Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

France, Newspaper, 1868, 2c black, imperf, "Épreuve" overprint in red. O.g., lightly hinged, ample to mostly large margins, Very Fine, with 2014 Roumet certificate.
Maury No. 1A; €2,250 ($3,110).

France, Newspaper, 1868, 2c blue, imperf, essay. On moire paper, with "Épreuve" overprint, o.g., paper hinge remnant, ample margins, Very Fine and rare.
Maury No. 2E; Estimate $500 - 750.

France, Newspaper, 1869, 5c rose, perf'd, Gand impression, "Épreuve" overprint. Full o.g., bright color, F.-V.F.
Maury No. 12b; €1,700 ($2,350).

French Offices in Port Said, 1921-23, 15m-150m surcharges. In combination with seven lower value local surcharge issues including 10c on 4¢ inverted surcharge, on oversized locally addressed corner card cover, all tied by "Port Said, Egypt, 5-5" cds's, Very Fine.
Scott No. 34//43, 51-55; $1,014 off cover; Estimate $300 - 400.

French Colonies, 1872, 1c olive green. Block of 6, postmarked by "Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe" and French postmark of "Dunkerque", ample to large margins; slight wrinkle in top right stamp, otherwise Very Fine, an unusual item with postmarks of Guadeloupe & France, with 2014 Roumet certificate. Scott No. 7.
Maury No. 7; Estimate $400 - 600.

French Colonies, 1872, 25c blue, vertical pair. Ample margins to into frameline at top left, tied by blue mute lozenge handstamp on cover to Paris, matching "Guadaloupe, Pointe a Pitre, 21 Dec, 73" origin cds and St. Nazaire packet transit, Very Fine. Scott No. 12.
Maury No. 23; Estimate $200 - 300.

French Colonies, 1877, 15c bister, large numerals. In combination with 1877, 20c red brown on straw on 1878 cover to Bordeaux, tied by French packet boat marking "Paq. Fr., Pointe a Pitre, Guad." cds's, ship endorsement and transit backstamps; couple cover tears at left, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. 21+34.
Maury No. 19+34; Estimate $400 - 600.

Madagascar, 1895 Thick "15" handstamped surcharge on 25c Black on rose, Majunga provisional. Surcharge mostly washed off as nearly always, well centered, cancelled by cds; expertly repaired at bottom right corner, Very Fine appearance, ex-Gibralter, Gross, signed Bernichan and Calves.
Scott No. 22C; $12,750.

Only a tiny number of this rare provisional have survived, all of which are used and virtually all of...

Somali Coast, 1894, 5c green and red on greenish, "DJ" and bar overprint, strip of four and single. In combination with 1894, 25c on 2c brown & black on buff, blue "Djibouti" overprint on registered cover to Paris, France, canceled by "Djibouti, Postes, 9 Mars, 94" postmarks, "Reunion A Marseille" octagon transit date stamp and reverse with Obock and Paris backstamps; cover with light fold and manuscript obliteration in...

Bavaria, Postage Due, 1870, 1kr black. Narrow watermark, neat Munich town cancel, deep color, Very Fine and scarce, signed Richter. Michel No. 2X.
Scott No. J2; $800.

Brunswick, 1852 First Issue complete. Single of each (1sg on piece), each cancelled by blue cds plus 2sgr on blue folded cover tied by blue boxed Schoppenstedt straight line datestamp, all with large balanced margins except off-cover 2sgr with four ample margins, 3sgr light corner crease, F.-V.F. and attractive group. Michel No. 1-3.
Scott No. 1-3; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.