4 (6) 1863 6d rose Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star, rough perf 14 to 16, well centered, OG,LH, 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!
Lot #649 - Grenada
5 (9) 1871 6d vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star, rough perf 14 to 16, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #650 - Grenada
5a (8) 1863-71 6d dull rose-red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, rough perf 14 to 16, horizontal pair, light "A 15" cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #651 - Grenada
5Bc (16) 1878 1d green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), intermediate perf 15, rich fresh color, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #652 - Grenada
7Ac (15) 1875 1d green Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, intermediate perf 15, lightly canceled, very scarce, some perfs clipped, VF app, with RPSL certificate
Lot #653 - Grenada
13 (26) 1881 4d blue Q Victoria overprinted, wmkd Broad-pointed Star, perf 14½, scarce mint, as most were used, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #654 - Grenada
20-26 (30-36) 1883 ½d-1' Q Victoria, inscribed "GRENADA POSTAGE", wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #655 - Grenada
29 (39) 1886 1d on 4d orange Q Victoria Revenue stamp with "POSTAGE" surcharge SG Type 14, wmkd Small Star, perf 14, a scarce and undercatalogued stamp!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #656 - Grenada
32 var (41b) 1888-91 4d on 2' orange Q Victoria revenue stamp surcharged SG Type 16, VARIETY - wide space (2¼mm) between "TWO" and "SHILLINGS", light "Grenada" cds, VF
Lot #657 - Grenada
48-57 (57-66) 1902 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #658 - Grenada
58-67 (67-76) 1904-06 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), quite scarce, seldom seen, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #659 - Grenada
68-78 (77-88) 1906-11 ½d-10' Seal of the Colony, both wmks (MCA and CA), perf 14, cplt (11), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #660 - Grenada
C9 var (507 var) 1972 35¢ nine-banded Armadillo overprinted "AIR MAIL" with faint additional overprint, the DISCOVERY copy, well centered, bright color, OG,NH, XF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #661 - Grenada
J4-7 (D4-7) 1892 1d on 6d-2d on 8d Q Victoria Postage Dues, cplt (4), an incredibly rare set, nearly impossible to find, massively undercatalogued, of the 2d on 8d, Herendeen noted that less than 10 mint examples exist, this is only the fourth set we have had in 50 years!, ex-Boucher & Foxley (Freeland), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #662 - Grenada
J4b (D4b) 1892 1d on 6d mauve Q Victoria Postage Due surcharged locally in black SG Type D2, wmkd CA inverted, perf 14, VARIETY - surcharge double, probably only one pane of 60 was surcharged, a scarce and undercatalogued error, all known examples are used, with nice "Grenada 92" cancel, VF
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