Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2657 /o   

Asia, Collection, housed in five albums with issues to the 1980's, mostly useful to good singles and sets; includes Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, perhaps best is well filled Korea from early issues and includes more than half the 1951 Flag issues with duplication, souvenir sheets, etc., Laos, Manchukuo from first issue complete on, Mongolia, some Nepal, Ryukyu Islands, Shanghai, Tanna-Tuva, Thailand with some good early issues, Vietnam, etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 2658 /o   

Asia, Mint and Used Collector's Accumulation, few hundred mostly in glassines, stockcards, priced pages culled from old-time accumulation, strength in Manchukuo, and Kewkiang 1894 issue in mint multiples, also Korea with #280-282 n.h., a bit of China, Japan and Revenues, etc., mostly 20th Century, nothing recent.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2659 /o   

Australia & States, Collection, 1913-2002, housed in two Scott albums; Australia with early Roos and completion in KGV issues mostly used to shilling values, late including 1935 £1 Roo used, Kookaburra sheet present and later issues virtually all mint with good sets present, useful back-of-the-book, good to fair showing in most States with some better including Tasmania first issues used (Scott 1-2, small flaws but cats $2,150), also includes AAT and Christmas Island issues including some covers; condition mixed mostly confined to early issues.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $575

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Lot 2660 /o/   

Austria, Collection, 1850-1953, specialized well formed collection identified and written-up on quadrille pages in five Governor albums; starting with numerous 1850 first issues including design and paper types, various cancels, few covers and a section of plate flaws, similar 1858-59 Josef issues with various types and shades, section of Wien cancels and St. Andrew Crosses (unfortunately none attached to stamps), reprint section, etc. 1860-61 issues */o with additional cancellation section including covers, similar 1863-64 Coat of Arms, extensive 1867-80 Emperor issues with sections of the various prints, perf varieties, mint with good shades, color cancels, 1883 Coat of Arms complete mint with additional */o perf varieties, vast section of 1890-1907 Emperor definitives */o including mint multiples and cancellation studies, 1908-16 60th Year set complete mint and used with coated, uncoated and gray paper variety, four single and three pair imperforates up to the 30h, 1910 Birthday set complete mint and used, good later completion with some parallel */o, 1925-27 issues with additional imperfs to the 80g, 1945 Ostereich overprints with some of the better high value present, etc., back-of-the-book with nice complete in semi-postals with parallel */o and some covers, 1920's issues with variety, 1931 Rotary set n.h. and used, 1933 Winter Sports mint & used, 1933 WIPA issues (no souvenir sheet) and much of the later sets present, airmails starting with the 1922 2kr unissued and noted later n.h. high values, due including some imperforate sets, newspapers extensive of the 1851 first issue on lacking only the rarities with much variety, similar newspaper tax, special handling, etc., Lombardy-Venetia with used first issues and variety, 1858-62 issues with types, 1863-65 Coat of Arms with better mint, also a section of WWII German propaganda, etc.; a wonderful collection with condition mixed mostly in earlier better mint, inspect a must to appreciate.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $5,250

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Lot 2661    

Austria, Postal History, 1857-1919, group of 19 including 3kr red (3) on 1857 cover to Vienna; 10kr brown (2), 15kr blue on 1860 Trieste registered cover to Amsterdam; 25kr on 1871 Trieste letter to Cairo; 5kr red, 10kr blue on Saltzburgh transatlantic cover to Mednham N.J.; 3k on two 1860 Vienna local covers; 15kr on 1875 Krakow to Vienna; J89 block of ten on 1919 Philippopolis, Bulgaria cover to Vienna; etc.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2662    

Austrian Offices in the Turkish Empire, Covers, 1855-1893, group of 6 including 5s red #3 pair on 1876 folded cover from Volo, Greece to Genova; 10s blue on 1868 folded cover from Bucharest to Vienna; 10s blue on 1868 folded cover from Gallatz to Vienna; 15s brown on 1874 Widden cover to Vienna, 15s brown on 1875 Constantinople cover to Vienna; and 1pi on 10kr blue #23, 2pi on 20kr ol. green #24 on 1893 registered cover to Vienna, Austria (cat. $700); couple flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

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Realized: $450

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Lot 2663    

Barbados, Postal Stationery Cards and Wrappers, 1885-1896, nice group of 39 on album pages arranged by town from Bridgetown to St. Peter, three with boxed "Too Late" handstamps, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

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Lot 2664    

Bermuda, Commercial Cover Group, Few hundred sorted into various groups including 1st flights, Victoria, GV, Nasa, QEII, inverted dies, registered, postal stationery, censor, Silver Jubilee, ship mail, etc., mostly clean group and unpicked, inventory included.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2665 /o   

Brazil, Revenue Collection, many thousands mostly on stockpages and in glassines; with an impressive stock/hoard of cigarette revenues on 100+ stockpages, as well other issues including fiscal and tobacco issues, some local issues, etc.; a large holding some duplication to be expected.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $600

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