4 var (18) 1857 3d red Beaver, on machine-made wove paper, imperf, four margins, rich bright color, very light target cancel, VF, with RPSL certificate
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 #383 - Canada
4d var (7) 1852-56 3d scarlet-vermilion Beaver, handmade wove paper, imperf, full to large (at bottom) margins, VF
Lot #384 - Canada
7 var (13) 1855 10d bright blue Cartier, handmade wove paper, imperf, full to large margins, lightly canceled, XF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #385 - Canada
17a (37) 1859 10¢ dull violet Prince Albert, perf 12, a remarkable, perfectly centered example, lightly canceled, scarce in this quality!, SUPERB
Lot #386 - Canada
20 (45) 1864 2¢ bright rose Q Victoria, perf 12, an exceptionally well centered example, tied to piece by light numeral "2" double straight line cancel, rich color, choice XF
Lot #387 - Canada
25 (58) 1868-71 3¢ brown-red Large Queen on medium to stout wove paper, unwmkd, perf 12, slightly oxidized, unused, fine, with The Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #388 - Canada
47 (116) 1893 50¢ blue Widowed Queen, perf 12, rich color, very well centered, a choice example, OG,HR, XF
Lot #389 - Canada
50-60 (121//135) 1897 ½¢-50¢ Q Victoria Jubilees, perf 12, cplt (11), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #390 - Canada
50 (121) 1897 ½¢ black Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, perfectly centered, intense deep color, choice, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #391 - Canada
53 (126) 1897 3¢ bright rose Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, exceptional centering, huge "jumbo" margined example, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #392 - Canada
55 (129) 1897 6¢ brown Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, vivid color, large, perfectly centered margins, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #393 - Canada
57 (131) 1897 10¢ purple Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, a phenomenal, perfectly centered, "jumbo" margin example with rich vivid color, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #394 - Canada
57 (131) 1897 10¢ purple Q Victoria Jubilee, vivid color, large perfectly centered margins, lightly canceled, a gem, SUPERB
Lot #395 - Canada
58 (132) 1897 15¢ slate Q Victoria Jubilee, rich color, P.O. fresh, a "GEM", Canada Specialized $900.00, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #396 - Canada
60 (134) 1897 50¢ pale ultramarine Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, a marvelous jumbo-margined example, fresh, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #397 - Canada
60 var (135) 1897 50¢ bright ultramarine Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, perfectly centered with large margins, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #398 - Canada
61 (136) 1897 $1 lake Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, fresh, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #399 - Canada
61 (136) 1897 $1 lake Q Victoria Jubilee, rich color, perfectly centered, light cancel, a "gem", SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #400 - Canada
62 (137) 1897 $2 deep violet Q Victoria Jubilee, well centered, vivid rich color (rare thus!), OG,VLH, XF, with The Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #401 - Canada
62 (137) 1897 $2 deep violet Q Victoria Jubilee, bright color, with "Union Station \ Toronto" parcel roller cancel, fine
Lot #402 - Canada
63 (138) 1897 $3 bistre Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 13,500 ptd, large perfectly centered margins, choice, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #403 - Canada
64 (139) 1897 $4 violet Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 14,500 ptd, a choice, perfectly centered example with large balanced margins, OG,VLH, SUPERB, with The Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #404 - Canada
64 (139) 1897 $4 violet Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 14,500 printed, remarkably well centered, rich color, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #405 - Canada
65 (140) 1897 $5 olive-green Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 15,500 ptd, nicely centered, cert notes thin at bottom left, OG,LH, VF app, with RPSL certificate
Lot #406 - Canada
66-73 (141//149) 1897-98 ½¢-10¢ Q Victoria Maple Leaves, perf 12, cplt (8), OG,HR, F-VF
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