12-14 (18-19, 21) 1922 2'6d-10' K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain with Dollard overprints (SG Type 3), cplt (3), 2'6d is a bottom left sheet-margin example, OG,VLH, F-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 #704 - ireland
12 var-14 var (17 var, 19 var, 21 var) 1922 2'6d-10' K George V Sea Horses with Dollard overprints (SG Type 3), horizontal pairs each showing VARIETY - short third line on right hand stamp, 5' with right sheet margin, well centered, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #705 - ireland
37 (45) 1922 5' rose-red K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain with Thom overprint SG Type 3, light central "Gretna Green" cds, SUPERB
Lot #706 - ireland
56, 56a (64, 64b) 1922-23 2'6d chocolate-brown K George V Sea Horses overprinted (SG Type 5, wide date), VARIETY - no accent over "a" (row 3, pos 2 or row 8, pos 2), in pair with normal, vibrant color, well centered, OG,HR, VF
Lot #707 - ireland
77-79 (83-85) 1925-27 2'6d-10' K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain, narrow date (SG Type 11) overprints, cplt (3), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #708 - ireland
93-95 (99-101) 1935 2'6d-10' K George V re-engraved Sea Horses of Great Britain overprinted, Waterlow printing, overprinted (SG Type 5 - wide date), wmkd Crown GR, perf 15x14, cplt (3), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #709 - ireland
96-98 (102-04) 1937 2'6d-10' St. Patrick, wmkd Monogram SE, perf 14x15, cplt (3), OG, LH, F-VF
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