Sale 85: The Westpex Sale

Lot 624 /o   

Mexico, Mazatlan Stock, 1856-1914, extensive array of issues housed in two volumes; 1856 first issues well represented to the 8r (x2) including some nice full town cancels on 1r pairs, with many other town strikes, similar 1861 second issues including a couple 8r values, eagles including scarce ½r 236-1864 cons x2 (only 200 sent), again with many high values present, Full Face Hidalgos with strong representation of all issues including some multiples, following issues in similar fashion with some somewhat strong duplication to be expected; condition well above the norm with many better items throughout, inspection and evaluation highly recommended (no photo).
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 625    

Mexico, American Express Co. Correspondence Covers, 1930-40's, approximately 100 covers, all sent to the main office of American Express Company in San Francisco (no photo).
Estimate    $250 - 350.

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Lot 626 /o/   

Mexico, Balance, mix of material mostly in two volumes; includes classic issue forgery section, stock of first issues through Juarez issues with much cancel interest, including a used #18, some later covers, stockbook with a study of the 25c Full Face Hidalgo issue including covers, and a couple hundreds postal stationary items */o; worth review (no photo).
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $575

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Lot 627 /o/   

Mexico, Balance, 1870-1916, mostly on pages; includes some 1870-80's issues, attractive 3-color Mulitas registered, mostly Revolutionary issue material including some better Sonora issue and mixed issue franking covers, San Luis Potosi provisional overprint cover, 1914 Torreon overprints */o, etc. (no photo).
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 628 /o   

Mexico, Collection, 1856-2000, solid mint and used collection in mounts in two well-filled Scott Specialty three-ring albums, majority of pre-1985 stamps present both mint and used, souvenir sheets are mint, great coverage of classics to 1910 and Civil War issues with many varieties, also airs, air officials and other back of book etc., excellent collection, owner's Scott $15K+, worth review, fine to very fine (no photo).
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 629 /o   

Mexico, Collection, 1884-1995, housed in two Scott albums; starting with useful Medallion and Numeral issues, Mulitas including high values with 10p mint, better perf varieties, etc., 1899 issue with 5p mint, good Sonora issues, other Revolutionary issues quite strong with good coat of arms and overprint issues, later issues with better including Scott 585 (cat $425), 716a (cat $350, with cert), 727A used (cat $650, with cert), 883s (cat $500, with cert), 795A used (cat $60), etc., back-of-the-book with strong airmails highlighted by #C93A x2 mint, C198a n.h. ($400), C212 n.h. ($350) and used ($250), C249 ($100) as well as many good mint sets, Officials well represented including the scarce O29A used (cat $650) as well as other better, Port de Mar with additional and used, section of fakes and unissued, few Guadalajara issues; a nice collection with good material throughout, worth careful examination (no photo).
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,250

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Lot 630    

Mexico, Collection, 1967-1991, very solid collection of 1,300+ Mexican n.h. mint commemorative stamps in 3 hingeless Safe albums meticulously annotated in German, no Exporta issue, most stamps have extra copies to show varieties (e.g. UV varieties, plate numbers, fluorescence, types of paper, errors or watermarks), some errors are: 2 blocks in the 1974 Exportar stamp, Filatelia para la Paz souvenir sheet with color error, 50+ souvenir sheets included and 4 booklets of Sc#1698 (no photo).
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $425

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Lot 631 /o/   

Mexico, Consignment Balance, mix of material including a useful stock from Medallion issues on, small binder with a few good items, early colonial documents, Porfirio Diaz sign letter on fancy monogram letterhead, official seal collection, 1915-16 issues imperf pairs, also some literature including Chapman, Schimmer/Heath and Celis publications; worth a look (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Realized: $525

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Lot 632    

Mexico, Modern Errors, 1950-88, collection of 59 stamps with different errors including 4 different types of tablet printing error of the 5p 1950 regular issue (only one sheet was known which was broken in the 1990’s) Sc # 865v, 1956 souvenir sheet with one stamp displaced (Sc# C234a var), Included are text omitted, black color omitted, displacement of inks, bottom data printed on top, 1968 Olympics unissued essay, irregular inking, colors omitted, blotted letters, 1979 Souvenir sheets with text displaced or entirely omitted, missing letters, N.P. with missing dots, etc., Several items are in blocks to show the error (normal stamps not counted) (no photo).
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 633 /   

Mexico, Oaxaca Provisionals Group, 1915, of 6 covers and two large multiples, covers are very clean and show varieties like imperf pair, imperf block of 4 and imperf between block of 6 (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $325

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