Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

Lot 773    

Panama, 1888, Registration, 10c Black on Gray, blue "350" handstamp, used with Panama 10c black on yellow (11), tied by red "Panama, 15 Mai 1889" duplex on cover to Norflk Va., endorsed "Per Str. 'City of Para' ", New York (5.24.89) transit backstamp; cover tears and light overall toning, Fine.
Scott No. Panama F1 + 11    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $130

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Lot 774    

Panama, 1888, Registration, 10c Black on Gray, blue "7131" handstamp, used with 1887-88 10c yellow tied by red "Panama, 4 Oct 1889" duplex on cover to New York, printed Star & Herald Publishing Co. corner card, purple New York (10.14) arrival backstamp; corner torn from opening, Fine and scarce use.
Scott No. Panama F1 + 11    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $190

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Lot 775    

Panama, 1888, Registration, 10c Black on Gray, red "1729" handstamp, used with 10c black on yellow pair tied by "Colon, 28 Nov 1889" duplex to Leipzig, Germany, endorsed via England and with typical blue crayon cross-hatch ties F1, Dec. 24th arrival backstamp; light hor. crease, Very Fine and attractive use.
Scott No. Panama F1 + 11 pair    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 776    

Panama, 1888, Registration, 10c Black on Gray, blue "983" handstamp, used with 1¢ green, 2¢ rose pair with s.e. at bottom, and 5¢ blue, latter just tied by "Colon, 3 Jun 1893" cds on cover to San Marino, New York (6.13) backstamp transit and New York exchange label affixed, Rimini (6.24) backstamp transit, San Marino (6.25) arrival cds and forwarded via Rimini (6.26) to somewhere in Italy (addressed erased), partial July 1st arrival backstamp; cover toning, Fine, an exceptionally rare destination.
Scott No. Panama F1 + 15-17    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 777    

Panama, 1900, Registration, 10c Black on Light Blue, group of six covers from the Luria correspondence to Germany, all bearing registry stamps with "2783" to "3343" handstamped number, used along with 1892 2c rose, strip of five, tied by "Panama" cds dated Mar. 26th and Mar. 27th 1900, each with New York (4.6) transit backstamp and registry exchange label affixed, Hamburg (4.16) arrival backstamps; also includes one piece, couple small faults, F.-V.F. group.
Scott No. Panama F3 + 16 (5)    Estimate $300 - 400.

17 almost identical Luria covers from Panama March 26-27 to Hamburg have been recorded. The lowest number is "2771" and the highest is "3529".

Realized: $250

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Lot 778    

Panama, 1902, Registration, 20c on 10c Brown Red, Local Non-Serif Overprint, purple "20" non-serif overprint handstamp, manuscript "523" number, used with Panama 1895 20c violet, two singles tied by purple "Bocas del Toro, 17 Jul 1902" cds on pink cover to San Francisco Cal., blue Mobile (7.22) transit backstamp with Mobile registry label (FX-MO1) affixed, San Francisco (7.28) arrival backstamp, Chinese docketing and handstamp; top edge nick and part of back removed, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. Panama F5 var. + 19 (2)    Estimate $500 - 750.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED USAGES OF THIS BOCAS DEL TORO LOCAL NON-SERIF SURCHARGE REGISTRY STAMP.

This cover shows that Bocas del Toro used registry stamps with a local surcharge and are not currently listed in the catalogs. Both usages showing this surcharge were sent on July 17th 1902.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 779    

Panama, 1902, Registration, 20c on 10c Brown Red, blue "6168" handstamp, used with Panama 20c violet (19) pair, tied by "Panama, 1 Sep 1902" duplex on cover to San Francisco Cal., New York (4.22) and San Francisco (4.27) backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. Panama F5 + 19 (2)    Estimate $300 - 400.

On April 14th 1902, postal rates were double. The stock of the provisional registration stamps was surcharged with a "20" over each 10c.

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Lot 780    

Panama, 1902, Registration, 20c on 10c Brown Red, with "6342" number, on 1902 registered cover from Panama to Berlin, Germany bearing Panama 1892-96 1c-20c (15-19) franking, two 2c, tied by Panama (9.8) duplexes, reverse with New York (9.17) transit and Berlin (9.26) arrival backstamps, New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a(ii)) registry label affixed; light vertical fold barely affects F5, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. Panama F5 + 15-19    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $300

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Lot 781    

Panama, 1902, Registration, 20c on 10c Brown Red, blue "7031" handstamp, used with 5c blue, two pairs, and 10c orange pair, all tied by "Panama, 10 Oct 1902" duplex on legal size cover to Budapest, Hungary, New York registry exchange label affixed, Budapest (11.2) arrival backstamp; light fold at right barely affects pair, Very Fine.
Scott No. Panama F5 + 17, 18    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $270

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Lot 782    

Panama, 1903-04, Registration, 10c on 20c Blue on Blue, blue "334" handstamp, used with A.R. 5c on 10c blue on blue, tied by magenta A.R. cds, and 1903, 10c yellow pair with first Panama overprint, tied by "Panama 11 Ene 1904" duplex on legal size cover to New York City, magenta New York (1.19) arrival backstamps, F.-V.F., scarce revalued use.
Scott No. Panama F9 + H10, 54 (2)    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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