Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Venezuela, Genuine/Forgery Collection, 1859-79. Extensively written-up on pages; starting with genuine 1859 first issues (mint) with various forgeries, similar 1862-64 & 1863-70 issues with a section of 1865 ½r forgery with full sheet, forgeries with genuine postal cancels, etc., similar 1866 ½r forgery section with genuine postal cancels on forgeries including on cover item; a nice group for the specialist.
Estimate; $750...

Viet Nam (South), Stock. Virtually all mint (and n.h.) identified and arranged on dealer stock cards, general range of issues with lots of sets and duplication generally modest; condition varies, owner's Scott cat $4,370+.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

Zululand, Collection. Complete collection of parallel */o but £1 only mint and £5 only revenue used, 5sh used is also dubious.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Worldwide, British Colonies Stock. Total of $43,183 marked, mostly at around half Scott or less ($30,706 in 102 cards, $12,477 in the better books); best includes Ireland 1922 10/- mint Seahorse (#38), 1942 Brunei #5 Japanese Occupation mint with BPA Certificate (#N18), Malta 1925 2 1/2d Postage Due mint pair with one stamp missing "2" (#J5a) with PF certificate; this lot also contains numerous full mint sets of King Edward VII, King...

Worldwide, Canada Stock. Total of $21,993 marked at around half Scott or less ($9,526 in 102 cards, $12,467 in the better books); this lot has it all, gems to high values, all appropriately priced; the one thing this lot does NOT have is overpriced material; ready to sell, cheaply priced to sell quickly.
Estimate; $6,000 - 8,000.

Worldwide, Europe Stock. (No Germany, Italy or France) total $32,024 marked, mostly at around half Scott or less ($18,776 in 102 cards, $13,248 of better items); the one book of better material is particularly outstanding and includes items like 2 - 1936 10S Austrian Dollfuss (#380), both Never Hinged, 1 with certificate; Great Retail Lot.
Estimate; $10,000 - 15,000.

Worldwide, Germany and Colonies Stock. Total $39,465 marked, mostly at around half Scott or less ($18,842 in 102 cards, $20,623 of better items); highlights include a nice used #B58, a mint Mariana Is. #15b (INVERTED OVERPRINT - only 100 made - signed Grobe and Mansfield, etc.; a great stock of material from this very popular area.
Estimate; $10,000 - 15,000.

Worldwide, Italy and Colonies Stock. Total $26,698 marked, mostly at around half Scott or less ($14,354 in 102's, $12,344 of better items); an absolutely wonderful stock of mostly nice, complete mint sets of Italy, Colonies and Vatican (Air Mails), etc.; many key sets in top condition (ie Italy #C42-47, 1933 Zeppelin set in Never Hinged blocks of 4!) A great Stock.
Estimate; $6,000 - 8,000.

Worldwide, Russia Stock. Total of $3,825 marked at around half Scott or less; a small lot with some interesting items, popular area.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Worldwide, South and Central America Stock. Total $7,073 marked, mostly at around half Scott or less ($2,206 in 102 cards, $4,867 of better items); there are many elusive items here but the highlight is the sound used Argentina #139a Invert (Extremely Rare); Inspect.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

Worldwide, Collection. Housed in 6 Scott Internationals, with half a dozen binders and loose still needing to be mounted in albums; well filled with thousands of singles and sets with better, includes Anjouan complete mint, Angola Scott #157 mint, Antigua #56-57, Australia, Austria with #127 used and B50-76 mint, Cape Juby B1-13 mint, China C1-5, Cilica, Corfu, D.W.I. #37-39 mint, Danzig #193-99 mint, Denmark with C1-3 mint, Egypt #...

Worldwide, Collection. Intact one-man's oldtime collection mostly housed in dozens of stockbooks and binders in four large boxes; nice range range of countries throughout, mostly useful material with good to better issues throughout, including some good British Commonwealth including some good early Hong Kong and Cyprus, Asia with early Japan worth checking amid forgeries, China with large and small dragons and following Dowager...