2a (2) 1853 4d deep blue Cape Triangle on deeply blued paper, Perkins, Bacon printing, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins, lightly canceled, XF
Auction #128 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #128 - Public Auction
Colonial Stamp Company’s Spring Sale
Our 128th Specialized British Empire Public Auction
Emphasis on 1840-1935 issues
Featuring a marvelous early Colonial collection that was seriously built-up over many years by a great private client of ours, from New England. He has an eye for scarce mint 20th-Century popular K Edward VII and K George V high values.
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Great Britain features £1 from Q Victoria, K Edward VII and K George V; there are Gibraltar values to the £5.
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British Central Africa has a £25 mint while Kenya & Uganda has K George V to the £5 and Natal also has a £5. Nyasaland goes to a £10 while Sierra Leone has both £5s. British East Africa ranges to the 50R and there are strong Gold Coast items (to the £2) and 34 different Madagascar lots. Seychelles features a Z52 38¢ on 9d rarity and there is a Stellaland “Twee” error, major Togo items (to the 1M) and strong Zanzibar with 2½d provisional varieties, 200R Sultan’s Palace (never hinged) and more.
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Canada shines with a Jubilee set to the $5, 1¢ Large Queen on laid paper with two Nova Scotia 1/-. There are comprehensive and strong runs of Bahamas and Barbados.
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Falkland Islands features Centenary set and a scarce 5/- shade (never hinged!). St. Helena shows the Tristan Relief set mint (plus used in blocks of 4). Samoa runs to the £5.
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New Zealand has both “Teddy Bear” errors, ARs, OPSOs and more. There are quite a few rare Pacific Islands varieties and some nice Australian ‘Roos.
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Straits Settlements has both K Edward VII $25s and Hong Kong has some nice lots to the $10.
Overall this Auction features a strong selection of popular Colonial sets and high values (many never hinged); A-Z, with many difficult and hard to find lots.
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Lot #433 - cape of good hope
3a (5b) 1855 1d deep rose-red Cape Triangle, white paper, generous margins, lightly canceled with portion of red transit and receiving marks at top, deep color, small thin, VF app, with BPA certificate
Lot #434 - cape of good hope
6 (8) 1858 1' bright yellow-green Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins, Bacon ptg, a comparatively rare and definitely undercatalogued mint stamp, as the largest portion of this printing was used, imperf, full margins, rich color, unused, VF
Lot #435 - cape of good hope
12a (18b) 1863-64 1d deep brown-red Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three full margins, used, VF
Lot #436 - cape of good hope
14 (20) 1864 6d bright mauve Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, de la Rue printing, imperf, massive margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at left), lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #437 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins, rich color, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #438 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #439 - cape of good hope
21 (32) 1874 1d on 6d deep lilac Hope, surcharged (SG Type 7), VARIETY - bar and value close together at T, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #440 - cape of good hope
22 (33) 1876 1d on 1' green Hope seated surcharged SG Type 7, wmkd CC, perf 14, an astonishingly well centered example, which as a rule, is notoriously off center!, as anyone who ever tried to find one can attest, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #441 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, the greatest mint perforated Cape rarity, it was missing from many great Cape collections of the past including General Smuts, Caspary, Isleham, Somas, Maximus, etc., rarely seen and seriously undercatalogued, signed, OG,VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #442 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
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