Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2430    

1901 Pan-American Issue Covers, group of 7 interesting uses including #294 on all-over multicolor Manufactures and Liberal Arts building expo ad cover; #295 expo machine cancel on Pan-American Expo corner card cover with "Bureau of Information" handstamp; #298 (2) on registered 2c entire to Turkey (corner repair); #294 on reply postal card use to Switzerland; and #297, 298 New York registry label cover to Prague; etc., F.-V.F. group.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 2431    

1904 Louisiana Purchase Issue Covers, nice group of 7 covers including #323 pair on 1¢ wrapper to Germany; #324 (2), 304 (6) on registered package label to England; #325 on 2¢ entire to Finland; #326 on cover to Ceylon; #326 (2) on registered 2¢ entire to Nova Scotia; and #327, 304 on cover to Austria, etc, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $280

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Lot 2432    

1907 Jamestown Issue Covers, small group of 6 comprising #330, 328 on 2¢ entire to Switzerland; #328 (2), 329 on 1¢ entire to Austria; #329 pair on 1¢ entire to Suriname, Dutch Guiana; #329 with 303 pair on 2¢ entire to Germany; #328 pair with 301 pair, 305 registered to Canada; and #330 cover to Germany, Very Fine and attractive group.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2433    

1910-1923, Mostly Washington-Franklin Postal History with strong Registered Mail, nice group of 44 covers with many attractive frankings, better noted: 1913 #F1, 397 (2) Tryon N.C. cover, 1923 1¢ (3), 10¢ on registered 2¢ entire to Porto Amelia, Portuguese East Africa; 1914 #397, 2¢ on 2¢ entire censored to Transvaal; 1916 3¢ on 2¢ entire censored to Russia; 1911 1¢ 2¢ 10¢ franking on registered cover to Orange Free State; 1916 #397, 2¢ Wash. pair to Bangkok; 1913#F1, 1¢ and 2¢ (2) on registered cover to Germany; postage dues uses including 1915 2¢ cover to Australia with 1d postage dues (3); 1914 Q6, 2¢ Wash. on registered cover to England; 1923 1¢ 2¢ 5¢ pair on registered 2¢ entire to Luxembourg; etc., F.-V.F. group.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $675

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Lot 2434    

1938 Prexie Issue - Postal History Collection, better collection of 75 covers including solo, registered, special delivery, certified, WWII mail, APOs, Navy, etc., note 50¢ blk/7 and 5¢ pair on 1945 APO 30 (Harze, Belgium) cover to Washington D.C.; $2 #833 pair on 1952 Alaska fur tag; 1½¢ coil #849 solo use (cat $50); 4½¢ #844 strip/4 with 2¢ on airmail cover to Mexico; 11¢ 50¢ #816, 831 on Los Angeles package wrapper to sailor at Charleston S.C. but RTS as "No Longer Aboard" S.S. Alfred Dumont; 12¢ #817 solo use on package wrapper from USS Navy via airmail to Kansas City Mo.; 1953 3¢ #807 to Canada and forwarded with Bahamas 6d; 6¢ #811 used as postage due on inbound 1953 air lettersheet from India; 10¢ #815 (7) on 1939 clipper airmail cover to China; 24¢ #828 solo on 1947 penalty mail registered return receipt use; 1945 US Navy (Batavia) to Red Cross, Geneva; 50¢ #831 solo USS Langley (Philippines) to National City Cal.; etc.; interesting collection worthy of close inspection.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Realized: $900

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Lot 2435    

1938-58 Prexie Issue Cover Accumulation, of well over 300 covers in sleeves; wide variety of usages including some solo usages with $1 from Hawaii, combinations virtually all with with different Prexie issues including many colorful frankings, some better markings and many foreign destinations including commercial usages to Thailand, Philippines, and South Africa, some advertising including multicolored taxidermy illustrated, few military uses, section of commercial legal size items with over 20 $1 franked covers (one to China) and two $2 franked covers (one in combination with $1 plus airmail issues), $2 solo from Harding, Mass. and $5 from Coolidge, Ga., etc.; few faults to be expected, a nice lot for the specialist.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 2436    

1938-58 Prexie Issue Covers, 97 covers housed in cover stock pages in album; nice range of usages including many legal/oversized covers, includes a selection of illustrated ads and a multicolored allover illustrated cover, five $1 combination usages including a non-registered airmail to Italy and a registered to Austria, other foreign destination including Holland, Iceland, lovely 4-color registered franking to Canada, Germany, Australia, Indo-China, South Africa, Argentina, Belgium Congo, Uruguay and Palestine, wide range of combination frankings and usages; worth review.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2437    

1939 Golden Gate International Expo Memorabilia Collection, interesting and informative collection of over 50 real photo snapshots taken by a visitor, also postcards, covers, tickets and photos all related to the 1939 Golden Gate Expo, well over 100 items, worth inspection.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2438    

Better Postal History Balance, group including classics #7 (3) on cover; faulty #17 pair on "due 24" domestic cover; #78 on NYFM cover to London; #67, 63, 65(2) on reduced legal-size cover, #67 pair (faults) on North Andover Mass. cover to Virginia City U.T., #70b steel blue on faulty cover to Dublin; #78 on cover to England; #78b on cover to Longon; #161 (5, missing one addtl.) on cover from Peru via New York Steamship; campaign covers of Lincoln, Douglas and a Grant-Colfax; etc.; also includes a group of Wagon advertising, some additional later covers and 20th century; some faults and mixed condition, worth close inspection.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,700

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Lot 2439    

Cover Accumulation, over 400 including Indiana postal history, flights and airmails, postal cards, picture post cards, FDCs, etc.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $625

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