55b (B3b) 1915 1d on 10pf carmine Yacht overprinted "C.E.F.", ERROR - double surcharge, scarce as only 2 sheets were printed, perfectly centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
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 #352 - cameroons
55 var (B3ba) 1915 1d on 10pf carmine Yacht overprinted "C.E.F.", ERROR - surcharge double, one albino, scarce, well centered, with photocopy of the Brandon certificate for a block of four that this example is from, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #353 - cameroons
58b (B6b) 1915 3d on 30pf black and orange on buff Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "C.E.F." (SG Type 1), ERROR - surcharged triple, two albino, rare, only 50 printed (12 of which are in one collection), this example is row 3, pos 4, ex-Robert Gibbs, with photocopy of the BPA certificate for a block of 24 that this is from, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #354 - cameroons
58b var (B6b var) 1915 3d on 30pf black and orange on buff Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "C.E.F." (SG Type 1), ERROR - surcharged triple, two albino in se-tenent horizontal pair with normal, rare, only 10 such pairs were printed (4 of which are in one collection), these examples are row 4, pos 5 and 6, ex-Robert Gibbs, with photocopy of the BPA certificate for a block of 24 that this is from, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #355 - cameroons
63 (B11) 1915 2' on 2M blue Yacht overprinted "C.E.F.", only 1900 issued, less than 5% were used, so it is vastly undercatalogued, perfectly centered, light "Duala" cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #356 - cameroons
63a (B11a) 1915 2' on 2M blue Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "C.E.F.", VARIETY - "S" inverted, only 100 printed, in practice only a trivial percentage of mark values were used, as such seriously undercatalogued, left-hand sheet-margin example with "Duala * b" cds, in our 40 years this is only the third example we have encountered, a great used rarity, F-VF
Lot #357 - cameroons
65 (B13) 1915 5' on 5M slate and carmine Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "C.E.F." (SG Type 1), only 1900 issued, of which probably less than 5% were used, left-hand sheet-margin example with "Duala *b" cancel, VF, with BPA certificate
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