1888-1906 Stamps of Queensland used in Papua, forerunner lot of 7 singles and 1 2½d strip of three stamps, values represented include ½d, 2d, and 2½d, "BNG" bar-oval cancels (Robson Lowe Types C5 and C6), very scarce, fine
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 #1057 - papua new guinea
1-8 var footnoted (9-15, 16a) 1901-05 ½d-2'6d British New Guinea Lakatoi, wmkd Multiple Rosette vertical, perf 14, cplt (8), an exceptionally well centered, hand-picked set!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1058 - papua new guinea
3 (3) 1901 2d black and violet British New Guinea Lakatois on thick paper, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (horizontally), line perf 14, with very rare "Samarai" cds canceled on the first day of issue - 1 Jan 1901!, very well centered, SUPERB
Lot #1059 - papua new guinea
4 var footnoted (4a) 1901-05 2½d black and ultramarine British New Guinea Lakatois on thin paper, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (horizontally), perf 14 (line), a scarce variety, light "Port Moresby" cds, perfectly centered, VF
Lot #1060 - papua new guinea
11-18 (17-24) 1906 ½d-2'6d Lakatois on medium to thick paper, overprinted "Papua." SG Type 3 (large), wmkd Multiple Rosettes, cplt (8) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1061 - papua new guinea
60-73 (93-105, 96b) 1916-31 ½d-10' Lakatois, wmkd Crown over A, perf 14, cplt (14) per Scott, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1062 - papua new guinea
94-109 (130-45) 1932 ½d-£1 recess-printed Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (16), a popular issue, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1063 - papua new guinea
J6 (D1) 1960 6d on 7½d blue Postage Due surcharged SG Type D1 in red, this is a very unusual, perfectly centered example with none of the severe brown gum staining which seriously affects the vast majority of mint copies, one of the choicest examples of this rare stamp in existence!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1064 - papua new guinea
J6 (D1) 1960 6d on 7½d blue Postage Due surcharged SG Type D1 in red, light cds, VF
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