Sale 20: The Westpex Sale

Lot 3740    

[First days] Previous E.K.U. postal entires and Wash-Frank issues on cover group, 1861-1920. 13 postal stationery entires and 4 Washington Franklin issues; all had been previous earliest known usages, entires with #U35, U349 (four different dies), U223, U231, U277, W357, U400c, U402, U412 and UO54, Washington-Franklins include #470, 496 & 534A, all with fairly recent APS certificates.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $200

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Lot 3741    

First day group: 4th Bureau flat plate issues, 1922-1926. 8 better covers and #595 EDU off cover pair (with P.H. cert); with highlights including the largest known multiple of 604 on cover (Harry Hammelman serviced), rare unofficial city usage of #598, the listed EDU of #575 in the Scott catalog, official city for #551 with #576 combination, #623 Nickle cachet covers, etc., a group of very scarce to rare items, well worth inspection.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 3742    

First day covers - excellent collection, 1930-1989. Housed in 20 cover binders virtually complete for the period. An amazing array of better cachet's. Includes Presidentials, Famous Americans complete. Also early airpost, booklet panes, coils and many other items. All modern era covers are unaddressed. Great lot worthy of review, generally Very Fine.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $950

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Lot 3743    

First day and first flight covers, 1930-1940's. 100's of covers including some commercial, expositions, naval post, etc., nice range of Pacific first flights, FDC's including Famous American set, Parks, Presidential complete set including cacheted electric eye set and coil pair set virtually all line pairs; well worth inspection.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $400

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Lot 3744    

First day covers: 1938 Presidential issue. Hundreds of mostly addressed and similar cachets, with modest duplication to the 50¢, 2 $1 covers, including multiple usages.
Scott No. 803-832    Estimate $200 - 250.

Realized: $100

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Lot 3745    

First day cover & misc. accumulation, 1940-1990. Hundreds of unaddressed FDC's plus souvenir cards and other related material in a large box.
Estimate    $100 - 200.

Realized: $110

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Lot 3746

Illustrated checks, 1850-1870's. Several dozen mostly from the 1860's, mostly different illustrations, with additional bills, unused patriotics, etc.
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $135

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Lot 3747    

Legal size covers and entires, 1860-1980's. Over hundred covers on stockpages in album, mostly 1900-30's and including 4¢ Trans-Miss multiple franking, California towns, official business and modern officials on cover, worth a look.
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $190

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Lot 3748    

Magnus patriotic covers. 42 unused covers, 13 multicolored, many in bronze, includes generals, views, maps, corps, etc., all in good condition.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $700

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Lot 3749    

Military related covers, 1901-1945. 11 covers and some cards, includes 1901 Navy Dept Storekeeper franked covers from San Francisco, mostly 1940's including APO's, AEF censors, P.O.W. mail, etc.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $50

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