9 (footnoted after 87) 1900 6d blue Orange Tree, prepared for use but seized (and subsequently overprinted) in Bloemfontein before being issued, scarce and undercatalogued, well centered OG, NH, 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 #1051 - orange river colony
45, 46, 54 (113, 114, 133) 1900 Registered cover to England franked with six 1d on 1d plus three 2d on 2d occupation stamps and six ½d green Cape of Good Hope with "Orange River Colony." overprints (15d total), "Manchester" receiver on reverse, an attractive franking, F-VF
Lot #1052 - orange river colony
45b, 45 (102g, 102) 1900 1d on 1d purple Orange Tree, "V.R.I." surcharge with level stops, ERROR - "I." and stop after "R" omitted (row 2, pos 3), in horizontal pair with normal, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1053 - orange river colony
50a (108a) 1900 6d on 6d bright carmine Orange Tree, "V.R.I." surcharge with level stops, VARIETY - no stop after "V" (row 10, pos 3), with light and clear "Winburg" cds, scarce, fine
Lot #1054 - orange river colony
66a (144a) 1903 4d scarlet and sage-green K Edward VII, VARIETY - "IOSTAGE" for "POSTAGE" (row 10, pos 2 of the upper left pane), wmkd CA, perf 14, a scarce printing flaw occurring late in this printing, a rare, seldom offered variety with this wmk, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1055 - orange river colony
72a (150a) 1907 4d scarlet and sage-green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - "IOSTAGE" for "POSTAGE" (row 10, pos 2 of the upper left pane), wmkd MCA, perf 14, a nice scarce corner-margin block of four displaying the exact position of this printing flaw, fresh with bottom pair, including the variety, MNH, OG, HR, VF-S
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