British Africa: Hundreds of Covers many on album pages, highlights include 1824 stampless Cape Town with Crown PO handstamp and "To Pay", Orange River cover "Opened Under Marshal Law", many Transvaal Boor War covers, 20th-Century Zanzibar covers, better South Africa sets to the 10', a wide range of useful material, mostly F-VF, did we say "hundreds of covers"?,
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 #1499 - British Empire Mixed Lots
British Africa Revenue Collection An interesting range on stock sheets of stamps used fiscally and actual Revenue stamps, mixed condition, lots of Rhodesian Coat of Arms, values to the £20, useful lot for the Specialist, F-VF app
Lot #1500 - British Empire Mixed Lots
British Southern Africa and Zanzibar collection in a red stockbook, over 400 stamps, Bechuanaland to the 5', strong Cape of Good Hope triangles including a 1' emerald-green, Natal Q Victorias to the 5', K Edward VII to the £1.10 (plus a £10 uncounted fiscally used), Transvaal to the £1, Zululand to the 4', Zanzibar 1937-67 complete OG, NH, and Postage Dues to the 75¢, a high catalogue value useful lot, F-VF
Lot #1501 - British Empire Mixed Lots
3//J17 (3//D24) 1895-1936 mounted Collection of Zanzibar includes a range of some sets, but mixed mint or used, values to the 10' (plus a few Bechuanaland and a selection of German East Africa to the 3R), some faults but useful,
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