25 (65) 1865 8a carmine Q Victoria, SG Die I, wmkd Elephant's Head, perf 14, scarce, light cds, 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 #695 - india
97 (190) 1913 15R blue and olive K George V, wmkd Star, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #696 - india
125 (219) 1928 25R orange and blue K George V, wmkd Multiple Stars, perf 14, undercatalogued, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #697 - india
125 var (219w) 1928 25R orange and blue K George V, VARIETY - wmk Multiple Stars inverted, perf 14, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #698 - india
166 var (263w) 1937 15R brown and green K George VI, VARIETY - wmk Multiple Stars inverted, perf 14x13½, scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #699 - india
203-06 (305-08) 1948 1½a-10R Gandhi First Anniversary of Independence set, perf 11½, cplt (4), OG,VLH, VF
Lot #700 - india
O52-65 (O73-96) 1912-13 3p-25R K George V overprinted "SERVICE" SG Types O10 or O11, wmkd Single Star, cplt (13), OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #701 - india
O65 (O96) 1913 25R orange and blue K George V Official with SG Type 11 "SERVICE" overprint (wide), wmkd Single Star, light cds, F-VF
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