Sale 33: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2060    

Midwinter Fair Sta. S.F., Cal/May 2, 1894/Rec'd. Cds (Bomar SF94-03) on reverse of 1¢ Reply card, used on May 3 to Oakland & postmarked with two strikes of Midwinter Fair duplex cancel numeral "1" (Bomar SF94-01), Very Fine, a very rare Expo. Received marking with less than 5 recorded examples.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2061    

Mid-Winter Fair Sta., S.F., Cal. Numeral "3" Duplex Cancel. (Bomar SF94-02) on 2¢ Columbian Postal entire with all over Expo design & corner card of the "Offices of the Executive Committee", Very Fine, a wonderful cover of which only three examples of this rare postmark are known.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $750

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Lot 2062    

Mid-Winter Fair Sta., S.F., Cal. Numeral "1". Duplex cancel (Bomar SF94-01) on 2¢ Columbian Postal entire with all over Expo. design & corner card of the "Offices of the Executive Committee", Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2063    

Mid-Winter Fair Sta., S.F., Cal. Numeral "1" Duplex Cancel. (Bomar SF94-01) on 2¢ Columbian Postal entire with all over Expo design & corner card of the "Offices of the Executive Committee", small unnoticeable tear in top left corner, Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2064    

Midwinter Fair Sta., S.F., Cal./Mar. 8, '94/Rec'd. Cds backstamp (Bomar SF94-03) on reverse of 2¢ Postal entire from San Francisco, addressed to "Midwinter Fair, Southern Cal. B'l'g, San Francisco", Very Fine and rare, less than 5 examples are recorded in Bomar, this being the new earliest known usage by two days.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2065    

Midwinter Fair Sta./Mar. 18, '94/S.F., Cal. Numeral "1". Duplex cancel (Bomar SF94-01) tying a 1890 5¢ Regular Issues on cover to Germany with Illustrated corner card of the "Asst. Director General in Charge of Foreign Department", light vert. cover fold, F.-V.F., a rare usage to an overseas destination.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2066    

Midwinter Fair Sta./S.F., Cal./Rec'd/Jul. 21, 1894. Excellent strike of this rare cds (Bomar SF94-03) on reverse of cover from Italy, franked with 20c vermilion + 5c green tied by "Vicenza" cds, cover with printed address to "Midwinter Exposition, Italian Section, Manufactures Building" and return address of "Makers of Antique Artistic Hand Carved Furniture", small cover tear at top, Very Fine, a unique usage and less than five recorded examples of this rare Exposition marking.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 2067    

Midwinter Fair Sta., S.F., Cal. Mostly clear cds and elliptical killer ties 2¢ Columbian on cover to Brooklyn Mich., Very Fine, scarce., Very Fine, scarce.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 2068    

Registered, May 31, 1894/Midwinter Fair Station, San Francisco, Cal. In red box handstamp on Midwinter Fair illustrated Office of Executive Committee 1887 2¢ green entire to Prag, Czechoslovakia, uprated with 1¢ Columbian + 10¢ small banknotes, two singles (one with small corner nick), New York exchange etiquette; trimmed into half of indicia, otherwise F.-V.F., the unique discovery of this Fair Station Registry handstamp, one of the most important exposition covers.
Estimate    $4,000 - 6,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2069    

1894 California Mid-Winter International Exposition. A wonderful all over illustrated design for the Expo. showing Fruit Orchards, Train & Steamship all in blue green on 1894 cover to Germany franked with 5¢ Columbian (small defect) tied by Los Angeles duplex cancel, Extremely Fine and attractive.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $375

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