1//O2 (1//O2) 1903 British Somaliland overprints on stamps of India, duplicated range of 1st and 2nd issues, values to the 5R, some mixed condition including 5R severely stained on cover, a useful range, F-VF app
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 #1191 - somaliland protectorate
1890 4a6p green Q Victoria of India tied by "Field P O No 2" (Hazara Field Force) to cover, sent to England, "Sea Post Office" and "London W" transit marks on reverse, VF
Lot #1192 - somaliland protectorate
1-13 var (1-13 var footnoted) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top with SG Type B setting--"B" to left of "M", scarce as this overprint variety only occurred 57 times in the sheet of 240, cplt (13), VF
Lot #1193 - somaliland protectorate
1-13 (1-13) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, cplt (13), some Field PO cancels, 2R-5R high values with stained perfs, fine app
Lot #1194 - somaliland protectorate
1b (1a) 1903 ½a yellow-green Q Victoria of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, ERROR - "BRIT SH" (row 2, pos 6), used, fine
Lot #1195 - somaliland protectorate
2b (2a) 1903 1a carmine Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, ERROR - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 2, pos 6), light "Berbera" cds, F-VF
Lot #1196 - somaliland protectorate
3 var (3c var) 1903 2a pale violet Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND", unrecorded VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, the discovery example and the only know example from the first issue, OG,VLH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1197 - somaliland protectorate
5b (5a) 1903 3a brown-orange Q Victoria of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, wmkd Star, perf 14, ERROR - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 2, pos 6), unpriced used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1198 - somaliland protectorate
12 (13) 1903 5R ultramarine and violet Q Victoria of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, tied by Berbera" cds to registered cover sent to Germany, with "Aden" and "Radebeul" transit stamps on reverse, VF
Lot #1199 - somaliland protectorate
12d (13a) 1903 5R ultramarine and violet Q Victoria of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, VARIETY - curved overprint (row 2, pos 9), only 42 were printed, very few were used, unpriced used, light "Berbera" cds, SUPERB
Lot #1200 - somaliland protectorate
14-26 (18-30) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria and K Edward VII stamps of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at bottom, cplt (13), scarce as only 1644 were sold of the 3R, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1201 - somaliland protectorate
22 var (26 var) 1903 1a carmine K Edward VII of India, unoverprinted, used in Italian Somaliland, canceled at "MOGADISCIO", a rare usage, VF
Lot #1202 - somaliland protectorate
23b (27a var footnoted) 1903 2a violet K Edward VII stamp of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND", VARIETY - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH", early state showing minute trace of second letter "I" (row 7, pos 12 of upper pane), this is the closest setting to the missing "I" variety (SG 27a), P.O. fresh, OG,NH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1203 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1204 - somaliland protectorate
51-63 (60-72) 1912-19 ½a-5R K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1205 - somaliland protectorate
O1-5 (O1-5) 1903 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprint Officials, cplt (5), only the tiniest fraction of this printing was ever used, the 8a is an especially great used rarity, significantly undercatalogued, high values are toned, fine app
Lot #1206 - somaliland protectorate
O1 var-O5 var (O1 var-O5 var footnoted) 1903 ½a-1R Q Victoria Officials, cplt, overprinted SG Type O1, and rare Type B ("B" over "OM"), cplt (5), a very difficult set to assemble as there were only 23 in each sheet of 240, fresh, well centered, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1207 - somaliland protectorate
O6 var-O9 var (O6 var-O9 var) 1903 ½a - 8a K Edward VII stamps of India overprinted "Service British Somaliland" SG Type O2, unlisted VARIETY - dropped second "E" in "SERVICE" in matched top sheet-margin examples, rare as only 10 examples of the 8a were printed, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1208 - somaliland protectorate
O6b (O6a) 1903 ½a green K Edward VII of India overprinted SG Type O2 in Calcutta, prepared for use but not issued, VARIETY - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 7, pos 12 of the upper pane), surprisingly rare and undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1209 - somaliland protectorate
O11a (O10a) 1904 ½a dull green and green K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S." SG Type O3, ERROR - no stop after "M", OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1210 - somaliland protectorate
O12a (O11a) 1904 1a carmine and black K Edward VII overprinted "O.H.M S." SG Type O3, wmkd CA, ERROR - no stop after "M", OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1211 - somaliland protectorate
O13 (O12) 1904 2a dull and bright purple K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S.", wmkd CA, only 960 ptd, the "key" stamp to the Colony, a seriously undercatalogued mint stamp as the vast majority were used!, a very challenging stamp, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1212 - somaliland protectorate
O15 (O15) 1904 1R green K Edward VII overprinted "O.H.M.S." Official SG Type O3, wmkd CC, scarce, only 960 printed, and only 554 were sold, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, F-VF
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