Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2806 /o   

Italian Area, Collection, 1874-1959, three separate collections including Volume One Italian Colonies 1921-59 mostly mint in a Scott Specialty album, including Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Italian Colonies with Scott #46-50, C29-35, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa, Libya, Oltre Giuba, Somalia with J5 and Tripolatania, this volume cats $5,000, Volume Two Aegean Islands 1912-45 mostly mint collection in a Scott Specialty album, about half the value in general issue sets including 31-35, 36-45, C15-19, C32-38 etc., also Rhodes 15-23, and a good representation of small islands from Calino to Stampalia with Castellorizo 75-89, this volume cats $5,300, Volume Three Offices and Occupation 1874-1954 in a Minkus album, Offices including general issues, China, Tientsin, Crete, Tripoli, Turkish Empire etc., Occupations including Austria, Ionian Islands, Corfu, best are Trieste Zone A and Fiume with used Scott #120, 122-27, 128-33, 143-47 and mint 149-60, this volume cats $7,600, total owner's Scott for three volumes $17,900, overall clean.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 2807 /o   

Italian States, Collection, 1850-68, mint and used collection on Minkus pages with some better stamps than usually encountered, highlights including Lombardy-Venetia Scott #13-19 used, 20 mint, Two Sicilies 2-6 used, Neopolitan Provinces 25a used, Roman States 10 used, 13 mint, Romagna 8 used, Sardinia 2, 11j, 14a (2), 14c all used, 11f, 13c, 15c, all mint, Sicily 12h used, Tuscany 6a, 7, 7b on piece, 8, 8a, 12, 15 and 21 all used, condition varies, owner's Scott $19,500+, Papal State reprints not counted, careful inspection will prove rewarding.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $950

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Lot 2808    

Lombardy-Venetia, Covers, 1852-1863, group of 14 uses including 30c #5a ribbed paper used on 1852 Venice letter to Triest; 1857 Varenna use with 15c red pair; 2s #15, 3s #16 on 1859 Como letter to Milano; 2s yellow #15 on Verona newspaper wrapper (cat $375); 3s #16 (2), 10s #18 on 1866 Venezia cover to Firenze; 15s #19 on piece; 2kr Newspaper #PR2 on Venezia newspaper (cat $325); etc.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2809 /o   

Italy, & Area Collection, 1851-1989, housed in two Scott albums; starting with a useful section of Italian States including Roman States and Sardinia, early regular issues well represented mixed */o with better mint including 1877 surcharges and good later completion to the 20th century, nice section of 15c-50c ad tab singles */o, completion in 1930's commemoratives with some n.h., similar 1940's issues including #477 n.h. (cat $400), well represented semi-postals, airmails with completion in early issues with a few n.h., 1933 Balbo triptychs complete (C49-C49, cat $575) and later completion, Pneumatics, Special Deliveries, Newspapers, Dues, Parcel Posts including the 1946 300l (Q74, cat $500) and 1954 1000l high value (Q76, cat $2,000) and a useful selection of other back-of-the-book including 1929 Rhodes set mint, also includes Fiume mostly complete with some better overprint values need checking, other areas including Eritrea, Trieste, etc., and an additional Scott album of Vatican City.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 2810 /o   

Italy, Collection, 1862-1995, solid mostly mint collection in a well-filled Minkus album loaded with better sets and singles, some both mint and used, used highlights including Scott #57 on piece, 72. 115-18, 142A-D, 238, C62-65 etc., mint including 201-10, 248-56, C23-26, 268-79, C28-34, 280-89, C35-39, CE1-2, 290-305, C40-41, E16-17, C42-49, 324-28, C62-65, 331-41, C66-72, CE8-9, 345-48, 349-54, C79-83, 359-66, C84-88, 367-76, C89-94, 377-86, C95-99 and more, well formed and worth inspection, owner's Scott $19,000.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

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Lot 2811 /   

Japan, Collection, 1871-1986, well formed mint collection housed in five albums; starting with complete first issues and a few second issues, 1872 issues complete to the 4s issues with additional 30s high value, selection 1874 issues including 2s native laid issue (#28) and later 1s syllable. 12 (33), near complete 1875 issues including the bird high values, 1876-92 Koban issues complete, 1899-1907 Chrysanthemum complete, late issues present occasionally lacking just the high values, 1924 5y-10y present (188-189), later issues mostly complete with highlights including 1934 Airmail souvenir sheet, 1935 1½s definitive sheet of 20 n.h. (222a, cat $700 for hinged), Parks sheets present, other better later sheets including 1949 Children's Day, etc., with later issues appearing to be complete, Offices Abroad issue mostly complete missing only Empress high values, Military issues, etc.; condition above the norm throughout, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $5,000 - 7,500.

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Realized: $9,500

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Lot 2812 /o   

Japan, Collection, 1871-1953, mint and used old-time collection on collector-made pages in a binder, 19th Century nearly all used with good classic First and Second issues Scott #1, 2, 3, 4a, 5a, 6 and 7, Cherry Blossoms 17, 18, 46, 47, 50 (syllabic 3), 51, 52 and 54A, also 60, 198-201 etc., review recommended, owner's Scott 6,800+.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $500

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Lot 2813 /o   

Japan, Collection, mostly used housed in album and stockbook; with value mostly in the the early issues including a selection of 1872 Cherry Bloosom issues including 30s, similar 1874 issues, 1875 near complete including Bird high values, Kobans near complete, etc., useful later issues and somewhat sparse but doe include used 1949 Philatelic Week sheet, military issues, collection also includes complete Manchukuo issues mostly used and a page with complete syllabics for the later 2s yellow, stockbook with mixed mint and used including some Cheery Blossom issues.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Realized: $1,450

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Lot 2814 /o   

Japan, Collection, 1872-1999, housed in two Scott albums; starting with a couple second issues and good later cheery blossom issues amid some forgeries, good 1875 issues, 1876-77 issues mostly complete including high values present, 20th century issues complete to near complete with some of the scarcer issues in used condition, Parks issues missing only one souvenir sheet (with folders), 1948 Philatelic Week, 1949 Children's Day & 1949 Postal Week souvenir sheets present, etc.; back-of-the-book with general showing of issues, few offices, etc., includes some additional material including specimen Park issue blocks; condition varies mostly confined to early issues.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $1,800

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Lot 2815 /o   

Japan, Collection, 1872-1959, mostly used collection in a Minkus album, including Scott 422a Beauty sheet of five mint and others, plus Offices and WWII Occupation issues for Burma, China, Malaya, Netherlands Indies, No. Borneo, Philippines and some Manchukuo and Ryukyu, also mint sheet file with 58 different Japan sheets of 20 Scott #1125//1180, B38-41, owner's Scott $5,600.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $600

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