1 (1) 1875 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, well centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
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 #569 - gold coast
1 (1) 1875 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with rare "QUITTAH"" (no code) blue cds, in use only from January to May 1876, very rare!, VF
Lot #570 - gold coast
2 (2) 1875 4d magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #571 - gold coast
3 (3) 1875 6d orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, rare, signed, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #572 - gold coast
4-8 (4-8) 1876-79 ½d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), scarce, ½d and 1d with small faults, OG, HR, fine app
Lot #573 - gold coast
10-11, 13-20 (9, 11-19) 1883-91 ½d-2' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, 10 values less the rare 1883 1d blue, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #574 - gold coast
17 (16) 1888 4d deep mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, tied to registered 2d envelope by blue "554" grid cancel, with matching "Accra C" cds, sent to England, with "Liverpool" receiver on front, the "Accra C" in blue is very rare!, slight cover fold, F-VF
Lot #575 - gold coast
19 (18a) 1888 1' bright mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "Clearing House" (no code) 1897 cds, rare, VF
Lot #576 - gold coast
24 (24) 1889 20' green and red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce as they were withdrawn from sale in April 1893, slightly faded color, a great space-filler for a rare stamp, regummed, F-VF app, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #577 - gold coast
25 (25w) 1894 20' dull mauve and black on red Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, perf 14, lightly canceled, signed, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #578 - gold coast
26-35 (26-34) 1898-1902 ½d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, cplt (10), undercatalogued mint as an unusually large percentage of the top values (5'-10') were postally used, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #579 - gold coast
1900 January 1d carmine Post Card to Germany, tied with scarce "Accra" cds (Proud D12) in use for only a month (2.1.00-2.3.00) and additional scarce box-type killer (KD4) in use from 25.12.98-7.2.01, with red "Paid Liverpool Packet" and black "Ebhausen" receiver, a scarce card combination of two scarce cancellations, VF
Lot #580 - gold coast
48 (48) 1902 20' purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce used, perfectly centered, light "Winnebah" cds, ex-Dunlop, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #581 - gold coast
49-65 (49-68) 1904-13 ½d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17) with both sets, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #582 - gold coast
55 (57) 1906 2'6d green and yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, scarce used high value from the later printing, light "Accra" cds, F-VF
Lot #583 - gold coast
56, 66 (59, 70) 1913 2d red-brown K Edward VII embossed registered letter to BOHEMIA, franked with additional ½d and 1d stamps, tied with "Somanya" cds (Proud no. D2, valued x10), with black registry handstamp, transit and receiver markings on back, a very scarce village usage, F-VF
Lot #584 - gold coast
64 (67) 1911 2'6d black and red on blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and considerably undercatalogued used stamp given what actually appears on the market, seldom seen used, easily 20-30 times more difficult than its mint counterpart, light "Tapoua" village cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #585 - gold coast
65 (68) 1913 5' green and red on yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, issued in 1913 by October of which it had already been replaced by the K George V 5', as such it saw very little postal usage and is hardly ever seen which accounts for its appearance on most advanced serious want lists, tied to piece by "Secoondi" cds, rare, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #586 - gold coast
69-80 (71-84) 1913-21 ½d-20' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #587 - gold coast
73a, 75c, 76a, 77a, 78a, (77e, 79e, 80b, 81a, 82f) 1921 3d-5' K George V, wmkd CA, perf 14, Die II, cplt (5), deceptively scarce and certainly undercatalogued, especially the 2' most of which seem to have been used!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #588 - gold coast
76a (80b) 1921 2' purple and blue on blue K George V Die II, wmkd MCA, a scarce and undervalued stamp (most were used), perfectly centered, scarce, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #589 - gold coast
78a (82f) 1921 5' green and red on pale yellow K George V Die II on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, well centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #590 - gold coast
94-95, 94a (100-102, 100a) 1921-24 15' dull purple and green and £2 green and orange K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, 3 high values with both Dies of the 15', OG, HR, fine
Lot #591 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied by "Accra" registry oval cancel to piece, with Brandon certificate for the strip of three that this is from (the center example), VF
Lot #592 - gold coast
J1 (D1) 1923 ½d black Postage Due, lightly canceled, rare and elusive used, considerably undercatalogued, VF
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