Sale 85: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2437    

Cover Miscellaneous, two or three hodge-podges combined into one, several hundred postal slogan machine cancels and several thousand philatelic show and/or event illustrated hand cancels, mostly from the sixties and seventies, also a few Tennessee items, nothing super expensive but lots of good dollar box material.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 2438

Documents, Correspondence and Ephemera Extravaganza, large box complete filled with hundreds of items including autographs, ALS's, celebrity signed photos, Civil War related ephemera including some covers and a nice run of Confederate music sheets, Uncle Tom related, register of vessels and other CSA documents, G.A.R. related, Presidential including first lady signatures, JFK Inaugural cover with various signatures including brother Robert, LBJ signed items, etc., early G.B. postal history and signatures, section of Andrew Jackson related and much much more; inspection highly recommended for this unusual accumulation.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $5,000

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Lot 2439    

Domestic Cover Accumulation, of over 670 covers in sleeves; mostly Banknote era usages with a wide array of duplex and fancy killers, including numerals, letters, vast array of geometrics, etc., some small towns and earlier including ad covers, etc.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Lot 2440    

Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History Collection, 1790s-1900s, collection of over 630 covers mostly mounted singly on exhibit pages, many better covers including manuscript and cds town marks, few straightlines, Civil War patriotics, advertising covers; better noted 1821 red "Salisbury" straightline, West Amesbury balloon-style cds ties #33 to San Diego Cal.; Salisbury Ms. with "Chrysanthemum" fancy cancel on #114 cover (PFC), 1852 Lawrence Mass. stampless use of illustrated temperance design "Will Free All Nations from the Curse of Rum"; Beverly Ms. "Paid" in grid on #24 circular rate use; 1796 manuscript "Beverly" use, black "Ipswich, Mass." and red "Ipswich, Mss." straightlines, Lawrence Mass. #68 (2) on #U58 registered entire for 20¢ registry fee; 1893 Prides Crossing Mass. use to Germany with Boston registry exchange label; South Amesbury Ms. use with #33 to San Diego (PFC); Danvers Mass. fancy outlined star cancel on #26; 1823 red "Lynn. Ms." straightline use; red Lynn Mass. cds and matching circular grid ties #68 on mourning cover to Nova Scotia with matching "Paid 10" circular rating handstamp; etc., wealth of information present.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

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Lot 2441    

Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History, 1790s-1851, box of over 140 covers including manuscript and cds town markings including some fancy styles like dotted Haverhill and Amesbury, wide range of towns including DPOs, ms. "Cliftondale Mass., Oct. 28, 1858" postmark and matching "Paid" cancel on #26 to Newburyport; #35 San Francisco Cal. to Lawrence Mass. with "ADV.1" handstamp; Lawrence Mass. "5" rerated "Free" as to postmaster; "Lynn.Essex.Co. Ms." cds use, "Boston "Ship" and "Free" handstamps on cover to Boxford with blue cds plus ms. "Missent & forward" marking.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $900

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Lot 2442    

(Exposition) 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial, Portland Ore. Collection, A wonderful balance lot of covers and post cards with exposition cancels and advertising, Exposition labels, five Portland day tickets and a "Season Complimentary" pass, etc., included are three examples of the scarce Expo. slogan Rec'd cancel used as a cancel of origin, a few machine Expo. Station flag cancels; mixed condition, inspection a must! F.-V.F.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $720

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Lot 2443

(Exposition) Columbian Exposition Balance, including 30 tickets mostly portrait tickets with duplication, Chicago Day with stub and scarce 1¢ Certificate, complete Set #3 postal cards with wrapper, Puck card and a promotional view book; condition varies.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2444 /o   

Exposition Cover & Card Balance, 1885-1915, 10 cards and three covers; cards including Hudson Fulton (including wood card) and Pan-Pacific, cover from Pan-American, Hudson-Fulton and 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 2445    

(Exposition) Jamestown Exposition, 1907, collection of over 85 items containing post cards showing expo (mint and used), expo postmarks, ad covers, machine slogan cancels, 1907 Jamestown stamp issue usages, etc., better includes: N07-01 & -03 on #397 post card use, N07-01 & -04 on #329 post card use, N07-01 bold strike on post card; some faults.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Realized: $300

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Lot 2446    

(Fancy Cancels) 3¢ 1861 Issue - Fancy Cancellations and Markings, group of 87 covers priced up to $200, noted Palmyra "S" in Geometric, Chicago Supplementary in blue and double-circle, Sandy Spring "Bird in Wreath", Rockville Ct. Old-English "R" in radial, Greenfield Ms. Negative Diamond in Circle; Chicopee Ms. Shield; Alexandria Va. Geometric, Shelburne Falls Ms. intricate geometric in blue; Cleveland "OUS"; Salem Mass. geometric; Blackstone Ms. shield; Newburyport Ms. elaborate geometric; Brattleboro blue radial; Cambridge Mass. shield; Hartford Conn. "H" in circle; Kingston Pa. rectangular geometric; Utica N.Y. rosette; Johnsons Creek NY "10" in circle; Rutland Vt. "USM" in bars; Fort Schuyler N.Y. thimble cds; "Free" cancel; Baltimore Md. Masonic square and compass; some "Advertised" usages, Philadelphia "Liberty Bell"; Hartford Conn. veined flower; Kingston NY fancy geometric; Litchfield Conn. "L"; Peoria Ill. reversed "R"; etc.; generally Fine-VF with some better strikes.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

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