Sale 52: The Westpex Sale

Lot 2965 /o/   

France, Collection, 1849-1970, bulging Scott Specialty album, containing exceptionally strong used classic items, from Cérès & Napoleon Empire & Republique designs, including some very rare examples such as #87 1c black on Prussian blue signed "Bloch"; 5fr Napoleon III with "Monaco" cancel; cancels abound with many towns, cancel types, imperf & perf plate varieties, proofs essays, specimens; good souvenir sheets with postmarks such as 1925 Paris Expo; 1927 Strasbourg Expo; 1929 Le Havre Expo; interesting railway post office cancels (87); seemingly quite complete precancels; semipostals appear complete including 1917-19 War Orphans + overprints etc; airmails complete from 1930; good Postage Dues; airmail semi-officials; back-of-the-book including outstanding Alsace-Lorraine with over 70 town cancels; close inspection highly recommended for accurate evaluation.
Estimate    $7,500 - 10,000.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 2966 /o   

France, Collection, 1849-1900, virtually all used mounted on album pages; starting with first issues including 1fr shades, 1852 issues and 1853-60 issues to a large 4-margin 1fr, later issues near complete to complete including 1869 5fr and mint 1871 10c on 10c surcharge, back-of-the-book with near complete postage dues as well as offices with better including China 1903 15c due (#J9, cat $1,250), Morocco with 1893 5c (Sc. 9, cat $1,200) and Zanzibar with 1894 10a on 5fr high value (#16, act $525) and 1897 surcharges including Sc. #29-31 (cat. $2,290) and following Provisional surcharges #34-35 (cat. $1,300 & $4,000); a nice collection worth careful evaluation.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 2967 /o   

France, Selection, displayed in dealer sales book, including Empire & Republic classics, some later 19th & earlier 20th Century singles, sprinkling of 20th Century, worth a closer examination, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2968 /o/   

France, Covers & Stamps, interesting collection in 3 handmade albums, comprising early classic originations with 17 or so covers with a few stampless, Napoleon III & Ceres issues, some interesting markings, followed by a few middle period covers but lastly a long run of mainly art stamps on FDC, mint in blocks of 4 and singles & a used single; please inspect.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $280

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Lot 2969 /o   

France, Collection, 1862-1982, displayed in Scott Specialty album, earlier mostly used, afterwards mint, strongest 1939-1970, with semipostals, some back-of-the-book, Dues, Officials, some scattered used, quite useful material, please inspect for proper evaluation.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $125

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Lot 2970 o   

France, Cancel Collection, 1870-1895, large stockbook stuffed with 4,000-5,000 stamps carefully selected for readable cancellations, with particular interest in number varieties and other recognizable identifications, neatly displayed in numerical, or alphabetical order by town; an astounding accumulation ready for further study by the specialist.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 2971 /o   

France, Back-Of-The-Book Collection, 1900-1947, displayed in Scott Specialty album, interesting range of 100's of labels, poster stamps, cut squares, WWI military seals, various revenues, and much much more, please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 2972 /   

France, Old Time 20th Century Mint Stock, fresh never hinged assortment of singles, blocks and multiples housed in two stock books, mostly ranging from 1930's - 1960's, includes regular issues, commemoratives, semi-postals.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $180

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Lot 2973 /o   

France, Group, singles and sets in dealer pages; includes a selection of imperforate issues (Scott #836//2104 vars., ecv $625) and some used including #348 x3; worth review.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $50

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Lot 2974 /   

France, Imperfs, 1950's-1980's, collection of 100's in dealer cards, all identified by Scott number, including semipostals & airmails, not complete for the period but excellent representation, owner paid about $9,500, mostly never hinged, colorful and pristine, please inspect.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,000

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