162-66 (1-5) 1900 1d on ½d-1' on 4d Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 840 sets printed, lightly canceled, F-VF
Auction #127 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #127 - Public Auction
This new Public Auction contains many interesting and valuable stamps from all parts of the Empire!
• Great Britain includes high value 10/- large squares, Sea Horses to the £1 and a good Officials section.
• British West Indies has key Antigua stamps; Bahamas shows an 1865 1/- in unusual “superb” quality; Barbados features a unique ½d double overprint (both in black) ex-Ferrary; a Bermuda highlight is a KGV 2/6d in bright orange-vermilion; British Guiana features classic perforated issues; Grenada has the all-but-impossible second issue Postage Due set, mint (a different set than last time!); Turks Island shows a nice range of overprints.
• British Africa is very well represented, including Bechuanaland 4d on 4d, 26 (25), a great used rarity; Cape of Good Hope shows a nice 1/- yellow-green Triangle, mint, and the scarce ½d on 3d overprint, wmkd CC, mint; Egypt weighs in with 50pi Port Fouad, mint and used; there are over two dozen large Madagascar Consular Mail stamps; Natal features a 1/- green “Postage.”, used, 25 (43); Niger Coast features a very scarce mint 27 (336) ½d on 2½d; many rare Togo overprints to the 1M; and a large range of Zanzibar overprints finishes the continent.
A careful review should reveal many useful items!
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Lot #465 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
170 (9) 1900 6d on 3d purple on yellow Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 1440 surcharged, lightly canceled, fine
Lot #466 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
174 (13) 1900 6d on 2d green and carmine Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED.", SG Type 2 (sans-serif), only 1200 surcharged, rare, as the vast majority were used, OG,LH, F-VF, with Diena certificate
Lot #467 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
176 (15) 1900 1' on 6d purple on rose-red Q Victoria of British Bechuanaland surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", numerically the rarest Mafeking Siege surcharge (only 240 surcharged), light "Mafeking" cds, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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