Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2776    

Great Britain and Ireland, Stampless Postal History, 1810-1847, group of 14 including 1810 Valentine use; 1822 Dublin to Edinburgh; 1846 Drogheda to Dublin; 1825 London "Free" crowned "G. Canifield" free frank use; 1829 "Athlone" straightline use with crowned "Free" datestamp; etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 2777    

Great Britain, Covers, beautiful hand-made specialized collection of Great Britain cancels; starting with 1833 stampless cover; includes KGVI free frank, etc.; very nice.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 2778 /o   

Great Britain, Accumulation, one man's 70-year Accumulation of several hundred stamps in one stock book, starting with two 1-penny blacks, three 2-penny blues, several 6 & 7 embossed (faulty), numerous perforated Elizabeth I to include hard-to-find Scott #20b ($375), a key #23 ($1,150), Four plated examples of #69 (total $2,000), #105, 06 and 07 (total $1,015) beautiful examples of the 1883 and 1887 Victoria issues, and then near completion of Edward VIII, except for the highest values, but including $2,153 cat of Seahorses, through George VI with some few issues, and then on to QEII with several hundred used or mint, but mostly mint never hinged, including numerous Machins, to include regionals, closing with a very few modern Mint NH colonies. Although a few of the early stamps should be discounted for minor faults, many of the earlies are subject to premiums for rare plate numbers and neat and/or rare cancels, and many of the more recent stamps are subject to premiums for centering. Our consignor has identified the majority of the earlier stamps by Gibbons numbers, and we have identified the earlies by Scott numbers. Gibbons retail exceeds $60,000; Scott exceeds $40,000.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $2,400

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Lot 2779 /o   

Great Britain, Stock, hundreds identified in stockcards; starting with a couple #1's used with mostly used mix condition QV's with the occasional unused and later mint o.g., later including couple used £1 definitives, useful to good Seahorse issues, more modern with much gutter pair material, some Isles issues, etc.; please inspect.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $4,000

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Lot 2780    

Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1935, collection on pages and stockbook, starting with nice four margin #1 and #2 cancelled by respectively by red and black Maltese crosses, some 1d reds and 2d blues, 1d used Mulready cancelled by black Maltese cross, mixed condition mostly used on additional collection pages and stockbook.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $650

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Lot 2781    

Great Britain, QEII Commemorative & Definitive Holding, of one man's 60 year accumulation; 100's of complete nearly all never hinged sets; commemoratives includes better (noticed 2 x 1963 Red Cross phosphor sets); also includes booklets and coils, definitives include includes 1955 £1 (#312), 1959 1½d Graphite (355c), 1959 5sh to £1 De LaRue, etc.; also includes booklets, varieties, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $575

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Lot 2782 /o   

Great Britain, Balance, Over 50 Royal Mail Presentation Packs (early 2000's and 2010's) with some duplication, a Royal Mail Universal binder of new issue miniature sheets from the 2000's, 1835 folded letter from Derby to Clifton, couple hundred or so GB first day covers and a hundred or so recent US first day covers, small worldwide collection, hundred or so worldwide covers, couple hundred loose foreign stamps, some U.S. mint postage, value is here, but you have to dig; please inspect.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $190

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Lot 2783 /o   

Great Britain, Accumulation, box containing a red 104 box of regular issues with strength in the Victoria and Edward Jubilee issues, also a sparsely filled Windsor album with a #1.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2784    

Great Britain, QEII Holding, mint, never hinged sets in album, stockpages and mint packages; very good retail.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $130

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Lot 2785 /   

Great Britain, & Regonial Machin Issues Collection, collection/accumulation of mostly mint focusing on the Machin issues, housed in four large boxes; with three volume collection in Lighthouse albums starting with early QV issues including used 1840 1d & 2d, later with S.G. 44 mint block of six, mint 1887 Jubilee set complete, 1850-60's QEII definitives including booklets and many watermark varieties, later commemorative completion to the 1980's, comprehensive Machin definitives with a good showing of varieties, coils strips, booklets and booklet panes and a section of plate block with many high values, also Regonials with same, includes a large hoard of special commemorative books, booklets, stationary (some 19th century) and postcards & FDC's from the 1970-90's, silver coin proofs, some literature including the 7th edition of S.G. Specialised Stamp Catalogue (volumes 1-5); lots of material with substantial face value, worth proper evaluation.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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