Sale 47: The Westpex Sale

Lot 789    

(Sport - Roller Skates) Glenn & Wright, illustrated corner card design showing Quad Roller Skate, on 1863, 3¢ pink entire canceled by Atlanta, Ga. cds and circle of wedges duplex, 1870 docketing, Very Fine, a very early roller skate ad design.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, was first designed in 1863 in New York City by James Leonard Plimpton in an attempt to improve upon previous inline design.

Realized: $110

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Lot 790    

(Stamp Collar) Clark Britton Ptg. Co., Cleveland, O., orange design with floral embellishments on locally addressed cover, franked with 1887, 2¢ green tied by 1889 Cleveland, O. duplex postmark, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 213    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $80

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Lot 791    

(Stamp Collar) Herbert Booth King & Bro., New York, green perforated design on locally addressed cover, franked with 1887, 2¢ green tied by 1890 New York duplex postmark, Very Fine.
Scott No. 213    Estimate $100 - 150.

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Lot 792    

(Stamp Collar) J.T. Wing, "High Speed" Graphite Metal, collar design in red on illustrated cover showing Factory Scene, franked with 1890, 2¢ carmine tied by 1893 Detroit, Mich.machine postmark, additional ad text on reverse in red and black, Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $120

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Lot 793    

(Stamp Dealer) E.B. Sterling, Collector of and Dealer in United States Stamps Only, illustrated design on cover showing Five Cents Garfield Banknote Stamp, franked with 3¢ green tied by Trenton, N.J. cds and cork duplex, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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Lot 794    

(Stamp Dealer) H.F. Dunkhorst, Washington, D.C., red & blue Spanish-American War patriotic design on registered cover with Flag over Stamp Logo, franked with 6¢ Columbian + 4¢ Trans-Miss tied by Washington D.C. oval handstamps, 1899 registry cds, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 235+287    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $70

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Lot 795    

(Stamp Dealer) New England Stamp Company, orange Great Britain £5 Stamp Facsimile corner card design, on registered cover franked with 4¢ Columbian + 8¢ Trans-Miss tied by Boston, Mass. oval handstamps, 1899 purple boxed date stamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $75

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