Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale

Advertising Covers - Illustrated Buildings. Collection of 73 different from the 1860s to 1900 in Showgard album including states of Nebraska, New Hampshire and Georgia, range of towns and some in color, an excellent group with many better.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

Advertising Covers - Illustrated Illinois Hotels. Group of 28 different showing building illustrations from the 1870s to 1900 in Showgard album including Paxton Hotel bearing #210 with "Chi. & Central R.P.O. 'Day' Jan 18" rpo cds, blue "Holland House" in shield cameo style corner card on cover bearing #26 from Polo Ill., The Antlers on cover bearing #286 from Taylorsville Ill., St. Nicholas Hotel all-over shaded ad on cover...

Advertising Covers - Missouri Illustrated Buildings. Collection of 98 different from 1859 to 1900 in Showgard album including large group of St. Louis plus Kansas City and St. Joseph, some designs in color, a few foreign destinations including. #216 to Belgium, frankings include #26, #65, Banknotes and Columbian issue, etc.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

Banknote Covers, 1870-1888. Approximately 64 covers; includes single 1¢ and 3¢ grills on separate covers; nine covers with 1¢ stamps of various, Scott numbers including 156 single tied by numeral 79 cancel of Mattapoisett MA; 4 covers franked with 2¢ red brown; 2 covers with 2¢ vermilion; five with 2¢ red brown; eight covers with 3¢ green including 1872 cover with two singles from NJ to London; 5¢ Taylor to Switzerland; defective 5¢...

Better Postal History Balance. Group of 21 covers including #65 (faulty and repaired) on Battle of Pittsburgh Landing Civil War patriotic, 1849 Bremen to Baltimore transatlantic use, #11A tied by blue "Paid" circular grid of Haverhill Mass., Harrison Square Mass. with #11A cancelled by ms. "30" cancel, #26 cancelled by fancy 8-pint star on Excelsior Clothes Wringer ad cover to Newbury Vt., #26a tied by Albany N.Y. cds, Triangle N.Y....

Better U.S. Postal History, 1847-1900s. Lot of 66 better covers including patriotics, valentines, registered, illustrated advertising incl. gun covers, foreign mails, etc., better noted includes #1 with red squared grid from New York, #17 horizontal pair on cover with blue "Skaneateles, N.Y." cds to England, #24 red New York carrier use on patriotic envelope, #29 pair Atlanta Ga. to San Francisco Cal. (Holcombe cert), #32 (3) on...

Cover & Ephemera Balance. Dozens of items in sleeves; covers including some 19th century with #11 on embossed ladies cover tied by green Macon, Ga. cds, 1880's Expo covers and some interesting later exposition items, Prexie usages, Civil War correspondence, special delivery issues on postal cards, etc., ephemera with gold rush documents relating to the Mok Hill Canal and Mining Co., etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Cover Balance. Of 14 items; including 1863 Adams Ex. money package, mix of general stamped and stampless, few steamboat items including 1846 Buffalo, N.Y. steamboat cover from crimial hunter with interesting content regarding the capture and re-captured of an escaped prisoner; worth a look.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

First Day Covers, 1924-28. Approximately 50 covers; with issues including Lexington-Concord, Norse-American, 17¢ Wilson, 1926-34 definitives, etc.; includes Nickles, Worden, Ward and some scarce cachets including #623 17¢ Wilson with Roessler cachet; worth review.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

New York City fancy cancels on 3¢ 1861-68 Issue. Group of 45 covers with mostly #65 frankings but also a few grills and a couple 3¢ entires, cancels include four-rings, oval and square grids, split grids, circle of wedges, circular and radial geometrics, star in circle, some advertising corner cards.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Railroad Stock Certificate Collection. Of over 35 attractive early Railroad Stock certificates and ephemera in a portfolio, features 1853 & 1864 Dayton, Xenia & Belpre, 1855 Steubenville & Indiana, 1858 Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana, 1864 Columbus & Indianapolis with/25¢ Protest Revenue stamp, 1867 Little Miami with/25¢ Power of Attorney Revenue stamp, 1878 & 1887 Saint Paul & Deluth, 1884 Old Colon...

Transatlantic Mail Balance. Of 11 items; includes 1855 New Orleans to Germany Wurttemberg Consulate cover with scarce Aachen "Franco" straight line handstamp (used only in 1855), 1854 England to Boston with "96" quadruple rate per Pacific, 1838 N.Y. to England with Gilpin Exchange forwarding backstamp, 1837 N.Y. to London "pr Geo. Washington" (Blue Swallow Tail line) with Grinnell, Minturn & Co. forwarding and Liverpool, Ship...