Tanganyika, Booklet, 1927, 3s, black on red cover. Complete unexploded, panes o.g., never hinged; some staple rust, still Very Fine and scarce.
SG No. SB3; £1,400 ($1,990).
Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
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Apr 28, 2016 America/Los_Angeles
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale
Thursday Apr 28, 2016 08:00 to Sunday May 01, 2016 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
Last date for bids:
Thursday Apr 28, 2016 07:00 America/Los_Angeles
We are pleased to have been named once again as the Official Auctioneer for Westpex, the West Coast’s premier philatelic exhibition.
For this special event we will offer over 3600 lots, which will feature the Rob Lund 3c 1851-57 Collection, specialized United States Revenue stamps, Telegraph Stamps, U.S. Possessions including part II of the Gary Peters collection of Hawaii and specialized sections of U.S. and Canadian Coins, U.S. Valentines, Ryukyu and Mexico, plus a fine array of United States and Worldwide stamps and postal history.
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Lot #551 - British Commonwealth South Africa to Zanzibar
Lot #552 - British Commonwealth South Africa to Zanzibar
Tanganyika, Booklet, 1927, 3s, black on red cover. Complete unexploded booklet, panes o.g., never hinged, light wrinkle in front cover, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce booklet.
SG No. SB3; £1,400 ($1,990).
Lot #553 - British Commonwealth South Africa to Zanzibar
Trinidad, 1914 (½d) Red Cross Society. Tied by "G.P.O. Port of Spain, Trinidad, Sp 18, 14" cds's on cover to Mayaro Ward, with original Red Cross notice enclosure, Very Fine, stamp used only for one day as postmarked, very scarce with the original enclosure. Scott No. B1.
SG No. 157; Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #554 - British Commonwealth South Africa to Zanzibar
Turks Islands, 1881, 1½d + 1½d reddish brown, paid reply postal card. Unsevered card to Leipzig, Germany, "Turks Islands, Ap 24, 95" cds and London transit, reply card unused, Very Fine.
Higgins and Gage No. 2; Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #555 - British Commonwealth South Africa to Zanzibar
Zanzibar, 1913, 1¢-10r Sultan & Dhow issue complete. O.g., higher values part o.g., fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 120-134.
SG No. 246-260; £325 ($460).
Lot #556 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Argentina, 1868 (Jul. 12) Buenos-Ayres, Argentina to Amsterdam. Origin cds on blue folded letter, various ratings including rare "F/26" accountancy handstamp, Boulange (8.18) transit and "20" decimes debit handstamp crossed out and updated manuscript "120" Dutch cents due, red Amsterdam (8.19) arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #557 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Argentina, 1874 (Sep. 11) Buenos Ayres, Argentina to Toulouse, France. Blue folded letter bearing France 1871 25c blue, two pairs (58) used in combination with Argentina 1867 5c vermilion (20), all tied by anchor in dots cancellations, Argentina stamp also tied by "D" in diamond cancel, "Buenos Aires, 11 Set 74" origin cds also ties one French pair, French packet "Buenos Aires, Paq. Fr. J No. 1, 11 Sept 74" octagonal...
Lot #558 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Belgium, 1929-32, 5c-75c Coat of Arms issue. Tête-bêche gutter pairs, o.g., hinged in gutter, stamps never hinged, rich colors, a Very Fine set. Scott No. 201a-211a vars.
COB No. KT3-KT12; €1,050 ($1,160).
Lot #559 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Belgium, 1932 Cardinal Mercier complete. O.g., never hinged, rich colors, a Very Fine set. Michel No. 333-341.
Scott No. B114-B122; $950.
Lot #560 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Brazil, Airmail Semi-Official, Condor Syndicate 1927, 500r-10,000r Condor & Southern Cross issue complete. Panes of 25, o.g., never hinged, all fresh with rich colors, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1CL1-1CL7; $2,712 for singles.
Lot #561 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Brazil, Airmail Semi-Official, Varig 1931-34 Icarus issues complete. Blocks of 4, o.g., some bottom pairs never hinged, rich colors; occasional minor toning, still Very Fine, scarce complete set.
Scott No. 3CL13-3CL43; $1,513.
Lot #562 - general foreign Argentina to Chile
Chile, 1877 (Nov. 30) Santiago, Chile to Paris, France. 5c entire bearing 5c dull lake (22), cancelled by matching cork cancels, purple "Santiago, Chile, 30 Nov 77" cds, endorsed "Via de Panama", reverse with Callao (12.13.77) and red London (1.14) transits, blue "T/1-70" due handstamp, red Calais entry cds and "22" decimes due rating handstamp, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Lot #563 - general foreign China
China, 1878, Large Dragon on thin paper, 3ca brown red. 1881 Chinkiang Customs cancel, rich color, Very Fine.
Scott No. 2; $475.
Lot #564 - general foreign China
China, 1883, Large Dragon on thick paper, 1ca green, perf 12½. Without gum, well centered, strong color, Very Fine.
Scott No. 7; $775.
Lot #565 - general foreign China
China, 1888, Small Dragons, 1ca-5ca complete, clean-cut perf 11½-12. O.g., hinge remnants, strong colors, a Very Fine set.
Scott No. 13-15; $800.
Lot #566 - general foreign China
China, Wuhu, 28 Jan 99. Sharp choice strike of origin dollar chop on cover to New York, franked with Japan 10s orange brown (Sc. 79) tied by "Shanghai, I.J.P.O., Feb 2" cds, reverse with China 10c dark green (103) tied by brown pakua, Shanghai dollar chop and other appropriate transit backstamps; some wrinkling in Japan 10s, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 20; Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #567 - general foreign China
China, 1900, Chinese Imperial Post, unwatermarked, 10¢ deep green. On incoming corner card cover to Shanghai, initially franked Canada 1898-99, 1¢ green + 2¢ carmine, two singles (75+77) tied by "St. John N.B., Canada, Sp 18, 00" cds's, forwarded within Shanghai and then reposted to Chicago, Ill. with "Shanghai, 6 Nov, 00" cds tying stamp, forwarded again to Boston with numerous transit backstamps; some cover edge wear, F.-V...
Lot #568 - general foreign China
China, 1903, Foochow Provisional, 1¢ on half of 2¢ scarlet, type A. On cover to the I.M. of Customs at Swatow, with "Foochow, Oct 24, 03" origin cds and Swatow, Oct 27 backstamp, Very Fine and choice, a genuine interport usage from the "Nga" correspondence.
Scott No. 123; $1,600.
Lot #569 - general foreign China
China, Nanking, 1944, 50c-$5 Puppet Government issue. Set in 3 complete sheets of 50 plus additional, o.g.; some faults, F.-V.F. overall.
Scott No. 9N101-9N104; $848.
Lot #570 - general foreign China
Shanghai, 1866, Large Dragon (Antique Numerals, "CANDAREENS" plural), 3ca red brown, pelure paper. Without gum, wide margins, rich color; small natural internal paper wrinkle, Very Fine.
Scott No. 20a; $525.
Lot #571 - general foreign China
Shanghai, 1896 Shanghai Local Post 1c black & brown entire. Addressed to Teplitz, Austria, additionally franked with manuscript canceled 1c brown and indicia canceled by red cds's, sent via the U.S. Post Office in Shanghai with U.S. 1896 1¢ ultramarine + 2¢ carmine + 15¢ dark blue (246, 252, 259) tied by "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, Oct.31" cds and duplex killer, via San Francisco and New York with N.Y. registry...
Lot #572 - general foreign China
Tibet, 1933, ½t orange. In combination with 1933, 4t emerald on hand-back native made cover, tied by Lhasa town postmark, with original enclosure from Lowell Thomas explaining stamps canceled at the Dalai Lama's post office and that Tibet is not a U.P.U. member…stamps from Lhasa are so rare that, if sent openly through the mails, someone always snitches them, as well as other interesting info, Very Fine.
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Lot #573 - general foreign offices in china
German Offices in China, 1906, 1c on 3pf brown, three singles. In combination with 1906, 2c on 5pf green + 4c on 10pf carmine on cover to Dresden, Germany, all tied by "Tienstin, 6.2.11" cds's, magenta "Via Sibirien!" routing handstamp at top; few small tone spots, Very Fine. Michel No. 38a-40.
Scott No. 47-49; Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #574 - general foreign offices in china
Japanese Offices in China, 1900, Chrysanthemum, 1s light red brown. Tied by bold "Tientsin, I.J.P.O., Oct 3" origin cds on post card to Germany, additionally franked with U.S. 1898, 1¢ deep green (279) + China 1898, ½c chocolate (98) + German Offices in China 1898, 5pf green (2) all tied by "K.D. Feldpoststation, No. 5, 4/10" cds's, circular "Kaiserlichdeutschefeldpost, China 1900" handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No....
Lot #575 - general foreign offices in china
Japanese Offices in China, 1900, Chrysanthemum, 5s orange yellow, horizontal pair. Tied by "Shanghai., I.J.P.O., 28 Aug, 01" cds on cover to Hecker, Ill., initially franked with China 1900, 1c ocher, pair and two singles + (on reverse) 2c scarlet, pair and single (111-112) all tied by "Chefoo, 19 Aug, 01" cds's, Yokohama transit and receiving backstamp, Very Fine, a scarce mixed franking.
Scott No. 10; Estimate $...
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