1a (1) 1859 6d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, with left wing-margin, OG, LH, 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 #1173 - sierra leone
1a var (1 var footnoted) 1859 6d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, imperf proof, four margins (wing at right to close at bottom), in the 19th-Century Scott considered this to be #1, rare, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1174 - sierra leone
9 (9) 1872 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC sideways, perf 12½, a choice, perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1175 - sierra leone
10 (10) 1872 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC sideways, perf 12½, scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1176 - sierra leone
16 (21) 1876 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare mint as the majority of the printing was used postally, as such habitually undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1177 - sierra leone
32 (38) 1893 ½d on 1½d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 3 local "HALF PENNY" surcharge, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1178 - sierra leone
45 (52) 1896-97 5' green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite scarce used, undercatalogued, light cds, F-VF
Lot #1179 - sierra leone
48-51 (55-58) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, cplt set of the four surcharges types Sc Types a-d (SG Types 8, 10-12), rare (only 296 and 148 ptd of SG 57 and 58, respectively), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1180 - sierra leone
49, 49, 50 (56, 56, 57) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, horizontal strip of three on piece, with two Sc Type b (SG Type 10), and one Sc Type c (SG Type 11 - 296 ptd), fresh, well centered, with light cds, VF
Lot #1181 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1182 - sierra leone
54 (61) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty overprinted SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), only 392 printed, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1183 - sierra leone
55 (62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, Sc Type d (SG Type 12), only 196 printed, very scarce, fresh with rich color, a "GEM", OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1184 - sierra leone
58 (66) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, Sc Type c (SG Type 11), rare and undercatalogued considering only 284 were printed, fresh, scarce, OG,VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1185 - sierra leone
64-76 + var (73-85) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13) per Stanley Gibbons, a hand-picked set which is remarkably well centered throughout - it must have taken years to assemble!, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1186 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, choice, light, upright "Freetown" cds, F-VF
Lot #1187 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1188 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), 5' tied to piece, F-VF
Lot #1189 - sierra leone
163 (178) 1933 5' black and purple Wilberforce African Elephant, fresh rich color, rare never hinged, OG,NH, F-VF
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