Sale 101: The Westpex Sale

Lot 230 o   

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, light circular grid cancel, deep rich color, wide margins, Very Fine, a very scarce used stamp, especially so nice; with 2010 Sismondo certificate.
Scott Nos. 77    $700.

Realized: $425

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Lot 231    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, used with 4¢ olive green (64), tied by grid cancels, matching "St. Johns, Newf'd, NO 9, 97" cds on light buff cover to Gloucester, Mass., Boston (11.15) transit backstamp; slightly rough opening at left, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott Nos. 77; $1,600    Estimate $500 - 750.

THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THE 1¢ PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE IN COMBINATION WITH THE 4¢ CABOT PAYING THE 5¢ LETTER RATE TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE PROVISIONAL PERIOD.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 232    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, rich color, tied by near circular grid, matching "St. Johns, Newf'd, Oc 22, 97" cds on unsealed cover to Montreal, Canada at the 1¢ third-class rate, Montreal (10.27) arrival backstamp, Very Fine and choice solo use to Canada.
Scott Nos. 77    $1,600.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 233 /   

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, all 3 surcharge types, right selvage block of eight comprising top row Type I (75), bottom left pair Type II (76) and bottom right pair Type III (77), rich color, o.g., never hinged, F.-V.F. Newf. Spec. Nos. 66-68 $9,750.
Scott Nos. 77a    $7,755 as block and singles.

A RARE NEVER HINGED BLOCK OF THE 1897 1¢ SURCHARGE ISSUE WITH ALL THREE TYPES.

Newfoundland's 1897 Cabot set was inspired by the Columbian and Diamond Jubilee issues, but only the low values sold well. 400,000 1¢ stamps were printed in June 1897, but speculation and high usage led to their shortage by September. The 1¢ was intended mostly for local letter, circulars and third-class mail. With the Cabot plates destroyed and no other 1¢ stamps available, a crisis occurred.

Pending arrival of a new issue, 400 sheets of the 1890 Queen Victoria 3¢ were split in half horizontally to be surcharged. Thus, a total of 800 sheets with a setting of 50 stamps were surcharged at the offices of the Royal Gazette in St. John's. To fit this cut sheet into the press, the top sheet margin had to be removed; the bottom margin was left intact thus saving bottom imprint.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 234    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, all 3 surcharge types, block of four comprising type A (top pair), type B lower left and type C lower right, positions 38-39/48-49, strong color, o.g., some horizontal perf separations hinge reinforced, F.-V.F. and scarce multiple. Newf. Spec. Nos. 68a.
Scott Nos. 77a    $1,750.

Realized: $450

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Lot 235 P   

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ carmine rose, large die proof on India, die sunk on full-size 149x226mm card, "C-394" die imprint, pencil "26286" proof number, fresh and Extremely Fine, Less than 5 Recorded. Scott Nos. 79P1.
Newf. Spec. Nos. 70 dp2    $2,000.

Design based upon a photograph by Bassano.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 236 P   

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ carmine rose, plate proof on India, block of four mounted on original card backing, close to large margins, fresh and Very Fine, ex-A.B.N.C. Archives. Scott Nos. 79P3.
Unitrade Nos. 79P3    C$300 as singles ($230).

Realized: $140

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Lot 237 S   

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ carmine rose, "SPECIMEN" overprint with and without security holes, eight pairs contained in bottom block of 20 with left and bottom selvage, each stamp with 2mm punch hole except first 8 positions in bottom row, o.g., stamps never hinged, some minor selvage separation hinge reinforced, Very Fine. Scott Nos. 79S.
Newf. Spec. Nos. 70c    $6,800 as eight pairs.

THE LARGE RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 1¢ 1897 CARMINE ROSE ISSUE CONTAINING THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLES WITHOUT THE SECURITY HOLES.

Three sheets of 100 (300) red Victoria specimens were produced by the A.B.N.C. in October 1897. This strip of 20 is the largest piece known and also unique as the first eight stamps in the bottom row lack the 2mm punched security holes (the only ones known). It appears the SPECIMEN was applied mechanically but the punched holes manually, thus the errors. The specimens were stored for a century in the company's archives, then auctioned off in 1990.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 238    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ carmine rose, horizontal strip of four, used with 2¢ orange (81) pair and single, tied by grid cancels and oval "R" registry handstamp at left, matching "Harbor-Grace, Newf'd, DE 7, 9" rimless cds on registered cover to Utica, N.Y. prepaid 10¢ for 5¢ letter rate plus 5¢ registry fee, various backstamps including St. Johns (12.8), purple Boston (12.12) registry oval and Utica (12.13) arrival cds, fresh and Very Fine, ex-Walsh.
Scott Nos. 79    Estimate $500 - 750.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE FOR BOTH THE 1¢ AND 2¢ ROYAL PORTRAIT ISSUE STAMPS.

The red Queen Victoria and orange Prince Edward stamps arrived in St. John's on Saturday, December 4th. The stamps were sent to outlying post offices on the 6th. December 7th 1897 is listed by the Newfoundland Specialized Catalog as the earliest date of use for this issue.

Realized: $600

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Lot 239    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ carmine rose, strip of five, used with 5¢ violet (65), all tied by strikes of open circular grid cancel, matching "St. John's, Newf'd, DE 7, 97" first day cds on legal-size cover to Chicago Ill., partial Dec. 11th arrival backstamp; file fold at left, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott Nos. 79    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $450

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