Sale 26: The Westpex Sale

Lot 4445

Pack, Charles Lathrop. Eight part sales (1910-1949) including Errors (Mortgenthau 1910); Liberia and NSW (Harmer London 1929); Part I-II BNA (Harmer Rooke 1944-45); Part III Canada; Part IV New Zealand; Part V Australia; Part VI Cape Good Hope (HRK'49).
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 4446

Rice, D. and Hart, A.N., The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans with Photographic Sketches. Vols I-III. Self published: Philadelphia. 1859 leather binding, blind stamped with magnificent tooling, top edges gilt, 144 lithographs, straight line. foxing. Historical sketches of famous Americans with steel engraved portraits many of which were employed in stamp production.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $325

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Lot 4447

Romanow. Walter Krushell. Berlin Sales parts I-V (1975-91) including Part I: Baden, Bayern, Wurttemberg; Part II: Braunschweig, Hanover; Part III: Preussen; Part IV: Oldenberg; Part V: Deutche Kolonien. Superb German collections secondary only to Boker. Ex Hackmey: Huys-Berlingen 2003 lot 4551 for 400SF.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $260

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Lot 4448

Rothschild, Baron Alphonse De. Run of 21 auctions including Old German States (HL'39); Parma and Naples (JMB'41); Roman States (JMB'41); Italy and San Marino (JMB'41); Gold Medal Austria (JMB'41); Specialized Norway and Sweden (FC'42); Specialized Denmark and Iceland (FC'42); Specialized Iceland (FC'42); Early European Covers (HNY'41); Remarkable 19th Century Foreign On and Off Cover (HRC'41); Magnificent Early Covers of Whole World (HNY'42); Remarkable Italian States (HNY'43); Specialized Switzerland (HNY'44); Magnificent France (MSC'47); World Famous Austria including Lombardy-Venetia and Austrian Offices Abroad. Parts I-III (MSC'47); Rare Foreign Classics and Roumania (HL'68); Outstanding Europe (MSC'52); Old Italian States (MSC'53); South Bulgaria (SSA'58). In folding solander.

A quintessential collection of European rarities with individual auction catalogues each selling @150-300SF each at Huys-Berlingen '97 sale.
Estimate    $4,000 - 5,000.

Realized: $2,700

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Lot 4449

Schmidt-Anderson, J., The Postage Stamps and Denmark 1851-1951. 1951, softbound, 293 pgs + reprint plate, some soiling and small notation on front cover.
Estimate    $40 - 60.

Realized: $20

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Lot 4450

Souren Y. Eleven sales consisting of The Stamps of Y. Souren Parts I-II (HNY'51). Outstanding US (HNY'51); US (HRC'52); Further Stamps (HNY'52); US Locals (HRC'52); and several additional small sales from HNY. Bound in gold buckram with most pr's.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $425

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Lot 4451

Stanley M. Bierman, M.D., Famous Stamp Collectors…Major Stamp Collecting. Red solander with hundred plus tear sheets from Linns, Stamps and other publications of philatelic personalities along with Trenchard articles on Col. Green, Pack, Caspary, Hind. A cornucopia of philatelic information. Included are signed copies of The Worlds's Greatest Stamp Collectors and More of the World's Greatest Stamp Collectors by Stanley M. Bierman, M.D.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $210

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Lot 4452

Stewart, C., Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands. 1828, hardbound, quarter leather, 2nd edition, 407pgs + 4 plates including map of the islands, early missionary account during 1823-25, normal wear.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $210

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Lot 4453

Tizon M. & Guinovart, J., Prefilatelia Espanola. 1971, hardbound, 2 volumes, 989pgs, quarter leather, ed. of 1000, postmark price guide in Spanish with color illustrations, light use.
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $140

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Lot 4454

Ward, Philip H. Jr. Fifteen sales consisting of Celebrated United States (J&HS'54); Foreign Classics of the World (HRC'58); Manuscripts and Letters: Part I-IV (PBG'64); Coins of the World (Stack's'64); Rare 19th and 20th Century (RAS'64); US Postal History (RAS'65); Philatelic Library Parts I-III (SC'65-67); Presidential Free Franks (RAS'66); US Revenues (RAS'68); Newspapers and Periodicals (EPLA'73). Includes National Philatelic Museum article on "Ward's Aristocrats of Philately." Contained in green folding solander with pr's, SMB biography of Ward and Ward photograph, holographic letter from Philip Ward III, ephemera including xerox of Bandholtz-Ward correspondence regarding Ludlow Beebe find.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,350

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