727-5a/3e 3c Proclamation, Newburgh NY 4/19/33, S, GILL

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See Postal History Note below for Bio of the Cachetmaker and Info about the Stamp, Cachet & History. Quahoghunter's eBay Store, Classic FDCs, sorts FDCs by Cachetmaker at this link => /Classic-FDCs?_rdc=1 . The Two additional Scans depicting (1) The Unfinished Benjamin West Painting of the Exchange of the Ratified Treaty of Paris on May 12, 1784; and (2) the Jonathan Hasbrouck House in Newburgh NY used as Washington's HQ at the time of the Peace Proclamation on April 19, 1783, are furnished as EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ONLY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED in the Sale of the Offered Item. Digital images of these and related subjects can be downloaded from the following websites, accessed 2/22/13: /wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783) (Scan #1), and http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitec35.htm (Scan #2). DESCRIPTION OF OFFERED ITEM: Scott #727-5 a/3e 3c Peace Proclamation Sesquicentennial, FDC Single, postmarked Newburgh NY 4/19/33, on a JOHN E. GILL Cachet, Blue & Yellow in Color with Superimposed Shield Picture, Mellone-Planty #727-5a/3e, Mellone, Planty Vol. V , 1995, p. 38, Typewriter-Addressed to Mr. Garritt C. Van Dyk of Passaic NJ. CONDITION AND VALUATION ISSUES: The flap is shut, and is slit open neatly at left. CATALOG VALUES OF OFFERED ITEM - CURRENT AND HISTORICAL: 1995 CV (Mellone-Planty Vol. V) of this Specific Cachet, #727-5 a/3e , is $30. Mellone, Planty Vol. V , 1995, pp. 37-39, pictures dozens of different varieties of the #727-5 Gill Cachet with a bewildering numbering system. Closest to the Offered Item is #727-5a/3e, identified as a Gill Cachet, described as "Yellow & Blue," Listed with a 1995 CV of $30. The Offered Item is a #727-5a/3e Gill Cachet, Yellow & Blue in Color, with Superimposed Shield Picture, franked with an FDC Single pm Newburgh NY 4/19/33. Recent CV (Mean Between 2009 Mellone-Scott & 2011 Brookman) of an Average Cacheted #727 FDC Single is $17. (Estimated Recent CV of the Offered Item is $34). Mellone, 2009 U.S. Scott FDC Catalog, 2008, pp. 34-35, lists the 2009 CV of a #727 FDC Single, on an "Average Cachet," at $20. Brookman 2011 Price Guide, p. 188 , lists the same item at $15. The Mean Between the two CVs is $17. The 2009 Mellone-Scott Catalog lists Gill Cachets of the period 1932-1933 at a Price Multiplier of 2 times an Average Cachet, which translates into a Recent CV of $17 x 2 = Estimated Recent CV of the Offered Item is $34. During the Last 25 Years Historical CVs (Mellone-Scott) of Average Cacheted #727 FDC Singles Have Fluctuated from $15 to $25, as follows: 84-$20, 85-$15, 89-$15, 90-$15, 96-$15, 98-$20, 00-$25, 02-$25, 03-$25, 04-$25, 05-$25, 06-$25, 07-$20, 08-$20, 09-$20. During the Last 25 Years Mellone-Scott Price Multipliers for Gill Cachets of the period 1932-1933 were not listed in the 1985 through 1990 Catalogs, but were listed as 2 times an Average Cachet in the 1996 Catalog, and thereafter remained stable at 2 times an Average Cachet in the 1996 thru 2009 Catalogs. References as to Catalog Values Brookman/Barrett & Worthen, 2011 Brookman Price Guide, Bedford NH:Brookman/Barrett & Worthen, 2010. Mellone, M.A., Mellone’s Planty Photo Encyclopedia of Cacheted First Day Covers, Vol. V – 1932-1933, Stewartsville, NJ: FDC Publishing Co., 1995 (herein “Mellone, Planty Vol. V, 1995”). Mellone, M.A., Edited and Compiled by, Scott 1984 U.S. First Day Cover Catalogue, New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books Div. of Harper & Row , 1984 (herein “Mellone, 1985 U.S. Scott FDC Catalog, 1984”). (Later years of this same Catalog at least forward to 1985 have identical citations, adjusted for the year). Mellone, M.A., 2009 U.S. Scott First Day Cover Catalogue & Checklist, Stewartsville, NJ: FDC Publishing Co., 2008 (herein “Mellone, 2009 U.S. Scott FDC Catalog, 2008”). (Earlier years of this same Catalog at least back to 1989 have identical citations, adjusted for the year). The Mellone-Scott Catalog has not been pub... read more

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