Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

Lot 2792    

Europe (Eastern), Collection, well formed virtually all mint collection to 1940 neatly displayed in mounts on pages in two albums; includes Albania with a good representation of issues with many complete sets including the better 1920 overprint set, good back-of-the-book, unusually complete Armenia, Batum with some better needing checking, Bulgaria with better Lion issues and later completion including 1931 Games issue, back-of-the-book with scarce 1884 & 1886 dues complete, Central Lithuania including scarce 1920 high value surcharge (Scott #21, cat $1,400), Czechoslovakia & Eastern Rumelia well represented, Estonia, Fiume strong from first issues complete and later better set present including dues, Hungary including second Josef set complete and completion in later issues, following countries in similar fashions including Lativa, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland from #1 on, Romania with early issues and better later sets, South Bulgaria including better (#29a with cert.), etc.; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $5,000

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Lot 2793    

Falkland Islands, Collection, 1878-52, well formed mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; QV issues missing only the better 4d values and surcharge bisect, KEVII to the 3sh, 1912 KGV to the 5sh values, Centenary to the 10sh and completion thereafter including some of the Dependency sets; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 2794 /o   

Finland, Collection, 1866-1940, well formed mostly mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; with 1866-85 Coat of Arms issues mixed */o, 1889-90 complete mint, Russia Arms issues near complete mint with better high value present, strong Republic issues with much completion mint, back-of-the-book complete mint, includes some Karelia and North Ingermanland issues; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $900

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Lot 2795    

France, Collection, 1849-1940, well formed virtually all mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; strong near completion in early imperfs (1fr values re-issues), 1862 & 1863 issues to the 80c, Bordeauxs mostly complete, 1871 surcharge and following Ceres near complete, similar Peace & Commerce with 1876 2c with cert., 20th century virtually complete including 1900-29 set, 1923 Congress, 1927 Strasbourg sheet, 1929 2fr Expo, 1937 Pexip sheet, etc., semi-postals complete and airs missing only first issues, dues approaching completion, few occupationals, etc.; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $6,750

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Lot 2796    

French Post Offices Abroad, Collection, well formed virtually all mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; China starting with 1894-1900 issues complete and mostly complete thereon, few due sets, Canton missing only four issues and others near complete to complete, Crete complete, Alexandria with first two sets complete, Port Said mostly complete, similar Morocco and Turkish Empire, Zanzibar well represented; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $5,750

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Lot 2797    

French Colonies, Collection, well formed virtually all mint collection to 1940 neatly displayed in mounts on pages in two albums; includes French Colonies issues with first issues complete nice showing of Napoleon & Ceres issues with better, 1877 issues complete (10c used), Commerce & dues issues complete, Alaouites complete missing only a surcharge variety, Alexandretta & Algeria complete, Anjouan complete, Annam and Tonkin with better hyphen surcharges, Benin with good 1892 issues and complete later, dues missing high value, Cameroons with a few better 1915-16 issues and nearly complete thereafter (including Spitfire set), Chad near complete, Cochin China complete, Dahomy missing only one lesser due stamp for completion, Diego Suarez with better early issues and strong later completion, French Congo with a few of the better first issues, complete scarce 1892 issues, etc., collection continues in this fashion with all countries represented in much better completion that normally encountered; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $9,500

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Lot 2798 /o   

German States, Collection, neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; mix of issues with some occasional better including Bavaries with strong later mint completion, useful Hamburg and Hanover, Heligoland with good high value, Prussia from first issues complete, etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2799 /o   

Germany, Collection, 1871-1940, well formed mostly mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; completion in 1872 Eagle issues with many better mint issues including small shield ¼g-5g and large shield complete (2½g issue with cert.), Germania issues near complete missing a few better and including some specimens, later issues approaching completion to complete with occasional variety, semi-postals including 1930 Iposta and 1935 Ostropa sheets, airs missing only one lesser stamp and includes complete Zepp issues, officials missing only a couple issues, etc.; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2800    

German Colonies & Offices, Collection, 1893-1912, well formed mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; Colonies well represented in yachet issues mostly missing the scarce key issues, includes Cameroons including better French Dominion overprint issues, G.E.A. with the unissued provisional issues including the rare 1r value and a good Mafia issues (flaws, both with certs), Offices with China including 1900 5m high value and the 905 set complete, Morocco with better 5m high value present and Turkish issues well represented; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 2801    

German Plebiscite Areas, Collection, 1920-34, well formed mint collection neatly displayed in mounts on album pages; Allenstein complete, Marienwerder missing only one lesser stamp, Saar near complete missing some of the scarce issues and includes the Bavarian 5m-10m high values and complete semi-postals, good showing of Schleswig and Upper Silesia issues; a nice collection with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $950

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