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Sale 52: The Westpex Sale

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Lots 1546-1555

Lot 1546    

Registry, 1911, 10¢ Ultramarine, in combination with 1911, 5¢ blue on 1914 registered bank corner card cover to Naples Italy, tied by boxed "Clymer Pa." handstamp, "Clymer, Registered" and Italian backstamps, with original enclosure; light overall toning, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce usage to Italy.
Scott No. F1+378    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 1547    

U.S. Eclipse Expedition To West Africa, 1889, Navy Department, Apr 9, 1890, purple oval backstamp on cover bearing uncancelled Barbados, 1885, 4d brown on cover addressed to Albany N.Y., circled "T" due handstamp with pencil rating, New York (5.23) backstamp and "Collect Postage 6 Cents" handstamp applied, 1884, 1¢ and 5¢ postage dues affixed and cancelled by "Albany N.Y. Rec'd May 23" cds; small edge flaws, Very Fine, A rare use from the U.S. Eclipse Expedition to West Africa.
Scott No. J15, J18 + Barbados #65    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 1548    

Postage Due, 1879, 3¢ and 5¢ Brown, singles of each, tied by thick magenta ring cancels on wrapper from England to Harvard College in Cambridge Mass., bearing G.B. ½d. red tied by "Aberdeen OC 27 '79" duplex and endorsed "Book Post" at lower left, large "T" handstamp with crayon "20", reverse with "New York F.D. Nov 7" backstamp and matching "U.S. Charge to Collect.8 Cents" handstamp on front, magenta "Rec'd in Boston Mass., Nov 8" cds; couple light file folds, Very Fine, a scarce postage due use.
Scott No. J3, J4    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1549    

Offices in China, 1919, 2¢ on 1¢ Green, tied by target cancel on wrapper to Philadelphia paying the printed matter rate; light horizontal file fold at bottom well clear of stamp, Very Fine, ex Drucker.
Scott No. K1    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1550    

Treasury Dept., 1873, 3¢ Brown, tied by cork cancel duplexed with "Troy N.Y. Jan 26" cds on cover to Schenectady N.Y., pencil "3c Due", Schenectady added 3c postage due (J3) cancelled by target, clean and Very Fine, a rare and interesting Official postage due use; with 2012 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. O74    Estimate $500 - 750.

Since there is no corner card on this cover, the post office could have charged postage due for illegal use of a departmental stamp. Or the post office charged postage due for double-weight letter.

Realized: $700

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Lot 1551    

Dead Letter Office, Package Tracking Seal, Type 4, Blue, with red manuscript DLO record number, affixed on 2¢ green (W316) wrapper cancelled by "Baltimore Md 22" double oval to Frankfurt, Germany, "Baltimore, Md. F.D. May 1 1900" cds and handstamp "48" in circle struck, purple "Unmailable, Subject to Letter Rate of Postage" with blue crayon "12" and matching purple handstamp on reverse "Sent to D.L.O. Baltimore, Md. May 5 1900", Very Fine and most unusual, one of three recorded type 4 seals used on cover.
Scott No. OX    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1552    

"189_" Dead Letter Office Return Seal, affixed to cover bearing 2¢ carmine (279B) tied by "Hartford, Conn. Mar 30 1900" duplex, blue "Misdirected" handstamp, apparently illegible address and sent to DLO, reverse with D.L.O. (4.5) triangular backstamp, label with red manuscript "(Suspension Bridge) Niagara Falls, N.Y." redirection, Suspension Bridge (4.17) arrival backstamp, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. OXB6    $500.

Realized: $350

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Lot 1553    

"189_" Dead Letter Office Return Seal, affixed to cover bearing 2¢ carmine (279B) tied by "Cleveland, O. Sta. B. Mar 7 1900" duplex, purple "Insufficiently Address" handstamp, sent to D.L.O., label with red manuscript "Guttenberg, N.Y." redirection, F.-V.F.
Scott No. OXB6    $500.

Realized: $290

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Lot 1554    

Official Seal - Typeset, Black, Type 4, affixed mostly on reverse and over right edge of a badly damaged 1913 commercial cover bearing 2¢ Franklin tied by "Washington D.C. Jul 19 1913" machine cancel to Castine Me., Fine and rare, one of only three recorded on-cover usages.
Scott No. LOX1    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 1555    

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 10¢ Dark Green, tied by "Sanford Maine" third class ovals on incoming India 2a. registration envelope bearing additional two India 4a. singles tied by "Mount Road, Madras, 22 Nov 1923" cds to Waterville, Me., forwarded to Sanford Me., New York (12.18) transit and "Custom House Portland Me., Passed Free of Duty" circular handstamp, purple Waterville (12.21) cds and Sanford (12.21) duplex arrival; some edge wear, F.-V.F., a scarce use on incoming cover from India.
Scott No. JQ4    $650.

Realized: $850

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