Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

Lot 2630    

Bureau Issue Covers, 1890-1930's, mix of well over 100 items in album; good run of 1st bureaus with many usages to Italy as well as other European destinations, China & Russia, etc., many registered, nice later issue multicolored frankings including mixed issue, illustrated including navigation line flag corner cards, etc.; worth review.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $850

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Lot 2631    

Byrd Antarctic Expedition II Collection, 1935, box including a fantastic showpiece J.T. Dye Handpainted Cachet cover signed by both Byrd & La Gorce, Gimbal's cachet cover with Little America Second cancellation cachet and signed "R.E. Byrd", large group of second cancellation mail of over 200 pieces (Early in 1935 Charles Anderson was sent to Little America to cancel all backed up mail, which all are dated 1/30/35 and bear official "Penguin" black cachets) including cancellation varieties and different frankings incl. complete Byrd sheets, 7"x9" signed photo showing Byrd in full Admiral's uniform, complete set of 17 different real photo post cards with all signed by "Bear" Captain R. English and bearing Byrd stamps tied by Los Angeles postmarks, photo postcards showing both ships and Byrd with "Ruppert, BAE" postmarks and Byrd stamps, one signed by English, two books: "Snowland Folk" and "Children of the Arctic" by Peary, later signed, comes with several 1960s letters from Peary's daughter, etc., F.-V.F., a wonderful collection, ex-Skowron.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Lot 2632    

Classic Cover Balance, of approximately 90 items in album; 1851 issues including nice 4-margin #10 usages and #11 usages including steamboat and fancy New London oval date stamp on corner card cover, useful 1857 3¢ usages, 1861 issues with many foreign destination covers, solo 2¢ & 5¢ usages, etc., Pictorials including 15¢ with 3¢ Banknote on domestic cover (reduced), 6¢ & 12¢ single frankings to England, nice showing of Banknote with better issues on cover; condition varies, please inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 2633    

Classic Cover Group, 1851-69, of 36 items on pages; 1851 usages include #17 single on nice regular size domestic cover, 1857 usages include carrier and a 2¢ printed matter usage to Belgium, 1861 usages include 24¢ to England, 15¢ Pictorial usages (type I and a type II) on cover to France and Italy; condition varies; inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2634    

Commemorative Issue Covers & Cards; 1890-1930's, approximately 100 items in album; with a nice showing of Columbian issue usages with many foreign and registered usages, Trans-Miss and Pan-Am, Jamestown set on registered to Italy, nice mix of later commemoratives, includes a run of unused Columbian Expo postal cards, souvenir envelope and a few Exposition tickets.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 2635    

Cover Balance, of a hundreds or so covers; mostly more common early 3¢ usages including several #10 usages, some early stampless including 1840 Debique I.T., 1836 Fort Winnebago M.T. and 1842 Mineral Point W.T., Plattsmouth, N.T. balloon cds with matching fancy cancel, 1860's Fort Lyon usage, few interesting Civil War items, etc.; condition varies, worth a look.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2636    

Cover Balance, of 18 items; includes 1864 cover addressed by Gen Winfield Scott, American Express label usage, #C24 on service suspended cover to Italy, Nebraska territory with Omaha City and Fort Laramie cds's, #24 strip on cover to Kansas territory, #1 cover from Northbrookfield, Ms., 1854 Laredo, Tex manuscript, 1861 30¢ to Austria, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2637    

Cover Balance, including Officials on cover and some entires including wrapper, entires including steamboat usages, some later oversize cover usages, etc., inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Realized: $675

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Lot 2638    

Cover Balance, of approximately 100 items; includes #14 on cover to California, 1¢+3¢ carrier, Rochester, N.Y. patent cancel on illustrated corner card cover, etc., early Nesbitts and Nesbitt advertising designs, multicolored ad, some FDC's, #C18 x3 on cover, WWII patriotics, etc.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 2639    

Cover Group, balance of 35 covers; includes early stampless, #26A usages, Blood's locals, combination franking Banknote issue entires including to Belgium and registered from Tombstone, 1888 to Russia, other interesting Banknote usages, rare 1857 incoming with forwarder from Lebanon (stamp missing), etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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