ steamship, tied by "Washington D.C., Oct 30, 1944" First Day of Issue machine cancel addressed lightly in pencil to Dorothy Knapp in Rhinebeck N.Y., Nov 1st arrival backstamp, colorful design with blues and yellow; some envelope adhesive bleed on reverse, Very Fine and attractive.

Scott No. E17   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.