2 (2) 1875 4d magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, large part OG, VF
Auction #136 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #136 - Public Auction
Hello fellow Collectors!,
Welcome to our 136th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring, as always, a marvelous range of rarities from all points of the compass.
An overview of some of what you will find in this catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB commences with a strong section of scarce and key items and includes most of the “big square” Q Victoria high values – in unusually nice quality. Cypress shows several rare early plate numbers, and a £5. Gibraltar has £5 both mint and used plus Malta rare 10/- both mint and used.
British Africa (always a house favorite!):
British Central Africa has the first set, to the £10, and a rare 1895 £10 arms unwatermarked postally used! . Cape of Good Hope shows a mint 1/-yellow-green, 4d “wood block” with retouched corner, and the rare ½d on 3d Crown CC mint. East Africa and Uganda features K Edward VII 50R plus a K George V 100R mint. Gold Coast has a spectacular rare used £2 K George V. Kenya and Uganda has a 50R K George V (wmkd Script CA!). Madagascar shines with a spectacular range of “large ones” – 50 lots! Mauritius highlights include a 4a (8) 1849-54 used 2d – SUPERB, and the unissed 1876 ½d on 9d red surcharge! New Republic 18 lots! Niger Coast SG 2a – reversed overprint on a 1d mint! Rhodesia has 2 each £10 and £5 values. St. Helena is highlighted by the Tristan Relief set – mint and also used blocks! Sierra Leone has 2/- Postal Fiscal, K George V - both £5 values. Togo (British Occupation) shows values to the 1M. Zanzibar with strong provisional overprints, Dhows to the 200R, and a few rare Postage Dues.
British West Indies
Bahamas shines with a 1863 6d rose-lilac. Bermuda has a scarce 1873 3d orange and British Guiana with a nice 1853 deep blue 4¢, mint, an 1878 2¢ on 8¢, mint, and a $4 large “4” (Type II). Cayman Island shows wonderful examples of the 1908 2½d on 4d, mint and used. The large Falkland Islands section features the 1933 £1: Specimen, mint & used! Sprinkled among many never hinged items.
British Asia / Oceania:
New South Wales has a nice mint 1850 1d reddish rose Sydney View. Tasmania features a choice 1853 pale blue Van Diemen’s land (mint & VF). Australia highlights include six (!) £2 Kangaroos, as well as a 20/ “slash” Postage Due (the “key” stamp of the country!). Ceylon features a scarce used 1859 dull rose imperf QV plus an 1857 ½d on blue glazed paper, mint; India includes nice early items and a lovely 1909 K Edward VII 25R, mint. Iraq includes the rarest used stamp of the area: 1931 25R K Faisal Official! Jordan shows many nice items including a very rare SG 83b; used. Malacca has a nice NH Occupation overprint (SG JD16). A strong New Britain overprints including 3 Mark values. New Zealand shows a nice #2, mint, and a strong section of “O.P.S.O.”s (9 values!). Penrhyn Island features many scarce 1d varieties (many as pairs); Straits Settlements has a nice 1911 $25 K Edward VII, mint, and Tonga finishes off the area with a rare “hafl-“ typewritten error
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy hunting and much success to all the bidders!
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Lot #695 - gold coast
4-8 (4-8) 1876-79 ½d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #696 - gold coast
5 (5) 1876 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, with scarce "ADDAH" oval seal cancel, small faults, F-VF appearance
Lot #697 - gold coast
10 (9) 1883 ½d olive-yellow Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce mint, signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #698 - gold coast
15 (14) 1891 2½d ultramarine and orange Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with a magnificent centered strike of "LIVERPOOL SHIP" cds, very scarce, SUPERB
Lot #699 - gold coast
17 (16) 1885 4d deep mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with rare full "Central Office" (without date) cancel, in use for only part of 1889, VF
Lot #700 - gold coast
18 (17) 1889 6d orange Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "Clearing House" (no code) cds, very scarce, VF
Lot #701 - gold coast
19 (18a) 1888 1' bright mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "Clearing House" (no code) 1897 cds, rare, VF
Lot #702 - gold coast
27 (27) 1898 1d dull mauve and rose Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with manuscript "Yabum N.T. 11/11/99" cancel, same date and denomination as the example in the Ashanti collection and is the only other example of this rarity we have seen!, some faults, VG
Lot #703 - gold coast
28 (27b) 1902 2d dull mauve and orange-red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, extremely rare used (in use for only 3 months), before being replaced by the K Edward VII issue, seriously undercatalogued!, tied to piece by corner cds, F-VF
Lot #704 - gold coast
37a var footnoted (36a var) 1901 1d on 6d dull mauve and violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, surcharge ERROR - "O" in "ONE" omitted, very rare, first state of the variety, in vertical pair with normal, OG,LH, VF
Lot #705 - gold coast
38-48 (38-48) 1902 ½d-20' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), 1' with top sheet-margin control #1, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #706 - gold coast
47 (47) 1902 10' green and brown K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarcer used, by far, than the 20' and as such undercatalogued and not often seen, light cds, VF
Lot #707 - gold coast
48 (48) 1902 20' purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce used, perfectly centered, light "Winnebah" cds, ex-Dunlop, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #708 - gold coast
55 (57) 1906 2'6d green and yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce used high value from the later printing, with "Tarkawa" double-ring cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #709 - gold coast
56-65 (59-68) 1907-13 ½d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), quite scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #710 - gold coast
64 (67) 1911 2'6d black and red on blue K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and considerably undercatalogued used stamp given what actually appears on the market, seldom seen used, easily 20-30 times more difficult than its mint counterpart, F-VF
Lot #711 - gold coast
65 (68) 1913 5' green and red on yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, issued in 1913 by October of which it had already been replaced by the K George V 5' as such it saw very little postal usage and is hardly ever seen which accounts for its appearance on most advanced serious want-lists, light "Victoriaborgh" cds, signed, VF
Lot #712 - gold coast
73a, 75c, 76a, 77a, 78a, (77e, 79e, 80b, 81a, 82f) 1921 3d-5' K George V, wmkd CA, perf 14, Die II, cplt (5), deceptively scarce and certainly undercatalogued, especially the 2' most of which seem to have been used!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #713 - gold coast
76a (80b) 1921 2' purple and blue on blue K George V Die II, wmkd MCA, a scarce and undervalued stamp (most were used), OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #714 - gold coast
78a (82f) 1921 5' green and red on pale yellow K George V Die II on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #715 - gold coast
80 (84) 1916 20' purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #716 - gold coast
94a (100a) 1921 15' dull purple and green K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, fresh, scarce, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #717 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, light double-ring cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #718 - gold coast
J1 (D1) 1923 ½d black Postage Due, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely scarce and significantly undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF
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