Sale 60: The Westpex Auction

Lot 3223    

Monroe County N.Y. Postal History, 1800s-1900s, collection of approximately 350 covers with about 225 mounted pages and some loose, stampless to early 1900s, including advertising covers with some illustrated, multicolor picture post cards, etc, towns of county except Rochester.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 3224    

Rochester N.Y. - The Flower City, 1860s-1900s, collection of approximately 400 covers with about 200 mounted pages and some loose showing the nursery and seed businesses of Rochester, including advertising covers with some illustrated, multicolor picture post cards, circular rates, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 3225    

Rochester N.Y. - Industrial Expositions and Celebrations, 1908-34, group of over 85 multicolor post cards and some expo ad covers showing the Rochester expos over the years, also includes 8 prize lists or programs and some admission tokens, excellent group.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $210

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Lot 3226    

Rochester N.Y. Postal History Collection, 1815-1900s, mounted collection with 100s of covers in large carton, better starting with 1815 "Rochester NY, May 8" two-line postmark use to Albany, which is the earliest recorded postmark from Rochester, numerous stampless covers with oval postmarks and including the pointing hand "Paid" handstamps, stamped usages highlighted by #1 single used to Albany, two #1 singles used to Boston, #10 used on July 25th 1851 letter, #10A quadruple franking on legal size cover, #38 cover to France, #70 pair tied by patent cancels to England, railroads including "Alby & Buffalo R.R." cds use to Canandaigua N.Y., auxiliary markings, advertising including cameos, study of postal markings, etc., F.-V.F., wonderful basis for further expansion.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $4,500

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Lot 3227    

Rochester N.Y. Postal History Collection, 1800s-1900s, unmounted balance of the Rochester N.Y. collection with approximately 1,500 covers from stampless to 20th century, range of topics including advertising, picture post cards, railroad postmarks incl. street cars, postal markings, auxiliary markings, wide range of material with plenty of value, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 3228    

South Carolina Postal History Balance, of seven items; includes 1799 (Mar. 12) Belize To Newburyport Mass. Via Charleston S.C. with "CH, AP 16" postmark, 1860 Stockton Cal. To Charleston S.C. usage, three 1843-50 transatlantic usages to London, 1855 Cardenas, Cuba To Portland Me. Via Charleston, and two Honour's City Express #4LB8 usages.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $325

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Lot 3229    

Machine Cancellation Collection 1890s-1900s, box of over 550 covers and cards with machine cancels mostly mounted on pages and arranged by company including American, Barry, Barr-Fyke, Chesire, Columbia, Time Cummings, Doremus, Geary, Hampden, International, Perfection, Pneumatic, Universal, etc., better includes Leavitts from a range of towns including scarce Norwalk Oh., extensive Barry with 103 covers including fancy Oswego N.Y. machine and Chicago mail delayed due to train service, two different Pneumatic incl.1899 Indianapolis, Barr-Fyke type X-9 1897 Washington DC, two different Barr-Fyke "Kansas City" types, street car RPOs, some advertising incl. a few expo ad covers, etc., F.-V.F., some scarce types throughout.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 3230    

Pointing Hand Collection, 1800s-1900s, approximately 200 covers including mounted collection showing study of pointing hand return handstamps, some interesting usages including foreign destinations, postage dues, incoming foreign mail, Mexican official seal, couple pointing hand "Paid" handstamps, etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $850

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Lot 3231    

U.S. Postal Agency, Cali, Colombia, massive collection of approximately 240 covers with backstamp transits including some proof strikes and 13 predecessor U.S. Postal Agency Barranquilla Colombia, proof strikes of the exceedingly rare "Air Mail" cds and also a Jan. 31st 1942 use on the last day of the Cali agency, variety of South American origins, Very Fine and impossible to duplicate.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

During the early days of scheduled airmail flights, flying was limited to daytime hours, and on the routes from the United States via Central America or the Caribbean Islands to South America, Cristobal was a convenient overnight stop. Pan American Airways (PAA) handled the mails to Cristobal and the air fields along the circum-Caribbean and thence to Montevideo and Buenos Aires via Brazil. Pan American-Grace Airways (PANAGRA) carried the mails down the west coast of South America and thence to Buenos Aires. Pan-Am changed the flight schedules Sep. 1st 1940 to run Miami-Cristobal-Cali, requiring the overnight mails be worked at Cali instead of Cristobal. This necessitated the U.S. Post Office to open an agency at Cali. The agency accepted no new mails, just processing transit mails.

Realized: $1,050

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