Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale

U.S. Cover Group, 1810-1900s. Better group of approx. 42 covers including ship mail, transatlantic mail, steamship mail, some noted: 1810 Hamburg to Boston via Baltimore Ship, 1849 New York via Philadelphia to Bermuda, 1851 Panama to San Francisco, 1853 Du Buque IA to Scotland, #68 pair to England, 1874 NYFM postal card to Germany, #288 to Azores, three CSA covers, 1902 to Finland, 1906 Manila to France, three registered covers with...

U.S. Postal Rates 1851-1863 Cover Balance. 18 items, mostly transatlantic with good destinations and frankings; includes 1859 Folsom City, Cal. wrapper to Vergennes Vt., 1853 Rough and Ready, Cal. to east coast, 1851 Halifax, Nova Scotia wrapper usage, 1853 U.S. Express Mail, New York usage to Nova Scotia, 1858 San Francisco, Cal. to Chile with #35 x4, 1862 New York N.Y. to Jamaica bearing #63 x2 + 65 x6, 1860 Cincinnati Oh. to...

United States Cover Group, 1847-99. 11 covers; include two #1 covers (Philadelphia & Rochester usages), McClellan campaign cover (Fox fake?), 1856 Blood's +11 franking, large Charter Oak illustrated cameo cover, #65+69 (double perfs) cover to France, Blackjack usages including allover Great American Tea cover, 1899 usage to Shanghai, China, etc.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Wells Fargo & Co. Ephemera Balance. 12 items; includes 7 checks/drafts including 1890 check signed by Adolph Sutro, 1850 Savage Mining Co from Virginia, Nev., 1870's with check from Columbia with 2¢ Revenue, 1869 second of exchange draft with federal & state revenue issues, 4 package receipts including early 1849 New York Wells & Co. receipt, 1888 illustrated Mariposa collection envelope, etc., F.-V.F. or better....

Western Express Cover Balance. Of approximately 30 items on stockpages; includes usages from Bamber, Pacific Union, J.W. Hoog & Co., Adams with a nice showing of various towns, Pacific Express, Everts Davis & Co. and California Penny Post, also unused entires include Grant I. Taggart's, Pacific Stage & Express Co., River Express, Hogan & Co. and Cal. Penny Post, few scarce reconstructed covers including Hammond &...

Western Territorial Covers plus Texas. Group of approx. 48 covers including Colorado, Dakota, Indian, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming and Texas, better includes 1874 (c.) Georgetown Col., 1889 Fort Yates Dak., 1858 Ft. Leavenworth K.T., 1857 Waterford Minn. Terr. manuscript stampless, 1860 Omaha City Neb. Terr. ties #26 to Minneapolis, Provo City Utah Terr. w/ #26 to Salt Lake City, and 1885 McDade Tex. postmaster duplex,...

Postal Stationery and Cards plus some covers. Medium box with mint and used stationery plus some later covers, includes UX3 mint (2, one preprinted), etc. viewing a must.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

1873, 1¢ Postal Card Group. Group of 16 cards; includes Whiteman "Receiver and Forwarder and Steamboat Agent", Bayou Sara, La. notice with "Vick. & N.O." railway route agents stamp, "Old Agency, Montana Terr" manuscript postmark, selection of scarce illustrated ads mostly mint and a group of mint UX3 cards with printing varieties, generally Very Fine, nice group of scarce items.
Scott No. UX1//UX3; Estimate $500 - 750...

Airmail Postal Card Collection. Collection mounted on pages including UXC5 used (2 domestic), UXC6 used, UXC7 later 1970 use when rate was 8¢ and marked postage due 2¢, UXC11 used (cat. $55), UXC12 used (cat. $75), UXC14 used, UXC15 used to Australia with return to sender handstamp, FDCs for most, etc., F.-V.F., interesting collection.
Scott No. UXC2//UXC16; Estimate $150 - 200.

Postal Card Collection, 1873-1980s. Mounted on Scott pages in album starting with UX3 mint, UX5-15, etc, UY2, UY4, UY5, UY6, UY8, etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

1976 Bicentennial Collections. Includes two volume collection on the various issues with covers and ephemera, also a specialized collection of the Bicentennial souvenir sheets which includes some good error sheets including #1687i mint and on FDC (cat $425 mint and $475 used off cover), also a couple value omitted single stamps on commemorative covers.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

20th Century Collection and Stock. Mint and used collection on Naribo pages in two binders, also a stock book with a very nice selection of mint NH regular issues including some coils and attractive Air Mail issues, features Kansas-Nebraska C1-6 complete used, also C10a NH, worth inspection.
Estimate; $400 - 600.