Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

Lot 2669    

Local Post & Carrier Cover Group, approximately 40 items on pages; carrier including a nice tied LO2+11 combination from Philadelphia, local issues mostly Blood's and Boyd's, with some better including a nice tied 20L18+65 combination, Blood's with combination usage on illustrated ad cover, later Hussey usages, Hales including precancel, etc.; condition varies with some nice better items.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 2670    

Treasury Dept. Officials on cover, 4 imprint covers mostly from Washington D.C.; includes 3¢ on normal and legal size covers, scarce 7¢ usage on legal size and 10¢ on free frank (stamp belongs?); condition mixed, inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Realized: $160

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Lot 2671 /o   

1863-64, 2¢ Jackson Envelope & Wrapper Collection, of approximately 250 entires mixed */o and dozens of cut squares mostly on stockpages, missing the rarities with just about everything in between; includes a fairly comprehensive showing of mint entires with many die varieties present, including a host of wrapper with identification notes on each, section of Specimens, used entires with wide range of usages including ads and illustrated, uprated items, foreign usage including St. Georges, Bermuda with forwarder handstamp, turned covers, circular usages to Canada, later Banknote uprated usages including foreign destinations, fancy cancels, N.Y. City delivery usages in red and blue, etc.; an excellent nucleolus for an exhibit collection.
Scott No. U46//W57    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,400

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Lot 2672    

CDVs with Revenues, group of 17 CDVs with a variety of revenue stamps, including R3 paying 1¢ tax (underpaid), the 3¢ tax for photographs selling at 25¢-50¢ by three R3's (two) and one with R3, R13 combo, and the remainder paying the typical 2¢ tax with frankings of R11, R13, R15, R18, and R19, interesting group.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 2673    

Stock and Bond Certificates, small group of 4 illustrated certificates comprising unissued Colorado Central Rail Road Company stock cert showing train, The Kansas Burroughs Consolidated Mining Company stock cert, The Gilpin Tramway Company stock cert showing train; and 1899 $500 Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad 6% gold bond signed by Chipman and Soule with 10 attached coupon.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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