Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

Lot 512    

Peru, Mejill "No Stamps Available", manuscript endorsement with blue dotted town handstamp on fresh 1866 folded letter to Pisagua, Very Fine, a scarce usage.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $250

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Lot 513    

Russia, 1907 (Dec.) Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalin to Kakeqawa, Shizuoka, Japan, cds cancels Russia 4k red postal card, Nagasaki (2.24) transit cds and Kakegawa arrival cds; New Year greeting message in Japanese, Very Fine and rare use from Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $500

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Lot 514    

Russia, 1908 "Blagoveshch-Nikolaev Parokh" (Robinson S1.1), oval postmark on two 1908 post cards bearing Russia 4k red frankings to Osaka, Japan, F.-V.F. pair.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

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Realized: $220

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Lot 515    

Russia, 1911, 1912 "Vladivostok-Tsuruga Parokh" Steamship Postmarks to Japan, group of two comprising 1911 4k postal card to Osaka and 1912 picture post card with 4k red to Tokyo, each with Japanese "Vladivostok Residents Association" datestamp in violet, F.-V.F. steamship pair.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Realized: $250

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Lot 516    

Russia, Leonid Brezhnev Signature on 1977 Cover, Former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, signature with "18/V-77" date on Lenin and Flag cachet cover, franked with 1976, 20k Kremlin + 1977, 50k Brezhnev issues tied by special Moscow cachet date stamp; mounting reside on reverse.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 517 o   

Russia, 1857, First Issue imperforate, 10k brown & blue, horizontal pair, appears unused with manuscript cancel removed, full to huge margins showing portions of adjacent stamps at bottom, strong bright colors, Very Fine appearance, still a rare multiple of the 1857 10k First issue. Michel No. 1.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 518    

Russia, 1917, 1r pale brown, brown & red orange, two complete sheets of 100, both showing different dramatic shifts of red orange vignette and value tablet, o.g., never hinged, some wrinkling and sheet flaws, F.-V.F. appearance and unusual (no photo).
Scott No. 131 var.    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $130

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Lot 519    

Russia, 1949, 1r Lenin Mausoleum, souvenir sheet of 4, imperforate, canceled by central "Riga, 17.4.50" cds on hand back cover with additional postmark on reverse, Very Fine, a rare used souvenir sheet.
Scott No. 1327a var.    $3,000 off cover.

Realized: $800

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Lot 520    

Russia, 1949, 15k, 25k-30k Portraits, complete sheets of 100, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine (no photo).
Scott No. 1343, 1345-1346    $800.

Realized: $80

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Lot 521    

Russia, Airmail, 1935, 1r on 10k Moscow-San Francisco Flight, position 17, o.g., never hinged, choice centering and margins, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, an exceptional example in never hinged condition; with 1999 D. Wassmann certificate. Michel No. 527.
Scott No. C68    $1,275.

Realized: $450

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