Sale 44: The Westpex Sale - Important Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 2288 ()   

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower left half tied by neat blue "Apia, Samoa, Apr 18, 96" cds on registered merchant parcel front to Chemsford, England, manuscript "Per R.M.S. Mariposa" endorsement and mostly complete purple "London, 24 My, 95" registry date stamp; minor perf toning, otherwise Very Fine, this being the first and only Provisional 1sh bisect usage recorded on April 18, 1895 in the first mail sent after the fire of April 1 which destroyed the Apia Post Office and is likely to be the only commercial usage of the Provisional 1sh bisect known (Odenweller 496).
SG No. 25a    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 2289    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Upper left half tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, Apr 24, 95" cds on cover to London, England, reverse with red "London, My 24, 95" receiving cds; minor cover toning, otherwise Very Fine, a lovely so-called first day usage of the Provisional 1sh bisect which appears be a non-philatelic usage (Odenweller 142). Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $450

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Lot 2290    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower right half tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, Apr 24, 95" cds on cover to San Francisco, Cal., reverse with receiving cds, Very Fine, an attractive "first day" bisect usage. Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2291 ()   

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. In combination with 1895, 3d on 2d dull orange, black surcharge + 5d on 4d blue, red surcharge, bottom target imprint margin pair on oversized On Her Britannic Majesty's Service imprint cover front to Gravesend, England, with additional "Western Pacific High Commission, Samoa 24 April, 1895" imprint, all tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, Apr 24, 95" cds's, matching straight line "Registered" handstamp, red London oval registry date stamp; front fold and edge wear not affecting stamps, F.-V.F., a rare "first day" bisect and combination franking usage. Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $650

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Lot 2292    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Upper left half with left margin, tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, May 22, 95" cds on "Supreme Court of Samoa" imprint cover to Winnipeg, Canada, San Francisco transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine and choice, regarded as the only known 19th century cover bearing a Samoan government imprint (Odenweller 155). Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 2293    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower right half tied by "Apia, Samoa, Jun 15, 95" cds on cover to Auckland, New Zealand, with notation…Have promised Amy Towland one of these stamps, is going to Wellington so look her up, is going to stay at the Oxidindal (Occidental) Hotel, reverse with receiving cds and Union Steamship Co. flag on backflap; central cover fold, Very Fine (Odenweller unlisted). Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2294    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower right half tied by black "Apia, Samoa, Apr 24, 95" back-dated cds on printed Sellschopp address cover, reverse with "San Francisco, Paid All, Jul 3, 1895" arrival cds and receiver, Very Fine. Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $110

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Lot 2295    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower left half tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, May 19" cds on cover to Auckland, N.Z., reverse with "Auckland N.Z., 31 My, 95" receiving cds. Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $190

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Lot 2296    

Samoa, 1886, 1sh Rose Carmine, Perf 12½, Bisected Diagonally. Lower left half tied by blue "Apia, Samoa, Apr 29, 95" cds on cover to Sydney, N.S.W. matching straight line "Registered" handstamp and "Sydney, My 13, 95" backstamp; central cover file fold, otherwise Very Fine, only four cover, 3 with bisects, sent on this date are recorded, this cover is unlisted in the Odenweller census. Scott No. 18f.
SG No. 25a    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $240

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Lot 2297 o   

Samoa, 1886, 2sh6d Reddish Lilac, Perf 12½. Block of 4, central blue town cancel, wrinkling in bottom pair, otherwise Fine, a very scarce high value multiple.
SG No. 26    £300 for singles ($471).

Realized: $135

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