Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

1895, 3¢ purple. In combination with 1898, 1¢ green + 2¢ red + 6¢ lake + 10¢ orange brown on 1887, 2¢ green entire (U314) to Neuminster, Germany, all canceled and tied by ten strikes of fancy Kicking Mule cancels with matching "Port Townsend, Wash. Dec 10, 1900" cds at right, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and choice, with 1985 and 2001 P.F. certificates.
Scott No. 268+279-279B+282-283; Estimate $6,...

1901, 8¢ Pan-American. Used with 1¢ and 4¢ Pan-American (294, 296) singles, along with Bureau 1¢ and 2¢ pair on back, all tied by strikes of purple "Registered, Oct 14, 1901, Yonkers N.Y." three-line postmarks on President William McKinley Spanish-American war patriotic mourning cover to Johannesburg, Transvaal, reverse with New York (10.15) transit oval and New York registry label affixed, Boer War pink "Opened under Martial Law"...

1909 Alaska-Yukon and Hudson-Fulton Issues. Group of 11 covers including 1909 all-over Hudson-Fulton expo ad cover, 1909 multi-color Hudson-Fulton expo ad cover for Riker Drug Stores, 1909 Hudson-Fulton souvenir folder with multicolor interior designs, 1909 #370 used with E7, a few usages with the commemorative stamps, etc., F.-V.F.
Scott No. 370, 372; Estimate $300 - 400.

1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V. Immense margins encompassing portions of adjacent stamps, neatly tied by "Chicago, Ill., May 2, 1921" machine postmark on fresh corner card cover to the Covel Mfg. Co. in Benton Harbor, Mich., a Superb jumbo gem on cover, stamp should grade at least a 98J or 100J.
Scott No. 533; Estimate $500 - 750.

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste. Attractively centered with rich color, tied by "New York, N.Y. Jan 16 1923" machine cancel to Baldwinville Mass., clean and Very Fine, a rare stamp on cover.
Scott No. 546; $800.

The Great Airship Races, Savannah, Ga., November 1 to 6th. Red and blue illustrated ad cover showing Airships in Flight, franked with 2¢ Hudson-Fulton imperf tied by "Savannah, Ga., Oct 30, 1909" machine postmark, to Osterville, Mass., Very Fine and rare.
Scott No. 373; Estimate $400 - 600.

A similar example sold in our November 2009 sale for $675 plus buyers premium.

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, "High Flying Plane". Vignette shifted up and to the left, natural s.e. at top, used with 3¢ purple (501), tied by purple "Airmail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. 'New York' May 15 1918 First Flight" duplex first flight cover (AAMC 101R cat $750) from New York to Washington D.C., Economist Stamp Co. corner card; vertical file fold, tiny edge tear, F.-V.F., An interesting use of a "low flying...

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete. Each well centered and tied on separate flown zeppelin covers (65¢ airmail postcard), appropriate flight cachets, a Very Fine set.
Scott No. C13-C15; $1,200.

Airmail, 1930, 65¢ Graf Zeppelin. Plate number "20080" block of six, tied on cover by purple Zeppelin cachet and cancelled by two strikes of "New York, N.Y., Varick St. Sta., May 2, 1930" duplex to Lakehurst N.J., appropriate U.S. and German flight cachets and transit backstamp, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. C13; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

THIS IS REPORTEDLY THE ONLY KNOWN PLATE BLOCK OF SIX PREPAYING THE...

1938 (Sep. 6) Navy Mass Flight, San Diego Cal. to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 6¢ air mail entire bearing 4¢ Prexie (808) and 10¢ orange (562) tied by "San Diego, Cal. U.S. Nav. Air Sta. Sep 6" duplex, signed by pilot "W.P. Woods" and squadron commander "A.P. Stores", Very Fine and rare.
AAMC No. 1312; Estimate $300 - 400.

Mass flight of 12 Patrol Planes of VP Squadron Four in record breaking time flew from San...

Special Delivery Labels. Two covers, E4 used with 2¢ bureau issue tied by "Worcester Mass. Feb 4 1900" duplexes to Boston Mass with "Notice. A Special Delivery Stamp affixed to any article of mail matter is intended to secure an immediate delivery…" label on reverse, manuscript "Closed" notation on back, and E5 used with 2¢ Bureau tied by "New York, N.Y. Dec 23 1900" machine cancel to local street address, reverse with different label...