Sale 108: The Westpex Sale

Lot 3136 /   

Egypt - United Arab Republic, Interesting Array of Scarce Items, 1958-1996, selection including 1959 -1960 60m imperforate block of four and imperforate 35m pair and single: 1980 multicolored, perforated and gummed essays of President Mubarak and European flowers in full sheets of 50 on gummed paper; unadopted, enlarged hand-painted Essay in green for the 1962 Theodor Bilharz commemorative by an artist of the Postal Printing House in Cairo; 1996 sheet of 50 of Academy of Scientific Research commemoratives with blue color misplaced creating double image; plus a range of singles, blocks, control no. blocks and souvenir sheets from 1958-1970, mostly n.h., Fine - Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $500

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France, Specialized Used Collection with High Catalogue Value, 1849-1970, hundreds of used singles and sets all mounted in a Scott specialty album. Very complete 19th century Ceres and Napoleon Heads, Also including a Prussian Blue Scott 87, that needs a certificate. Huge Scott value on the initial pages including color varieties. The collection slows down after the 1960's but has some excellent back-of-the-book. We note airmails include C1, C8-C14, C15 which is a lovely corner margin used copy, C17, also semi-postals with B11, B22-B23, B27, B34, B38 (block of 4 on piece), and more. German Occupation of Alsace + Lorraine N11, Offices in Port Lagos 1-6. Condition varies early on but generally Fine to Very Fine later. High Scott value.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.



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Lot 3138 /   

French Colonies, Key Sets & Singles Mainly Mint, 1889-1955, mainly one of a kind better sets and singles primarily mint with some used, a few duplicates and all are neatly mounted with Scott numbers on pages in six counter books. A superior holding assembled by a knowledgeable philatelist who carefully described each item. Perfect for online resale as the work is done. Includes books headed Alaouites - Algeria including Alaouites 46-49 mint n.h., J7a unused, 226-228 imperf n.h., and much more, Anjouan-Chad with Benin S, Cameroon 128 and many sets, Cameroon-Dahomey, Diego Suarez- French Congo with Diego Suarez 7, Fr.Col. 13a, French Andorra 1-17 mint n.h. and 14-123 Mint n.h., French-Andorra - French Guyana including Fr. Congo 35-49, 121, Fr. Equatorial Africa B14-B35, Fr. Col. 30 unused, French Guinea-French Morocco including Fr. Morocco 7, 11-22, 55-71, 72-89 all unusual and many other better sets. Well worth viewing, Scott as noted is well over $16,000. Generally, F. - V.F. with a few minor faults. Don't miss viewing this one.
Estimate    $4,000 - 6,000.



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French Colonies, Exceptional High End, Majority Mint Collections, multiple country collections in a Scott album with particular strength in several areas including Alaouites essentially complete mint 1925 - 1928 including airmails and some errors and varieties, Alexandretta complete mint, Indochina complete mixed mint and used including charity issues (B1-B19 mint), airmails, postage dues (J1-J73 mint), officials, and parcel post, Inini complete mint, Latakia C1-C11 and J1-J2 mint, Lebanon 18-21 mint, 108-112 mint, C1-C79 mint, Memel complete mint, New Hebrides complete and mostly mint 1908 - 1979 including "France Libre" overprints mint, 1965 - 1980 issues n.h., postage dues, etc., some mixed condition in earlier issues with most Fine - Very Fine.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.



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Lot 3140 /   

French Colonies, Superior Mint Collection, virtually all mint (vast majority n.h.) sets and singles on Scott or Palo pages, many premium as Alaouites J6-J10 n.h., Algeria B32-B96 n.h., C7-C12 n.h., Cambodia 1-37 n.h., 53-58 n.h., C1-C9 n.h., Comoro Isl C12-C19 n.h., C22-C28 n.h., French Equatorial Africa C25-C34 n.h., C38-C43 n.h. French Guiana C11-C20 n.h., French India 80-99 n.h., C14-C17 n.h., French Morocco 290-327 n.h., B13-B20 n.h., French West Africa O1-O12 n.h., Indochina 2-21 mint, 36 mint, 94-114 n.h., 115-138 n.h., 171-192 n.h., B14-B19 n.h., CB1 n.h., Libya 2N12-23 n.h., 3N1-8 n.h., 3NC1-2 n.h., Madagascar C37-C53 n.h., CB1 n.h., Reunion 318-335 n.h., C2-C17 n.h., C42-C52 n.h., Somali Coast 271-286 n.h., C20-C36 n.h., C42-C48 n.h., J29-J38 n.h., Togo C1-C18 n.h., Tunisia, Viet Nam 20-26 n.h. (brown gum), etc. few earlier issues some typical light gum toning but overall fresh, and Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.



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Realized: $1,500

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Lot 3141 /   

French Polynesia, A Comprehensive High End Mint Collection, 1892-1997, a highly desirable mint collection of sets, singles and souvenir sheets, all either neatly mounted on quadrille or lighthouse pages, it includes regular issues, commemoratives, semi-postals, airmails, postage dues and officials and is loaded with the premium sets including the better issues post-1960's plus the key earlier adhesives. Highlights include all mint by Scott 1-20, 21-34, 1915-1926 Surcharges, B2-B6 plus CB1, post 1940 essentially complete with n.h. beginning in the late 1960's and airmails from the early 1970's with some earlier being n.h., Fresh and Fine to Very Fine, a high quality collection of a popular area, high resale value.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.



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Lot 3142 /   

Obock, and Somali Coast, Outstanding High End Mint Collections, 1892-1933, two exceptional mint collections containing a plethora of key sets and singles. All mounted on professional pages with additional retail sales sheet purchases included in a binder. Obock contains by Scott numbers: 1-2, 4 + 6 $202., 12-20 $665., 21-30 $608., 32-42 + 44 $220., 44A-64 $2,592., 64 has clean P.F. certificate, J5-J15 + J18 $1,003. Somali Coast highlights include: 1-2 $515., 6-21 $1,558., 24-25 $150., 27 $525., 28//33F $292., 34-48 $763., plus inverts listed and unlisted, 64-79 $232., 80-118 $94. Altogether an exceptional high-quality holding. Fine to Very Fine with few if any faults. High Scott value and many scarce stamps., ex-Windsor.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.



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French Offices in China, Comprehensive Very High End Collection, 1894-1939, a lifetime's effort in mounts on Scott pages and with an assortment of errors and varieties included. Includes issues for Annam & Tonkin plus Cochin China, many better sets and singles as #9-12A used, 9a mint, 14 used, 17 used, 18-33 mint (mix of type I and type II overprints), 43 mint, 44 used, 45 block used, 45a used, 46-56 mint, J1-J6 mint, J5a mint, Canton #1-14 mint, 15-30 mint, 31-47 mint, 48-64 mint, 65-81 mint, Hoi Hao #16-19 mint, 30 used, 31 mint, 45-48 used, 49-66 mint, 67-84 mint (40¢ thinned), Kwangchoan #1-17 mint (2¢ used), 18-35 mint, 36-53 mint, 39a mint, Tchongking #1-16 mint, 17-33 mint, 34-67 mint, Yunnan Fou #17-33 mint, 34-67 mint, Annam & Tonkin #1-2 unused, 3 mint, 7 used, 8 unused, 9 mint, used pair, Cochin China #1 unused and used, 2-3 unused, 4 mint and unused, etc. Some mixed condition though much better than typically seen, generally F. - V.F. ideal for continuation., ex-Windsor.
Estimate    $7,500 - 10,000.



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Lot 3144 /   

French Morocco, A Comprehensive Mint Collection with Flair, 1891-1957, a wonderful collection of hundreds of mint sets, singles, varieties, imperforates and some postal history. Very complete for the period except for a very few stamps. The quality is exceptional with few if any faults. Begins with all mint Scott 3-6 + 6a + 7-8 $1,042., 11-22 $508., 26-37 $88., 38-52 $145., 52c used $210., 55-71 $331., 72-89 $243., 90-175. $170., plus later issues to 1957, followed by semi-postals including B3 $1,650., B4a $240., B5 $475., airmails include C1-C55 $238., CB1-CB42 $188., plus varieties with C12a $310. Postage dues are almost complete with J1//J5 $400., J15-J48 $191., Q1-Q11 $65. We note more varieties and imperforates plus a showing of better early local issues. The postal history is comprised of postal cards and covers from 1907 up to 1957. Don't miss this lot as viewing is a pleasure. High Scott value., ex-Windsor.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.



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French Offices in the Turkish Empire, Beautiful Used Collection, 1853-1923., including covers in an album, with many better stamps such as (Yvert #'s): cancel Constantinople small numbers (3707) 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17A, 17B, large numbers (5083) 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (5 Francs), 38, 47, 48, 49, 53, 57, 60, round cancel Constantinople 19, 25, 26, 30, 33 (5 Francs 2x, not in catalogue), 39, 40, 41, 43, 54, 56, 57, 60, covers: 21 and 23 together, 28 and 48 together, 54 and 56 together (both in pair), Smyrme small numbers (3709) 13, 14, 16, 17A, 17B, large numbers (5098) 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (5 Francs 3x), 46, 47, 48, 49, 48 on cover, 49 on cover, round cancel Smyrme 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 30, Levant 1a* (inverted overprint, signed, cat 3700), 6 in pair, 17g*, 38*, 40*, etc. Exceptional collection, never before seen so extensive.
Estimate    $7,500 - 10,000.



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