Sale 115: The Westpex Sale

Lot 1490 o   

Airmail, 1930, 65¢ Graf Zeppelin, attractive cancel, an Extremely Fine jumbo; with 2023 P.S.E. certificate Graded (XF 90J, SMQ $425).
Scott No. C13    $160.

Realized: $280

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Lot 1491    

Airmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, o.g., never hinged, choice centering and margins, Extremely Fine to Superb; with 2024 P.F. certificate Graded (XF-Sup 95, SMQ $1,250).
Scott No. C14    $575.

Realized: $800

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Lot 1492    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, o.g., never hinged (small natural gum skips), Very Fine to Extremely Fine; with 2024 P.F. certificate Graded (VF-XF 85, SMQ $1,000).
Scott No. C15    $850.

Realized: $550

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Lot 1493    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, o.g., never hinged, especially well centered, deep color, Very Fine and choice; with 2020 P.S.A.G. certificate Graded (80).
Scott No. C15    $850.

Realized: $475

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Lot 1494    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, o.g., barest trace of hinge (appears n.h.), Extremely Fine; with 2011 P.S.A.G. certificate Graded (XF 90, SMQ $650).
Scott No. C15    $525.

Realized: $400

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Lot 1495 o   

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, beautifully centered with large even margins, neat slogan cancel, Extremely Fine to Superb, a lovely Zeppelin; with 2020 P.S.A.G. certificate Graded (95, SSV $1,175).
Scott No. C15    $550.

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Lot 1496    

Airmail, 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin, bottom margin plate block of 6 with plate #21172, o.g., never hinged, F.-V.F.
Scott No. C18    $600.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1497    

Airmail, 1938, 6¢ Eagle, vertical pair, imperf horizontally, right margin block of 4 with horizontal guide line, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine position block of this error.
Scott No. C23a    $600 for two pairs.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1498 BK   

Airmail booklet, 1964, $2, red cover, Slogan 3, containing 25 8¢ carmine (C64) in complete and unexploded booklet, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine; with 2002 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. BKC14    $3,500.

AN OUTSTANDING RARITY AND A KEY TO A COMPLETE BOOKLET COLLECTION.

Realized: $3,750

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Lot 1499    

1971 Apollo 15 Moon Landing, unaddressed cachet flown cover franked with Airmail, 1969, 10¢ Moon Landing tied by "Kennedy Space Center, FL, Jul 26, 1971" slogan machine cancel and 1971, 8¢ Space Achievement, se-tenant pair (1435b) tied by "U.S.S. Okinawa, Aug 7, 1971 (LPH-3)" postmark, endorsed and astronaut signed "Carried At Hadley, Moon, July 30, 1991, David Scott" and countersigned "James Irwin", with all three astronauts signing at lower left "David Scott, Al Worden, James Irwin", reverse with penned "#035" and initialed in corner with Sieger handstamp, cacheted "This is to certified that this cover was onboard the Falcon at the Hadley-Apennine, Moon, July 30-August 2, 1871" and notarized; cover edge defects at sides likely due to the conflict during the mission or with NASA, still Very Fine.
Scott No. C76    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

A RARE FLOWN COVER FROM THE 1971 APOLLO 15 MOON LANDING.

Apollo 15 was the 9th crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. Controversy regarding these covers can be found at (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15_postal_covers_incident).

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Realized: $2,800

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