19th - 20th Century covers, many surface print usages, useful 20th Century items, including a few stamps, worth sorting out!, 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!
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Lot #3 - Great Britain
2 (5e) 1840 2d blue Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Small Crown, imperf, four margins, black Maltese Cross cancel, VF
Lot #4 - Great Britain
2b var (4i) 1840 2d deep full blue Q Victoria, imperf, four large margins (showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at the bottom), with scarce, late usage, numeral barred oval 1844 type postmark in black, unusual, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #5 - Great Britain
5 (54) 1847 1' pale green Q Victoria embossed on "silk" threaded paper, Die I, unwmkd, imperf, four large to very large margins (showing portion of adjacent stamp at top), strongly embossed with Yarmouth (I.O.W.) numeral "486" cancel, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #6 - Great Britain
6 (57) 1853 10d brown Q Victoria embossed on "silk" threaded paper, Die 3, unwmkd, thread pulled at top and slightly split at bottom, imperf, four large margins (showing portion of adjacent stamp at right), nicely embossed, lightly canceled, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #7 - Great Britain
28a (73) 1856 1' pale green Q Victoria, wmkd Emblems, perf 14, numeral "12" grid cancel, exceptionally well centered, VF
Lot #8 - Great Britain
29 (45) 1858 2d blue Q Victoria, Die II, wmkd Large Crown, Plate 8, thick lines, disturbed OG, fine
Lot #9 - Great Britain
40 (87) 1862 9d straw Q Victoria, Plate 2, wmkd Emblems, perf 14, numeral "159" grid cancel, exceptionally well centered, SUPERB
Lot #10 - Great Britain
40e (88) 1862 9d bistre Q Victoria, Plate 3, showing hair lines, clipped perfs, strong space-filler for this rarity!, part OG, fair app
Lot #11 - Great Britain
43 (94) 1873 4d vermilion Q Victoria, Plate 14, wmkd Large Garter, perf 14, rich color, very well centered, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #12 - Great Britain
52 (110) 1867 9d straw Q Victoria, Plate 4, wmkd Spray of Rose, trivial gum toning, left wing-margin example, signed Diena and Brün, OG, LH, fine app
Lot #13 - Great Britain
53a (114) 1867 10d deep red brown Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, intense deep color, F-VF
Lot #14 - Great Britain
57a (127) 1874 5' pale rose Q Victoria, Plate 2, wmkd Maltese Cross, perf 15½x15, a lovely upright strike "on the nose" of "Teignmouth F" cds, remarkable delicate shade, F-VF
Lot #15 - Great Britain
62 (147) 1880 6d gray Q Victoria, Plate 17, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, block of eight (three examples are never hinged), vivid fresh rich color, scarce multiple, F-VF app
Lot #16 - Great Britain
65 (151) 1880 1' orange-brown Q Victoria, Plate 13, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, well centered, light cds, exceptional!, SUPERB
Lot #17 - Great Britain
69 (152) 1876 4d vermilion Q Victoria, Plate 15, wmkd Large Garter, perf 14, with "EC D" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #18 - Great Britain
73 (156) 1876 8d orange Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Large Garter, rich deep color, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #19 - Great Britain
74 (128) 1878 10' greenish grey Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Maltese Cross, perf 15½x15, rare, choice Argyll Street, Glasgow cds, F-VF
Lot #20 - Great Britain
90a (134) 1882 5' rose Q Victoria on white paper, Plate 4, wmkd Large Anchor, perf 14, with oval registry cancel, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #21 - Great Britain
91a (135) 1883 10' greenish grey Q Victoria on white paper, Plate 1, wmkd Large Anchor, perf 14, a magnificent, perfectly centered example, with full centered "Liverpool" cds, rich color, a gem!, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #22 - Great Britain
94 (159) 1883 3d on 3d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Crown, perf 14, a magnificent, perfectly centered example, rich color, a true gem!, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #23 - Great Britain
98-107 (187-196) 1883-84 ½d-1' Q Victoria, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, cplt (10), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #24 - Great Britain
98, 104, 107 (187, 193, 196) 1885 Feb 23 Registered envelope front from Ramsgate to U.S. (N.Y.) franked with 2½d, 5d and 1' from 1883-84 Q Victoria issue, canceled with oval registered date stamp, the 5d and 1' in scarce deep original color, includes red Seal with Crest and Arms, highly unusual, f app
Lot #25 - Great Britain
102 (191) 1884 3d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Imperial Crown, fresh color, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #26 - Great Britain
106 (195) 1883 9d dull green Q Victoria, wmkd Imperial Crown (sideways), perf 14, signed, OG,VLH, F-VF
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