3//300a (3//429) 1895-1964 Comprehensive range of many issues on stock sheets, values to the 30R, largely complete from 1926-64, many OG, NH, condition is somewhat mixed, small faults or toned gum, high catalogue value, a useful collection, 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 #1407 - zanzibar
(Z2) 1865 2a orange Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar with rhomboid of bars cancel (as noted in SG), very rare and undercatalogued, includes a copy of the larger piece that this stamp is from showing the associated SG Type Z1 cancel, ex-Jeremy Lea, fine
Lot #1408 - zanzibar
(Z56a) 1874 2a orange Q Victoria "On H.M.S." Official of India used in Zanzibar with SG Type Z4 cancel, rare and undercatalogued, as the massive Jeremy Lea collection only contained this one example!, F-VF
Lot #1409 - zanzibar
(Z54) 1882-86 1R slate Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar, block of four canceled with SG Type Z5 squared-circle cancel, attractive, fine
Lot #1410 - zanzibar
1895-98 Collection balance on stock pages, overprints to the 5R, strong section of "2½" black and red surcharges, three certificates, ½a + 2a6p cover front, condition is mixed with some forgeries, however an interesting lot for the specialist, F-VF app
Lot #1411 - zanzibar
2 (2) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, light "Zanzibar" cancel, ex-Gibson, signed Székula, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1412 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2D) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, VARIETY - small second "z", unused, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1413 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2E) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, VARIETY - small second "z" and inverted "q" for "b", scarce, with Zanzibar 14 January 1896 cancel, F-VF
Lot #1414 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), several small second "z" varieties, some slight faults, 3R creased, OG, HR, F-VF app
Lot #1415 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), some small second "z" varieties, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1416 - zanzibar
3a (3jD) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar", also with small second "z" raised, row 4, pos 6, slightly stained, part OG, fine
Lot #1417 - zanzibar
3b (3k) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - overprinted "Zanibar" in black (row 7, pos 2), lightly canceled, very scarce, VF, with Rendon certificate
Lot #1418 - zanzibar
3d (3m) 1895 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, well centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1419 - zanzibar
4a, 4 var (4j, 4H) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar" (row 4 pos 6, or row 8, pos 5) in pair with inverted "q" for "b", wmkd Star, perf 14, rare, fine app, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1420 - zanzibar
4b, 4 var (4k, 4D) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" for "Zanzibar" (row 7, pos 2), in pair with normal, fresh and scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1421 - zanzibar
5a var (5j var) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, unlisted VARIETY - "Zanzidar" with inverted "p" for "d" (per Sismondo certificate), signed Sismondo, F-VF, with Sismondo and RPSL certificate
Lot #1422 - zanzibar
5 var (5m) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, VARIETY - diaeresis over last "a" (row 10 pos 5), a very scarce and seldom offered variety, fresh and bright color, OG, HR, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1423 - zanzibar
7a (8j) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanzidar" overprint in black (row 4, pos 6 or row 8, pos 5), wmkd Star, perf 14, rare as this only occurred twice in each setting of 120, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #1424 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black (row 7, pos 2), rare as this only occurred once in the setting of 120, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1425 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1426 - zanzibar
15 var (20 var) 1895-96 3r brown and green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, VARIETY - thick first "a", quite elusive as it was soon corrected, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1427 - zanzibar
17c, 17 var (13k, 13D) 1895-96 6a pale brown Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, pair, one with ERROR - "Zanibar", the other with VARIETY - small second "z", OG,HR, fine, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1428 - zanzibar
18-20 (23-25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Stanley Gibbons surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt, undercatalogued as SG 24 (Scott 19) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, F-VF
Lot #1429 - zanzibar
18 var footnoted (23D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 3 surcharge (Scott Type a), VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, well centered, OG,HR, VF
Lot #1430 - zanzibar
18 var (23I) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - Arabic "2" for "r", OG,VLH, F-VF
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