September 1, 1923 Marion, Ohio "Harding Issue" Cacheted FDC

Can anyone tell me what I have here in terms of scarcity of this cover?



I was researching the Fairway cachetmaker history on another post and provide this excerpt from that research:




Now I know this cover is postmarked Marion, Ohio, so it's not the first Linn; but since it does have the brown envelope, with the Walter I. Plant preprinted address and the brown eagle "cachet", could this be perhaps #2 of the first use of a Fairway cachet? In either case I imagine it would carry some sort of a premium over catalog value, simply being an early cacheted variety, whereas Scott lists only uncacheted values for that issue.

Any comments/help on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

wt1, I know that most of the early cacheted FDC run $50-100. My gut feeling is that this one is probably in at the upper end or maybe a little higher. Very nice FDC, have not seen this before. For your reference the cancel is International Postal Supply Co. Model D-32.

WT1 Lovely piece ! I think you need to get an expert opinion on it ! Heres my earliest one

1925 !

Phil, nice FDC I think these early FDC are so much nicer than the newer ones. Nice Universal cancel probably Model CT-400.

According to the Scott 2004 First Day Cover Catalog, Scott 610 with the first George W. Linn cachet at $850.

Very nice find.