Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Greece, - Balance of Collection, 1886-1923. Mostly housed in four large binders; issues nearly complete for the period that includes 100's of varieties, cancels, etc.
Estimate; $10,000 - 15,000.

This lot and the previous lot (3501) are the definition of a "Great Oldtime Collection". The collector put together his collection in the 1920's thru the 1960's. His budget was sizeable and his tenacity for the odd and...

Greece, Stock, 1927-1968. Nearly complete for period including airmails, mint l.h. n.h., on stock pages; some modest duplication, generally fresh and nice.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Greenland, Collection, 1905-2012. Mint and used collection housed in Lindner and Davo albums, regular issues with used early including Scott #10-18,m later mint with good completion, good Parcel Post issues used (Q1-3, Q4a, Q5, Q6, Q9); owner's catalog value $3,700+.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Hong Kong, 1874-2000. A stunning mint collection with a total Catalog Value over $28,500 in one Scott Specialty album, basically complete from 1882 to 2000, missing only #59 & 60A-60C, all neatly mounted in Showgard mounts, each stamp selected for freshness, centering and overall quality, which all better sets and singles during the period, such as #26 ($425), #32 ($1,050), 35A-35B ($950), #36b-48 ($1,579), #50 ($1,000), #...

Iceland, Collection, 1873-1997. Used on Schaubek pages in springback album, with a good showing of early issues starting with Scott #1 & 7, good later numerals including 40a green, later overprints and King issues with some completion to the high values, some of the 1920's surcharge issues without revenue cancels present, 1930 Parliament Millennium regular issues complete (152-165), Airmail 1930 Volcano issue complete, good...

Iran, Collection, 1870-1979. Housed in three specialized Farahbaksh albums; starting with early Lion issues needing to be checked with used 1878 5k violet bronze (signed Brun, cat $3,000 if genuine), good showing of issues to 1925 with better needing to be checked for forgery/reprint material, later issues including 1939 Pahlavi imperf set of 10, many of the good 1950's sets present with a nice showing of later mint, back-of-the-book...

Iran, Accumulation, 1889-1930. Mint and used group on 8 1/2 x 11 black stock pages in a binder, many better complete sets and singles, includes Air Post and Back of Book, many high value issues, owner's 2015 Scott Catalog value $11,806.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Iran, Cover Balance, 1910-20's. Of 44 items, documents and covers with many smaller towns noted; inspect.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Iran, 1920's Controle overprint issues on cover. 27 covers, domestic usages with a nice range of townmarks throughout, wrapper usages, notes indicating various rate classes, registered, etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Iran, 1974-75 High Value Blocks and Sheets. Includes 20r sheets, 50r part sheet, 1979 overprint 8r to 50r in corner margin blocks of 6, fresh n.h. material.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Iran, 1888-1977 Postal Card and Aerogram Collection. Group mint and used including 24 postal cards and 59 aerograms, later mounted in album with clippings, also includes a few worldwide aerograms.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Ireland, Stock. Mint and used identified and arranged on dealer stock cards, general range of issues with some good early 1922 overprints, good later sets, little back-of-the-book, etc.; condition varies, owner's Scott cat $3,800+.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.