101-09 (101-09) 1914 ½d on 3pf-9d on 80pf Kaiser's Yacht surcharge issue overprinted "G.R.I.", a scarce, seldom offered and undercatalogued mint issue as the vast majority were used!, OG,HR, 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!
Lot #1162 - samoa
102a, b var (102a, d, e) 1914 ½d on 5pf green Yacht - the UNIQUE ERROR - double overprint in combination with the ERROR - no fraction bar in ½ and VARIETY - 1 to the left of 2 in "½" (Gibbs 2eb), an exceptional combination and a stellar rarity-considering only 8 double overprints were printed in all, well centered, OG,HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1163 - samoa
107 var (107 var) 1914 5d on 40pf lake and black Yacht overprinted ""G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 13, ERROR - no stop after "I", unwmkd, perf 14, with color photocopy of the Kilian certificate this is from, SUPERB
Lot #1164 - samoa
126 (132 var footnoted) 1925 £2 violet Q Victoria of New Zealand Postal Fiscal overprinted "SAMOA." SG Type 15 in red, on chalk-surfaced De La Rue paper, wmkd NZ and Star sideways, perf 14½x14, comb, formerly listed as SG 133, undercatalogued, rather scarce and seldom seen, vibrant color, OG,VLH, F-VF
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