Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2582 /o   

Revenue Balance, mix of material including Standard Hydrometer issues with full sheet, Cotton related items including three early 1860's Cotton tags with attached prong, firearm document with #RY6 stamp, Custom Service Baggage Inspection issues, stock certificate book, Oleomargine issues including on piece, Meat Inspection, Mixed Flour, etc.; interesting and unusual group, worth a look.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 2583    

Revenue - Beer Stamp Collection, about 100 mostly different items, along with additional numerous wine and liquor stamps, better beer items with total catalog value of about $1,000 and numerous lesser and/or damaged items not counted; better items include such as REA3a, REA22, REA 25, REA32, REA38d, REA195, REA197, and others; also a few state alcohol stamps with emphasis on Washington state; close inspection recommended.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $700

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Lot 2584 o   

Revenue - Beer Issues Collection, mostly arranged in stockbook; good basic representation of issues throughout with condition at or a bit above the norm, some better issues usually a bit more faulty then others, with good 1870 issues, 1871 issues with paper types, 1875 issues including $2 value, later surcharges and good completion in later issues, also includes a small hoard of 1934 series issues, etc.; worth a look.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $10,500

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Lot 2585 o   

1871-74 Proprietary Issues with Proprietary Cancels, around 100 stamps on stock pages, nice range of companies including many printed cancels, some better including printed "Dr. Seth Walker, Woonsocket, R.I.", Walker & Taylor "Sloans" advertising handstamp, "S.R.V.D." (S.R. Van Duzer), Benton's Pine Tree Troches ad, "E.W. Hoyt & Co., Lowell, Mass." on a few different issues, J.T. Howland, Hamlin Bros. Chicago, some colored and stencil cancels; condition a little mixed, a scarce group.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 2586 o   

Battleship Revenue Issues with Proprietary Medicine Cancels, approximately 1,000 stamps in stockpages, stockbook and glassines; some arranged including companies with Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Chattanooga Medicine Co., The Centaur Co., Paris Medicine Co., Emerson Drug Co. and many other; a nice group for the specialist.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 2587 /o   

Revenue - Narcotic Tax Issues Collection, housed mostly in stock book; includes a handful of handstamp first issues and later printed, a host of the purple & green band issues, some good issues throughout; inspect.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2588 /o   

Revenue - Wines Collection, 1914-41, housed on Scott album pages; with near completion in Cordial - Wines issues including mint #RE19 & RE31, 1916-18 issues nearing completion including the $20-$100 high values used complete (in nice condition), 1933-34 with better issues including mint #RE83, good later completion with 1942 high values, etc.; condition a bit better than normally encountered.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $550

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Lot 2589    

Revenue Stamped Paper (Checks) Group of 7 Cut Squares, including RN-S1 (cat. $3750 as entire, unpriced as cut square), RN-V10 (only known as cut square), etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $400

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Lot 2590 o   

Revenue - Match & Medicine Issues Collection, of issues Springer pages in binder with additional stock in glassines and dealer pages; nice showing of good to better issues with Match issues including #RO5a, RO37b, RO38b, RO39d, RO84a, RO85b, RO86c, RO94c, RO96b, etc., Medicine issues with #RS34b, RS61d, RS70b, RS73b, RS73d, RS84b, RS100b, RS128d, RS129b, RS130b, etc., nice showing of Perfume and and Playing Cards, stock including multiple examples of the more common wrapper issues, etc.; condition a bit above the norm, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $8,500

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Lot 2591 o   

Revenue - Private Die Match & Medicine Group, of over 50 stamps in stockpages in binder, with 42 medicine stamps (including 3 proofs), 8 match stamps, 1 perfumery stamp, and 1 playing card stamp and 1 playing Russell & Morgan label, many good items including RS4i, RS14d, RS31, RS49d x2, RS314-RS315 and many others; condition varies with many nice items, Scott catalog $3,596.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $1,450

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