25a (21b) 1899 ½d on 1d blue Queen Makea Takau surcharged "ONE \ HALF \ PENNY", ERROR - surcharge double, only 30 of this variety were printed, with about 15 examples used, a very rare and undercatalogued error, F-VF, with BPA certificate
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 #495 - cook islands
26 (22) 1901 1d brown Queen Makea Takau with Crown overprint in black, only 2400 were overprinted, block of four, most examples are without gum and off-center, fresh, a well centered block with gum, OG,HR, XF
Lot #496 - cook islands
53b-57b, 59b-60b (48b, 49b, 50d, 51b, 52b, 54b, 55b) 1919 2½d-1' K George V stamps of New Zealand surcharged (SG Type 8), cplt (7), in blocks of four, each block contains two compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), unusual in multiples, fresh, bright colors, OG,HR, VF
Lot #497 - cook islands
53b-57b, 59b-60b (48b-49b, 50d, 51b-52b, 54b-55b) 1919 K George V of New Zealand overprinted "RAROTONGA" and surcharged, VARIETY - compound perf vertical pairs, cplt (7), elusive, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #498 - cook islands
103-07 var (122-23b) 1940-44 2'6d-£3 Coat of Arms of New Zealand Postal Fiscal stamps overprinted "COOK ISLANDS." overprinted SG Type 19 in red or black on thin, hard, chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, wmkd NZ and Star "single", perf 14, cplt (4), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #499 - cook islands
104 var (123) 1936-44 5' green Postal Fiscal Coat of Arms of New Zealand overprinted SG Type 19, wmkd NZ and Star, thin, hard chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #500 - cook islands
107 var (123b) 1936-44 £3 green Postal Fiscal Coat of Arms of New Zealand overprinted "COOK ISLANDS." SG Type 19 in red, wmkd NZ and Star, thin, hard chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, perfectly centered, fresh, choice and scarce, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #501 - cook islands
192-94 (219-21) 1967 $2 on £1-$10 on £5 New Zealand Postal Fiscal surcharges, overprinted "COOK ISLANDS." in black or red, cplt (3), fresh and well centered without the usual toning, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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