Sale 78: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2456 /o/   

Great Britain, Balance, in album and several binders; includes over a dozen 1840 1d black issues off cover and three on cover, unused Mulready 1d x2 and 2d, four used 1d Mulready entires, caricature Mulready and a Ocean Penny Postage propaganda cover, other good stamp items including £1 PUC used, ephemera items including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert signatures on document, Queen Victoria letter and mourning cover on Buckingham Palace stationary, 1821 letter from W. Mulready and signature of John Thompson (engraver of Mulready envelope design), also a collection of later QV issues, etc.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2457 //o   

Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1970, exceptional 3 volume collection in beautiful Gibbons Oriel Albums; Volume 1 Victoria (Scott $5,151) used VF-XF and Choice; Volume 2 Three Kings (Scott $4,447) nearly all never hinged or choice used including 1929 PUC £1 mint and probably never hinged but counted as hinged, and Volume 3 QEII (Scott $571) all never hinged; great collection with a total Scott of $10,169.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 2458 o   

Great Britain, Early QV Group, 1840-50's, of 22 stamps; includes 11 1840 1d black (most 4-margin) including four margin pair and magenta cancel, two 1840 2d singles, one with rare blue Maltese cross an other 4-margin, 2d lines pair and strip of 3 and a 1d strip of four; some flaws, worth review.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2459 /o   

Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1949, collection on Scott album pages; mostly used to the 1930's starting with a nice 4-margin 1840 1d black, 1847-54 1sh & 6d embossed issues, 1860-70's issues mostly complete, 1883-84 complete including 2sh/6d-10sh high values, 1891 £1 green high value, 1901-02 KEVII issue to the 5sh, 1913 & 1919 Seahorses to the 10sh, unused £1 PUC, etc., back-of-the-book with 1d Mulready envelope, dues and a handful of Officials worth checking; with condition above the norm throughout.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Realized: $1,600

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Lot 2460 o   

Great Britain, Used Group, 1840-1952, used accumulation on stock cards and album pages, great selection of line engraved and surface printed Victoria issues to 2-shilling value including 3 penny blacks, also later high values to 10-shilling (Scott #94-6, 108-9), wide variety of plate numbers, some KEVII to KGVI, duplication of better values, condition varies, owner's catalog $15K, well worth careful inspection, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Realized: $675

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Lot 2461 /o   

Great Britain, Royal Omnibus Collection, mint and used collection in four binders, includes Great Britain 1840-2003 volume (with/Penny Black), binder of mostly G.B. booklets (2 x Wedgwood) plus eight different Hong Kong, two binders of Royal Omnibus mint sets from 1937 King George VI, Coronations through Queen Mother's Century and memorial issues, also QEII Silver Weddings and various other related issues etc.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $280

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Lot 2462 /o   

Great Britain, & Commonwealth Collection, 3 Volumes 19th and 20th Century mint and used collection on homemade pages in three binders with thousands of stamps from Aden to Zululand, one volume of Great Britain, better stamps throughout including some mint KGV, Silver Jubilees, KGVI Silver Wedding and UPU, condition varies, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $800

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Lot 2463 /o   

Great Britain, QEII Mostly Mint Collection, 1953-70, of Pre-Decimal issues in two volumes, includes singles and blocks of 4 or 6, some used, good coverage with high degree of completion for the period, former Warwick Auction lots, worth a look.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2464    

Great Britain, Machins Collection, 232 different singles + 1 booklet; organized in small stock book with Stanley Gibbons identifier; never hinged and VF lot, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2465 /o   

Grenada, Postal Stationery Collection, 1886-1951, of 63 items with much on written-up on exhibit pages; postal cards, wrappers, registration entires, etc. with a number with specimen overprint items (many only 300-400 issued); worth review.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

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