Sale 60: The Westpex Auction

Lot 128 o   

Mauritius, 1848-59, "Post Paid", 1d orange vermilion on bluish, early impression, position 3, neat five-ring target cancel, margins ample to slightly in at bottom and right, rich color and distinctive early detailed impression, tiny corner crease at bottom left, otherwise Fine and rare; with 2002 S. Sismondo certificate. Scott Nos. 5 $7,250.
SG Nos. 6    £7,500 ($12,140).

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 129    

Mauritius, 1938, King George VI, 1r gray brown, chalky paper, battered "A" variety, bottom left stamp in a left margin block of 4, o.g., never hinged (light gum tone), 1st printing, early state of variety with only the bottom left leg showing deformation, Very Fine.
SG Nos. 260a, 260    £1,035 ($1,680).

Realized: $525

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Lot 130    

Nauru, 1916, King George V "Seahorse", 2s6d brown, De La Rue printing, corner margin block of 8, o.g., never hinged (small tone spot on each of 4 stamps), bright color, Very Fine. Scott Nos. 13.
SG Nos. 21    £560 ($910).

Realized: $280

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Lot 131 P   

New Zealand, 1856-73, 2d greenish blue, imperforate plate proof, on thick unwatermarked paper, margins large encompassing small portion of adjacent stamp at top to clear at left, strong bright color, Very Fine; with 2013 R. Odenweller certificate and statement of testing protocols.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

A MYSTERIOUS AND UNIQUE PROOF OF THE 2D CHALON HEAD ISSUE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN AND DATE.

According to Robert Odenweller, this proof could be from either the 1st and 2nd plates, but it is unlikely the former as they did not produce any color proofs from the first plate. The mostly likely periods would have been in New Zealand in 1855-56 and 1861-62. Tests where conducted on this proof at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, concentrating primarily on X-ray fluorescence. Unfortunately no conclusive determination could be made as to the printer of this unique proof.

Realized: $3,000

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Lot 132    

New Zealand, 1942, Pictorial, 5d ultramarine, perf 14x13½, double impression, one albino, Multiple NZ & Star watermark, bottom margin single, o.g., never hinged, fresh and Fine, a rare variety known from only one sheet. Scott Nos. 210 var.
SG Nos. 584ca    £900 ($1,460).

Realized: $450

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Lot 133    

New Zealand, Postal-Fiscal, 1936, 10s pale carmine lake, Wiggins Teape paper, Single NZ & Star watermark, o.g., lightly hinged, well centered, bright color, Very Fine and choice. Scott Nos. AR56 var.
SG Nos. F177    £275 ($440).

Realized: $575

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Lot 134    

Palestine, 1918, "E.E.F.", 1pi deep blue, tied by light strike of cds on 1918 cover to Port Said, two strikes of red "Passed Censor" triangular handstamp, reverse with "Army Post Office 13 MR. 18" cds and Port-Said (3.13) backstamp; file folds do not affect stamp, flap tear, Very Fine. SG Nos. 1a.
Scott Nos. 1    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $400

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Lot 135    

St. Lucia, Postage Due, 1931, 1d black on blue, used on 1932 light blue cover bearing New Guinea "O.S." 1d green tied by "Rabaul, New Guinea" cds to St. Lucia, red crayon "Tax 2d" rating and St. Lucia dues affixed and tied by "Castries, St. Lucia 3 SP 32" cds, Very Fine. Scott Nos. J1a, J1 var.
SG Nos. D1b, D1d    £4,250 + on cover ($6,880).

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE USE OF THE ST. LUCIA 1931 TYPESET POSTAGE DUES WITH TWO DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

These two varieties are known from the third printing that were numbered 12001 to 24000. The wide "No." variety occurred on all stamps on row 10 and the missing stop after "Lucia" variety occurs on position R. 9/2 only.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 136    

Samoa, U.S.S. "Mohican" Pacific Station, Harbor of Apia, Upolu I, Samoan Group, So. Pacific Ocean, Oct. 16th 1886., signed "Geo. H. Cooke, U.S.A." on quadruple rate legal size cover to his wife at Asbury Park, N.J., red magenta "Navy Pay Office, San Francisco." two-line handstamp, entered the U.S. mails bearing 2¢ red brown (210) tied by "San Francisco, Cal. 1886" cds, reverse with "Asbury Park N.J. Rec'd Nov 9" cds backstamp; some paper loss at lower right and reduced slightly at right affecting 2¢, Fine.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

A VERY RARE "OUTSIDE THE MAILS" NAVAL SHIP LETTER USAGE FROM APIA, SAMOA DURING THE MUNICIPALITY POST OFFICE PERIOD.

The U.S.S. "Mohican" was a steam sloop of war, launched in December 1883 and sent to Callao, Peru in 1886 and then to Samoan waters to protect American interests from German political interference. This letter is unusual as it was apparently handled by the Navy Department and prepaid by their San Francisco Pay Office before entering the mails, unlike the example offered from the J.R. Hughes collection (Sale 44 Lot 2275, realized $2,875) that was sent by private ship without prepayment. We also offered the companion piece in our last Westpex auction.

Realized: $950

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Lot 137    

Samoa, Apia, Kaiser Deutsche Postagentur, 5.12.94, clear strike of German agency cds on cover to Honolulu, H.I., with provisional manuscript "Paid 5 cts" rating, reverse with "Honolulu, H.I., Dec 14, 1894" duplex postmark, Very Fine, a rare Samoa German Agency Provisional usage with currency in U.S. cents rather than pfennig; with 2012 S. Sismondo certificate.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $9,500

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