Sale 33: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2230    

1874-86 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (Cincinnati, Ohio). A wonderful balance lot including Expo. advertising, Expo. corner cards, cancels, etc., better items include one cover with "Expo. Station" cds (Bomar C82-01, Cat $600, Three recorded), mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $550

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Lot 2231    

1875-80 Louisville Industrial Exposition (Louisville, Ky.). A nice balance lot which includes seven covers with lovely all over illustrated advertising for the various Expos., some are reduced, mixed condition, Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $125

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Lot 2232    

1876 Centennial International Exposition (Philadelphia, Pa.). A wonderful balance lot of covers with Expo. cancels & advertising, Expo. Stationery, trade cards, entrance tickets, Typewriter envelopes & letters from the Remington typewriter exhibit, Official Expo. Committee corner cards, one double rate cover to England (5¢ replaced) with Centennial cancel, etc., plus much more, mixed condition, please inspect as many rare & valuable items are included, a portion of the collection is ex-George Turner.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 2233    

1881 International Cotton Exposition (Atlanta, Ga.). A small balance lot with 3 Expo. ad covers and a small selection of Atlanta trial color proofs (Cat. $1450), also includes issued 1851 5¢ (#12 used, Cat. $900) & mint 1857 90¢ blue (#39, no gum, Cat. $1250), mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $700

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Lot 2234    

1883 Southern Exposition (Louisville, Ky.). A nice balance lot which includes two Postal entires (one is a front) with Official printed corner card of the Expo., one unused postal card with printed address of the Expo. & printed message of proxy appointment for shareholders of the Expo., two covers with lovely all over illustrated advertising for the Expo., plus on cover fro the 1884 Expo. with Official corner card of the Art Gallery, plus souvenir booklet of the Expo., mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2235    

1884-85 World?s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (New Orleans, La.). A small balance lot which includes 15 covers with lovely all over illustrated advertising for the Expo. (2 with Expo. Station duplex cancel), two covers with the Expo. Rec'd marking, five Postal entires or cards with Expo. Station duplex cancel, one cover with Official corner card, illustrated letterhead, mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 2236    

1885-86 The North, Central and South American Exposition (New Orleans, La.). A small balance lot which includes three covers with lovely all over illustrated advertising for the Expo., one with Expo. Station duplex cancel (reduced into stamp), plus on Expo. Newspaper, mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $270

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Lot 2237 /o   

1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. Postcard Collection. A wonderful balance lot of Columbian Exposition cards, both privately issued and on Government Postal cards, many better mint singles & sets present, included is 17 mint & used Goldsmith cards (Megson GB70, Cat $150 each), 43 mint & one used post card by Schachner (Megson GB160 cat. $200 each), a complete set (mixed mint & used) of various multi-color views on 1¢ Postal cards (Megson GB230, cat $600 each), plus 14 mint & used cards from same manufacturer, but not on Postal cards (Megson GB230A, cat, $250 each), 16 mint Goldsmith Envelopes for the first series of cards, 7 mint & one used Puck 1¢ Postal cards including the rare "Brown Torches" variety (Megson GB150, cat $125 each, "Brown Torches" cat. $400), four multicolor 1¢ Postal cards showing the Machinery Building & Columbus Portrait in orange circle, one used to Germany with World's Fair Sta. Numeral "2" duplex cancel (Megson GB260V1, cat. $150 each), 10 Koehler 1¢ Postal cards (not a complete. set) with original package envelope, mixed mint & used (Megson GB120, cat. $52 each), two used & one mint 1¢ Postal cards with multi-color design, one used to Germany & one with rare "Unmailable" straight line handstamp due to written message on the address panel (Bomar C93-06A) (Megson GB220, Cat. $190 each), plus a nice variety of Goldsmith cards mint & used, mixed condition a great lot worth careful inspection.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $7,000

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Lot 2238    

1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (Ohio). A wonderful balance lot including Expo. advertising, letterhead, Ad collars, Expo. corner cards, cancels, etc., better items include five cards/covers with "Expo. Station" duplex (Bomar C88-01, Cat $600, Seven recorded), 3 cards with "Expo. Station Rec'd" cds (Bomar C88-02, Cat $500, Six recorded), mixed condition, please inspect as many rare & valuable items are included.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 2239    

1893 Columbian Exposition (Chicago, Ill.). A wonderful balance lot of covers with Expo. cancels & advertising, Expo. cards, trade cards, entrance tickets, etc., included are Expo. duplex cancels, Expo. machine cancels, one cover with Expo. Registry marking, many better 1¢ Postal Expo. cards, an 10c Special Delivery (#E3) tied by Expo. machine cancel on 10¢ Columbian Postal entire with illustrated corner card, a 50¢ Columbian tied on 10¢ Postal entire to Switzerland, plus much more, mixed condition, please inspect as many rare & valuable items are included.
Estimate    $5,000 - 7,500.

Realized: $5,000

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