Auction # 56 - THE WESTPEX SALE

United States Postmaster Provisional and Sanitary Fair Reference Collection. Approximately 150 items on album and stockpages; Provisional issues include Brattleboro, Vt. facsimile and bogus types, New York with a few genuine proofs, one with fake cancel, nice range of facsimiles including Sperati, Senf Bros. creations, J. Allan Mason circular facsimile including "proof" on card, Providence, R.I. with Hussey items including paper types and multiples, St. Louis with modern Ogden reproductions and bogus type, other items including various Exposition sheetlets, Peter Winter creations, etc., Sanitary Fair items includes Albany, N.Y. and Stamford, Conn. forgeries, few genuine items and bogus including Little Wanderers Aid Society and Warren Ave. Church Fair types; some duplication.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.