O63-64 (O91-92) 1902 ½d-1d K Edward VII overprinted R.H. OFFICIAL, well centered, with RPSL certificate for the ½d, OG,VLH, 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 #52 - Great Britain
O83 (O112) 1903 3d dull purple on orange-yellow K Edward VII ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL SG Type O11, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a difficult and seriously undercatalogued stamp, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #53 - Great Britain
O83 (O112) 1903 3d dull purple on orange-yellow K Edward VII ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL SG Type O11, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a difficult and seriously undercatalogued stamp, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #54 - great britain offices in morocco
55a var (139 var) 1918 3p on 2'6d grey-brown K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain, De la Rue printing, overprinted "Morocco Agencies" and surcharged, VARIETY - re-entry at upper-right, unrecorded to date, bottom-left margin single, scarce, OG,HR, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #55 - great britain offices in morocco
231 (58a) 1935-36 2½d blue K George V of Great Britain overprinted "Morocco Agencies" (15½mm, SG Type 8), rare and undercatalogued mint, as the vast majority were used, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #56 - great britain offices in morocco
422 var, 422 (212 var, 212) 1935 (8 May) 5c on ½d green K George V Silver Jubilee of Great Britain surcharged in French currency (SG Type 17), block of 9 with center stamp showing the "ghost 5" where the overprint was defectively printed (row 5, pos 5) and listed in Ainscough's book, also note defective overprint at row 4, pos 6, a seldom offered constant variety occurring at the end of the overprinting run, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #57 - great britain offices in morocco
437 var (227a) 1936 ½d green K Edward VIII of Great Britain surcharged in French currency "MOROCCO AGENCIES \ 5 CENTIMES" with ERROR - bar through "POSTAGE", on second from top stamp of B-marginal strip of four, a striking variety of which only twelve examples show "POSTAGE" clearly obliterated with the line, a copy of the 1936 Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal article explaining and offering the error for £10 is enclosed, F-VF, with RPSL...
Lot #58 - aitutaki
6c, 6 (7a, 7) 1903 1' bright red New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (row 7, pos 12), in block of four with three normals, only 74 copies printed (including both SG listed shades), gum is disturbed and matted, extremely well centered for the issue, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #59 - aitutaki
6d, 6a (7ba, 7b) 1903 1' orange-red New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (row 7, pos 12), in pair with normal, a fresh bright copy of a rarely offered undercatalogued variety which occurred only once in a sheet of 120, 74 copies printed (including both SG listed shades), OG,HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #60 - aitutaki
17b, 18b (13b, 14b) 1917 6d red and 1' orange K George V of New Zealand recess printing, surcharged SG Type 8, compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh bright colors, top stamps OG, HR, bottom stamps NH, VF
Lot #61 - aitutaki
18c (14ab) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tai" without dot on "i", a scarce stamp (only 105 of this variety were printed), a fresh, well centered example, OG,VLH, XF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #62 - aitutaki
18d (14ac) 1917 1' vermilion K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (row 8, pos 2 or row 10, pos 7), a very scarce stamp (only 70 printed), unusually well centered example of this variety, OG,HR, VF-S
Lot #63 - aitutaki
18d, 18e, 18 (14ad, 14ac, 14a) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted right marginal block of four (row 7, pos 11+12, row 8, pos 11+12) with ERRORS - "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (35 printed) on lower left and "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (70 printed) on lower right stamp, P.O. fresh, OG,NH, VF-S
Lot #64 - aitutaki
18e (14ad) 1917 1' vermilion K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (only 35 of this variety were printed), a nice fresh example of a rare stamp, OG,VLH, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #65 - aitutaki
24b-27b (15b-18b) 1916-17 2½d-1' K George V of New Zealand overprinted "AITUTAKI", compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), cplt (4), fresh bright colors, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #66 - aitutaki
25, 35 (16, 31) 1933 Registered cover to New Zealand franked with six 3d overprints and five 1d regular issue, tied by cds, quite scarce, VF
Lot #67 - antigua
1 (1) 1862 6d blue-green Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, a very rare, perfectly centered example (this issue is notoriously off-center!), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #68 - antigua
1 (1) 1862 6d blue-green Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, lovely "A 02" grid cancel, VF
Lot #69 - antigua
2c (5) 1863 1d rosy mauve Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star, rough perf 14 to 16, rich color, perfectly centered--rare thus!, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #70 - antigua
4c (9) 1863 6d dark green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, rough perf 14 to 16, rich color, unusually well centered--very scarce thus!, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #71 - antigua
6 var (14w) 1872 1d scarlet Q Victoria, perf 12½, VARIETY - wmk CC inverted, rich color, perfectly centered, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #72 - antigua
8b (17) 1876 1d lake-rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #73 - antigua
9 (19) 1879 2½d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a rare and substantially undercatalogued key stamp of the Colony, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #74 - antigua
9 (19) 1879 2½d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a rare and substantially undercatalogued key stamp of the Colony, VF
Lot #75 - antigua
31-41 (41//51) 1908-15 ½d-5' K Edward VII Seal of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (9), the 2' is very scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
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