Sale 20: The Westpex Sale

Lot 1065    

1890, 2¢ carmine. Used on an advertising cover for the River Express Co., Stockton, Ca, used locally, with advertising front and back, Very Fine.
Scott No. 220    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1066    

1893, $2 Columbian. Fresh, tied by target cancel on an 1894 registered cover from Lyman, Md to Washington, D.C.; a few minor cover scrapes, otherwise F.-V.F.; with 1993 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 242    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 1067    

1893, $2 Columbian. Large margins single tied by New York oval handstamp on 1893 oversized cover to Budapest, Austria, registry etiquette tied by purple "New York, Dec. 28, 1893" boxed registry date stamp, Very Fine and choice, a scarce high value destination; with 1981 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 242    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 1068    

1893, $5 Columbian. Well centered, tied by bold oval registry cancel on a registered cover from New York to Newmarket, N.H., F.-V.F., an attractive high value usage, very scarce, even though philatelic; with 1982 P.F. and 1999 P.S.E. certificates.
Scott No. 245    Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,900

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Lot 1069    

1895, 8¢ violet brown, earliest known usage. In combination with 1895, 3¢ carmine, type III on registered cover to Pennsylvania, tied by oval handstamp with magenta "Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov 6, 1895" registry boxed date stamp alongside, stamp lifted for identification and placed back, Very Fine, one of two recorded earliest known usages of the 1895 8¢ Small Bureau; with 2003 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 272    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1070    

1895, $1 black, type I. Well centered, tied by Virginia, Cal. target cancel on a clean and attractive 1900 local cover, Very Fine; with 1994 P.S.E. certificate, which calls it "philatelic".
Scott No. 276    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 1071    

1895, $2 bright blue. Tied by Dodgeville, Mass. cds on a buff printed cover to Providence, R.I.; light vert file fold, F.-V.F., a scarce high value usage.
Scott No. 277    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1072    

1898, 5¢ dark blue. Two singles tied by Port Townsend, Wash. Kicking Mule cancels on a 2¢ entire (also with Kicking Mule), with 8¢ Columbian on reverse, scarce San Francisco registry label; faults, stamps missing, opened for display, otherwise Fine, a very scarce usage.
Scott No. 281    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $190

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