Sale 44: The Westpex Sale - Important Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1039    

(First Grill Stamp) 1867, 3¢ rose, A. grill. Tied by bold target cancel on small cover postmarked Mechanicsburg, Pa., to Newport, Pa.; stamp with typical perf flaws and small tear at upper right, otherwise Very Fine; with 1994 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 79    $2,100.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1040    

(First Bi-Color General Issue) 1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I. Tied by 4-bar grid on small 1869 cover to Paris, originally marked with red New York "3" exchange office cds but found to be overweight and handstamped "Insufficiently Paid" with black "New 24 York" cds, French "16" (decimes) due handstamp and blue Cherbourg entry cds, Very Fine, ex-Juhring; with 1980 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 118    $1,900.

Realized: $650

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Lot 1041 S   

1889, 1¢//90¢ overprinted "SAMPLE.". One of each value minus the 4¢, fresh and well centered with full o.g.; 5¢ with couple slightly short perfs, otherwise Very Fine, a very difficult set to find with full gum.
Scott No. 212SK/191SK    $675.

Realized: $280

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Lot 1042 S   

1898, 1¢/15¢ Color changes overprinted "Ultramar". Without gum as usual, each handstamped in blue, exceptionally bright and fresh, F.-V.F., exceedingly rare with No More Than Two Examples of Each Stamp Believed To Exist.; with 2003 Sismondo certificate.
Scott No. 279S//284S    Estimate $600 - 800.

The "Ultramar" (Overseas) overprint was applied by Portuguese postal authorities to foreign stamps received from the U.P.U. in Berne before redistributing those stamps to the post offices in their overseas colonies.

Realized: $500

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Lot 1043    

1898, 1¢ green + 2¢ red, two singles. Tied by Wichita, Kans. flag cancel, Mar 3, 1901 on cover to Sydney Australia, handstamped "25/CTMS/T" and "5^D" due markings with single and block of New South Wales dues (J2) affixed and initialed to cover the short payment, backstamped Sydney, Apr 24; small opening tears at top and part of flap missing, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 279, 279B    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $85

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Lot 1044 BKS   

(First Booklet Postage) 2¢ light red, type IV, overprinted "Specimen". Booklet pane of 6, exceptionally bright and fresh with solid perfs barely hinged o.g., Fine and rare.
Scott No. 279BjSE    $525.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1045    

(First Souvenir Sheet) 1926 White Plains souvenir sheet. Tied by "New York (Int'l Philatelic Exhibition), N.Y., Oct 18, 1926" First Day of Issue cds with matching strikes in purple canceling on oversized 1¢ Permit cover to Long Island, N.Y., Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 630    $1,800.

Realized: $800

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