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Sale 115: The Westpex Sale

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1869-95 Regular Issues

Lots 765-774 Lot 775

Lot 765    

1869, 3¢ ultramarine, horizontal strip of four, tied by quartered cork handstamps on 1869 cover with Glasgow, Scotland, matching "Washington, D.C., Jul 6" cds, red Liverpool entry cds and receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 114    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 766    

1869, 3¢ ultramarine, horizontal strip of three and pair, tied by segmented cork handstamps on tissue paper cover to Paris, France, matching "New Haven, Ct., Jul 23" cds, red "New York, Paid 3, Jul 27" exchange cds additionally tying strip, partial blue French transit date stamp; minor tissue paper cover flaws, Very Fine.
Scott No. 114    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $140

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Lot 767    

1869, 6¢ ultramarine, in combination with 1861, 10¢ green (68) on cover to Lucerne, Switzerland, tied by "Milwaukee, Wis., Aug 12" cds and quartered cork duplexes, superb strike of red "New York, Paid All, Br, Transit, Aug 17" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamps; few cover opening edge nicks at top, Very Fine.
Scott No. 115    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 768    

1869, 6¢ ultramarine, tied by bold circle of "V"'s handstamp on 1870 cover to Dublin, Ireland, red "Pawtucket, R.I., Mar 2" origin cds with matching "Paid" handstamp, red "New York, Mar 5" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. 115    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 769    

1869, 10¢ yellow, tied by N.Y.F.M. fancy star handstamp (Kirke 70-05-04-PIC) on 1870 folded letter sheet to Palermo, Italy, red "New York, Br. Transit, May 7" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamp; cover with internal hole along fold at left, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 116    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $325

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Lot 770    

1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I, centered right, on cover tied by cork cancel on folded letter to Palermo, Italy, with red N.Y. exchange office postmark, Fine; 1994 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 118    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 771    

1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II, fine single with wide margins, tied by "New Orleans, La., Apr 16" cds and quartered cork duplex on 1870 printed address cover to Bordeaux, France, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. 119    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $230

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Lot 772    

1870, 3¢ green, N.B.N.C. printing, horizontal pair, tied by neat geometric N.Y.F.M. handstamp on printed address cover to London, England, red New York cds alongside and red 1877 London entry cds, Very Fine; with 2007 P.F. certificate. Weiss No. ST-8P11.
Scott No. 147    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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Lot 773

1870, 24¢ purple, N.B.N.C. printing, in combination with 1870, 10¢ brown, horizontal pair (150) on 1872 cover to Ahmednugger, India from the Bissell correspondence, tied by segmented cork cancels, sent from Boston with red crayon "36/2" credit rating and endorsed "via Southampton", red London transit cds with red crayon "2" pence colonial credit, receiving backstamp; 24¢ stamp with small repair at top center, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce use prepaid for double the 22¢ rate via Southampton; signed Ashbrook, with 2023 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 153    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Lot 774    

1893, 1¢ Columbian, three singles, on Germany 10pf carmine postal card sent Round-the-World in 194 Days, sent from Bremen May 18, 1893 and transited Chicago, Ill. (2-22), New York (2-23), Sea Post Office (3-21), Moulmein, Burma (4-1), Mupan, India (4-7) and Sea Post Office (4-15), and includes additional India postage; one 1¢ stamp with some scuffs, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 230    Estimate $250 - 350.

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Lots 765-774 Lot 775

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