Sale 115: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2031    

Confederacy, (Virginia) Richmond, Va. Postal History Collection, an outstanding collection housed in nine Scott album all individually mounted and neatly written up covering virtually ever aspect of Confederate Philately in Richmond, Va., many better covers and usages abound in this fascinating collection, included are Stampless covers (both civilian & soldier usages), Independent States & United States CSA usages, Adversity covers, Wallpaper Covers, Patriotic covers, Missent usages, covers with Advertised markings, Blue Richmond Postmarks, one interesting cover addressed to the Quartermaster of the Irish Battalion, Overpaid Drop usages, Turned covers, Forwarded usages, etc., noted is one cover franked with 2¢ Green (#3), 5 or six covers franked with 10¢ rose (#5), three covers with #8 single and one with strip of 5, three covers franked with 10¢ TEN (#9), a 10¢ Frameline on a piece, three covers franked with 20¢ green (#13), plus a number of combination frankings and much more, mixed condition, however this is a very nice lot and deserves careful inspection.
Estimate    $7,500 - 10,000.

AN OUTSTANDING LOT WITH OVER 410 COVERS AND IS FULL OF FASCINATING ITEMS.

Realized: $14,500

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Lot 2032    

Confederacy, Virginia Cover Stock, group over 55 covers identified in sleeves; includes 14 stampless usages from towns including Halifax C.H., Howardsville, Locust Bottom manuscript, Sweet Chalybeat, Richmond including usage to Scotland a month prior to secession, etc., regular issue usages including #1 x8 including couple pair usages and attorney corner card use, #2 x6 including turned and adversity usages, #4 x5 including couple pair usages and #4+6 combination, #5, #6-7 usages x9 including couple single usages including drop, and #11 & 12 mostly common usages; condition mixed, worth review.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 2033    

Confederacy, Virginia Stampless Cover Group, balance of 19 covers; cds's with Richmond with various ratemarkers, Marion with "Paid 5" and "Paid 10" rate handstamps, similar Cobham, rimless Forest Depot, Monterey, Norfolk, etc., manuscript postmarks including Rockfish Depot and Jarrett's Station, etc.; condition varies, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2034    

Confederacy, Stampless Cover Group, balance of 30 covers from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee & Texas; cds's including Alabama with Troy and Prattville, Louisiana with red Alexandria with various rates, blue St. Joseph with large Paid 5, Mississippi with red Louisville, Canton with woodblock Paid 5, Tennessee with Greenville, faulty negative Union City, "San Antonio, Tex., Paid" in red and green; condition varies (See website for images), otherwise Fine or better.
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $1,600

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Lot 2035    

Confederacy, Stampless Cover Balance, of 11 covers; includes two Bowling Green, Ky. usages with different ratemarkers, Columbus Ky., couple Florida usages including turned cover to A. Stephens, Thibodeaux, La. to Gen. Bragg in Pensacola, overweight legal size cover from Charleston with "Paid 15" rate, P.O. official usage, etc. (See website for images).
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $425

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Lot 2036    

Confederacy, Alabama Advertising Covers, balance of 17 covers; with 4 stampless including printed back corner card from Selma and red illustrated Talladega Insurance Co., Alabama circular corner card on backflap showing locomotive, 4 U.S. used in Confederacy covers including green "Richardson, Moore & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Mobile, Ala." cameo corner card used second to last day U.S. stamps could be used in the south, and 9 regular issue usages including #2 on Attorney at Law, Greenville, Ala. corner card cover, #5 (faulty) on cover to "Clark's County Rangers, Tupelo, Miss" with red "Dickinson & Kilpatrick, Attorneys at Law, Grove Hill, Ala." cameo corner card; condition varied (See website for images), generally Fine or better.
Estimate    $400 - 600.



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Realized: $650

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Lot 2037    

Confederacy, Georgia Advertising Covers, balance of over 40 covers; includes 19 stampless usages, Augusta, Ga. with three nice wholesale grocer cameos and "Southern Foundery and Machine Shop", Macon with illustrated Hayden & Goolsby, Sale & Livery Stable cameo showing two-horse drawn coach, 4 U.S. used in Confederacy usages (all U.S. 26) including University of Georgia cameo from Athens, and 19 regular issue usages with #2 on illustrated "J.H. Alford, Livery & Sale Stables, Augusta, Ga." cameo cover showing two-horse drawn buggy, another different buggy & wagon cameo from August with #2 defective, four #1 usages with grocer and marble works companies, etc.; condition mix (See website for images), generally Fine or better.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.



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Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2038    

Confederacy, Louisiana Advertising Covers, balance of 20 covers; includes 4 stampless with Mt. Lebanon University oval corner card and a legal size court cover to Marshall, Tex. with "Thos. H. Pitts, Recorder and Notary Public, Shreveport, La." oval corner card and "Paid 40" rating, 7 U.S. used in Confederacy covers including allover shaded "Payan & Carhart, Wholesale Dealers in Fashion & Clothing, New Orleans" ad, and 9 regular issue usages including five #1 usages (mostly albino embossed corner cards) and a #4 usage with printed merchant ad on reverse; condition varies (See website for images), generally Fine or better.
Estimate    $400 - 600.



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Realized: $750

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Lot 2039    

Confederacy, Mississippi Advertising Covers, balance of 5 covers/front; with 2 stampless including attorney printed corner card from Raleigh and pink illustrated allover A. Brown & Co., General Merchant, Ripley, Miss. shaded ad showing four-mule wagon scene, and 3 regular issue usages including #1 on gray allover Klein & Brothers, Fine Watches, Jewelry, Cutlery, Pistols, Vicksburg, Miss. shaded ad front to New Orleans with boxed "Adv" handstamp; condition varied (See website for images), generally Fine or better.
Estimate    $300 - 400.



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Realized: $575

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Lot 2040    

Confederacy, North Carolina Advertising Covers, balance of 19 covers and a few fronts; with 11 stampless covers including grocer boxed corner card usage from Hendersonville, N.C. and a pink allover shaded Salem Mutual Insurance Co., Salem, N.C. ad, regular issues (later issue frankings) including turned cover usage with publishing hose ad inside (handcarried) and another publisher boxed printed ad from Greensboro, front with illustrated "Military Academy, Hillsborough, N.C." ad showing academy building and a #68XU11 usage on albino embossed Raleigh & Gaston Railroad corner card with railroad enclosure; condition varied (See website for images), generally Fine or better.
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $950

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