Sale 85: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2784 /o   

Japan, Collection, mostly mint in 5 Scott Specialty albums with numerous better items; including 1947 1.20 yen Philatelic Exhibition sheet (Scott #385a), 1949 100 yen Blast Furnace & 500 yen Locomotive (#435-6), 1949 5 yen Children’s Exhibition souvenir sheet (#456), 1949 5 yen Moon & Geese souvenir sheet (#479a), 1950 2 yen Lottery souvenir sheet (#498var), 1952 Lottery souvenir sheet (#551var), 1953 5 yen Lottery souvenir sheet (#576var), 1954 10 yen Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet (#580a), 1934 Communications Day souvenir sheet (#C8), 1950 Pheasant Airmails (#C9-13), etc.; mostly in mounts, and virtually complete from 1956 to 2014.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2785    

Japan, Sheets & Multiples, 1948-68, clean and fresh n.h. accumulation in a mint sheet album, great selection of mostly late 1940-50s issues and some later, better sheets including Scott 445, 465-66, 467, 468, 469, 595, 606, 616, 630 and 704, also 442 block of 14, B9 block of 14, B10 block of 12, nice post office fresh group, substantial cat. value.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,250

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Lot 2786    

Japan, Multiples, 1949-77, clean and fresh mint n.h. group of sheets, partial sheets and blocks, including a wide variety of commemoratives, special issues and souvenir sheets arranged in small size mint sheet files, features Famous Men Scott 480-97 in quantities of nine each (except 480 and 486 five each), also Scenic Spots issue and others, plus Ryukyu 1950-60s, well worth inspection, generally very fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,250

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Lot 2787    

Japan, Mint Sheets and Blocks, 1950-77, mint n.h. accumulation of sheets, part sheets and souvenir sheets in 11 sheet files, including National Park issues 561-4 in blocks of 10 with top sheet imprints, Flowers 712-23 in sheets of 20, Olympics, Art, Philatelic Week and Letter Writing Week issues, Birds, Fish etc., hundreds of stamps in sheets of 10, 20 or other large multiples,requires careful examination, post office fresh.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 2788 /   

Korea, Sheet Accumulation, 1946-54, substantial hoard of mostly full sheets housed in sheet files; including some partial panes and blocks; full sheets including Scott #56 x21, 57 x23, 58 x12, 59 x13, 60 x12, 61 x8, 62 x8, 63 x6, 64 x6, 68 x2, 69 x31, 77 x4, 85, 90 x2, 92, 97 x3, 98 x4, C1 x4, C2 x3 and imperf set of sheets C12-C16; some flaws to expected, with Scott cat $61,789 for hinged, careful inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $10,000 - 15,000.

Realized: $37,500

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Lot 2789

Korea, Receipt Forms Accumulation, of more than 250 receipt forms circa 1951-52 bearing from 2-20 or more stamps, features four with Korean War Flags and 33 with airmails, stamps on front and/or back of forms and including lots of high values, great lot for the specialist.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Realized: $4,750

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Lot 2790    

Korea, Souvenir Sheets, 1960-72, a run of approximately 300 souvenir sheets arranged in stockbook, appears to be all different and n.h.; owner's 2015 Scott cat $1,925.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $525

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