Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale

Italian Area, Venetian Postal History including 1848-1849 War of Independence. Collection of 280 letters partly mounted on pages including a significant section on the 1848-49 Venetians fight for independence detailed with many military markings including handstamps of various military units, Military Hospitals, Command of the Nursing Group, Chief Military Doctor etc., Siege of Venice related with defense lines, various markings...

Italian Area, Papal/Roman States, & Vatican, Collection, 1852-1998. Mint and used collection splendidly laid out on quad pages in eight old Elbe albums, starts with an outstanding group of Roman States including 1852 Papal Arms, 1867-68 glazed paper issues, the balance of Vatican Issues are mostly complete with many blocks of four, highlights include 1934 Surcharged Set complete, hinged, signed Diena accompanied by 1991...

Italian Area, Cover Group. Group of over 20 including covers and cards, features Ionian Islands Occupation, Registered Censored items, also five Rhodes items including #7 on Censored cover to Portland, OR and various other covers and postcards, good lot for the specialist.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Italian Area, Italy Post cards. Group of over 130 post cards from the turn of the century with many illustrated, plus 9 with Italian slogan postmarks from the 1920s-30s, some interesting.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

A.M.G., - Italy, 1943-54. Specialized collection on three-ring Bush pages in one album, includes Sicily, sheets of 1N3, 1N7, plate blocks, 1N1 censored cover, shade varieties, BE-4 Badoglio essay, Campione per Affrancare overprints with varieties, 50c major varieties incl. double impressions imperfs etc., specialized Venezia Giulia, some fiscals, covers etc., also some AMG-France incl. errors like double impressions; some N.H., worth...

A.M.G., - Trieste Collection, 1946-54. Specialized collection on three-ring Bush pages in two albums; with completion and additional varieties. some sets in both mint and used, key issues present including gutters, airmail and parcels complete, large section of fiscals from AD8 incl. gutters, postal stationery etc.; some n.h., worth evaluation, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

Japan, Accumulation with Cancels. Mint and used accumulation of thousands, including two stock books with used Kobans, Chrysanthemums and Tazawas, plus additional stock book with misc. mint and used to early 1970s, great lot for cancel enthusiasts.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Luxembourg, Collection, 1859-1951. Fresh collection in mounts on quad pages in a Scott album, mostly mint except for some 19th Century, features a nice run of Semi-Postals including 1935 Intellectuals set #B65A-Q mint NH, other highlights include 5, 11, 12, 15, 25a, B60-5, O9c, O13, O26-7, O29, O33, O40-2, owner's 2016 Scott $12,700, inspection recommended.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Mexico, Wells Fargo & Co. Mexican Express Balance. 38 used and 22 unused entires, four unused U.S. entires, others are Mexican, 57 with green printed frank with eagle, train and water, three with text only, mostly Mexican usages with few to U.S. and six to Paris, France, also includes one Hidalgo Express used to Vera Cruz, few faults.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Monaco, Collection, 1885-1990. Nicely assembled fresh mint collection in mounts on quad pages in a Scott album, includes Scott #1-9 (#9 not counted), 11-27, 110-30, 291b (perf and imperf) in half sheets of two blocks each, B6 used, B26-35, B36-50, J1-15A, also some souvenir sheets including seven different Europa, as well as die proofs of 215, 217, 230, 231, 254, 294, C34 and J38, plus imperfs of 245-6 and C30-33, owner's 2016 Scott $...

Panama, & Canal Zone Balance. Small selection of covers and stamps including scarce multiples; with 1838 Panama to England via Jamaica folded letter, Panama 1909 5c (Scott 200) 2 top sheet margins of 20 showing different type "Specimen" overprints, 1962 20c inverted black Colon Cathedral (441G var.), 1971 10c Gandhi Airmail covers, Panama Canal Int-Ocean 20c blue private ship issue, 1949, 1c on 10c Four Freedoms sheet showing...

Peru, 1829-1896 Postal History. Group of 14 covers incl. a card and a front, starts with stampless: 1829 "Cuzco" red straightline to Arequipa, 1831 France to Arequipa via Vera Cruz (red straightline), 1831 "Ayacucho" red straightline, 1839 "Areqvipa" red straightline to Acari, 1867 with 10c vermilion (17) tied by Lima cds to Italy, 1869 folded letter with 1d green (14) to France, 1896 top of Newspaper with 1c strip of five and 10c to...