1935 National Parks Covers "Farley's Follies"

Thought I would share. Wasn't aware that the National Parks series were issued in imperf blocks of 4 with centerlines.

Scott # 759, 4 cent Mesa Verde Block of 4 imperf w/ centerline

Scott # 760, 5 cent Yellowstone Block of 4 imperf

Scott # 761, 6 cent Crater Lake Block of 4 imperf w/ centerline

Scott # 762, 7 cent Acadia Block of 4 imperf

Scott # 763, 8 cent Zion Block of 4 imperf

Scott # 764, 9 cent Glacier Block of 4 imperf

Scott # 765, 10 cent Great Smoky Mountains Block of 4 imperf w/ centerline

Wow, I wasn't aware either. Thanks for posting these.

Seems unusual that the covers are postmarked with two different Washington, DC postmarks on the same day, presumably from the same office, all to W.J. Coombs in Indiana.

A matter of stamp orientation. The horizontal stamps have a machine cancel which cancels all 4 stamps. The vertical stamps received the handstamp version since the 2 lower stamps in each block are too low to get canceled by the machine.

Moyock13,

Thanks for sharing these covers - very cool!

If you would like to see more about these stamps, search for the thread I posted on the 1934 National Parks and 1935 Farley Reprints on this forum.

I think you'll find it interesting....

Moyock,

If you are interested in these issues as am I, you should know that MYSTIC offers pages of all the Farley's. About 100 pages or so. I have them and they make for a very interesting collection. In fact, I keep them in a separate MYSTIC binder.

Jack Kelley

Stampman2002, thanks. I'll have to search your thread and have a read.

Jack, thanks for the tip. I'll have a look at MYSTIC.

I'm missing the first three in the set on covers,
1 cent Yosemite
2 cent Grand Canyon
3 cent Mt Rainier

Wow! Stampman, I wish I would have thought to search prior to posting. I would have tagged on to your post!

There is quite a back story to the "Farley Follies" imperforates. Sort of the precursor to the 1962 Dag Hammarskjöld fiasco. Several contemporary articles on both make for great reading. And then you have the recent "Inverted Jenny" play for more collector dollars.

Yes, Mystic albums fit in a standard 3-ring binder!

Farley center line blocks - National Parks 1c - 5c

Farley center line blocks - National Parks 6c - 10c

Kirks,

Yep. They are three holed pages and will fit. Try a Vario binder.

Jack

Finishing out the Farley Special Printing center line blocks:
Mothers Day issue (754), special Delivery issue (771), Wisconsin Tercentenary (755)

Very nice collection!