Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Rochester N.Y. Postal History Collection, 1800s-1900s. Unmounted balance of the Rochester N.Y. collection with approximately 1,500 covers from stampless to 20th century, range of topics including advertising, picture post cards, railroad postmarks incl. street cars, postal markings, auxiliary markings, wide range of material with plenty of value, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Machine Cancellation Collection 1890s-1900s. Box of over 550 covers and cards with machine cancels mostly mounted on pages and arranged by company including American, Barry, Barr-Fyke, Chesire, Columbia, Time Cummings, Doremus, Geary, Hampden, International, Perfection, Pneumatic, Universal, etc., better includes Leavitts from a range of towns including scarce Norwalk Oh., extensive Barry with 103 covers including fancy Oswego N.Y....

U.S. Postal Agency, Cali, Colombia. Massive collection of approximately 240 covers with backstamp transits including some proof strikes and 13 predecessor U.S. Postal Agency Barranquilla Colombia, proof strikes of the exceedingly rare "Air Mail" cds and also a Jan. 31st 1942 use on the last day of the Cali agency, variety of South American origins, Very Fine and impossible to duplicate.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
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Steamship Bills of Lading, 1838-1891. 146 items, bills of lading and receipts, almost all different, tremendous variety of lines and document styles, 62 with ship vignettes, over 30 with printed names of ships, dated 1838-46 (31), 1855-59 (19), 1861-69 (67), 1870-91 (29), mostly very fine and ex-Morton Dean Joyce; seldom seen in such variety.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Naval Cover Balance, 1930-60's. Approximately 600 covers and cards, many in slips, strength on 1930's usages with and array of ships and cachets including unused Crosby cachet covers, Admission Day, first day commissioned & last day decommissioned, Flag Day, Fleet Week, etc., ships including submarine, destroyers, also a selection of mostly unused post cards showing various ships, etc.; interesting group, worth review.
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Naval Port Location Covers. Approximately 250 naval covers with port locations in killer bars, mostly uncacheted collection of world wide port locations with the exception of Asia, Alaska, Canal Zone, North and South America, Caribbean, and Europe; condition conscious collector with most strikes and covers being better than VF, examine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Naval WWII Era Non Philatelic Naval Covers. Approximately 525 covers; group of mostly OB non philatelic naval covers from 1941 to 1945, good variety of larger and smaller ship types noted, condition usual for this type of mail, worth careful examination.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Advertising Covers, Horticulture. Collection of 58 covers housed in binder; 1860-1940's usages mostly illustrated with 21 better multicolored, many citrus related, includes the scarce and ever popular Templin's "Ideal" Seeds & Plants multicolored post card, California and Colorado usages; condition well above the norm.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Railroad Documents, 1847-1928. 147 items, including checks, receipts, bills of lading, stock certificates, etc., over 84 items with vignette of trains, 1st-3rd revenue issues or revenue paper, dated 1847-68 (104), 1870-1901 (40), many very attractive, some duplication, mostly F-VF, seldom seen in such variety, most ex-M. Joyce.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

Postal History Group. Selection of items and groups; including California covers with good early usages from El Dorado, Saint Helena and Sausalito, Wells Fargo & Co. red frank cover, early Tallahassee, Flor. covers, ad covers, groups with 1907-1908 #328 Franking on Post Cards, U.S.A. First Day Covers, 1938 Presidential Issue, Pavois Cachets and 1960's Space Flights.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

5¢ 1847 Issue Postal History. Group of 8 covers with some interesting usages: "Way " use with #1 to Col. Graham at Washington D.C. forwarded to Newark Del. with "ford 5c" due rating; #1 on New Orleans "Way 1" cover, #1 used from Oswego N.Y., #1 with red cancel and cds from Vicennes Vt. with red "5" handstamp adjacent, #1 from Saratoga Springs N.Y. to Montreal Canada for scarce under 300 miles cross-board rate, #1 from Chester Pa.,...

1851 3¢ Orange Brown Issue On Cover. 27 covers; range of shades and townmarks including red Williamstown, Vt. and blue Warren R.I. (tying stamp), as well as major cities, many with margins to touching, a couple 4-margin; most plated and many with Dr. Amonette attest (color and sometimes plate position), condition varies, nice reference group.
Scott No. 10-10A; $5,670; Estimate $500 - 750.