33 (52) 1872 (1d) blue Britannia, wmkd Small Star, clean-cut perf 14½ to 15½, a scarce mint stamp, OG, LH, VF
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 #203 - barbados
38 (63) 1873 3d brown-purple Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 14, extremely well centered given that the vast majority are grotesquely off-center, fresh color, exceptional!, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #204 - barbados
38 (63) 1873 3d brown-purple Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 14, an exceptional, perfectly centered example, normally atrociously off-center, light cds, a real condition rarity - easily a one-in-hundred example! SUPERB
Lot #205 - barbados
39 (58) 1873 (½d) green Britannia, wmkd Large Star, clean-cut perf 14½ to 15½, scarce mint, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #206 - barbados
40 (59) 1873 (4d) dull rose-red Britannia, wmkd Large Star, clean-cut perf 14½ to 15½, an unusually fine example of this difficult stamp, with a "socked-on-the-nose" "Barbados" cds, VF
Lot #207 - barbados
43 (64) 1873 5' dull rose Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, rich color, signed, OG, LH, fine, with Diena certificate
Lot #208 - barbados
43 (64) 1873 5' dull rose Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, perfectly centered (scarce for this issue--notoriously off-center), light "boot-heel"cancel, XF
Lot #209 - barbados
47 (68) 1875 4d deep red Britannia, wmkd CC, perf 12½, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #210 - barbados
49 (71) 1875 1' violet (aniline) Britannia, wmkd CC (sideways), perf 12½, rare, a remarkably well centered example -- scarce thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #211 - barbados
54 (78) 1881 4d crimson-lake Britannia, wmkd CC, perf 14, rare and seldom offered, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #212 - barbados
55 (79) 1876 6d chrome-yellow Britannia, wmkd CC, perf 14, deep rich fresh color, ex-Grunfeld, OG, HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #213 - barbados
56a (82) 1877 1' violet (aniline) Britannia, wmkd CC (sideways), perf 14, a great rarity, seldom offered, significantly undercatalogued, OG, LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #214 - barbados
57 (86) 1878 1d on half of 5' dull rose Britannia, with value tablet removed before issue, surcharged large numeral "1", 7mm high with curved serif and large letter "D", 2¾mm high (SG Type 3a), lightly canceled, VF
Lot #215 - barbados
58 (87) 1878 1d on half of 5' dull rose Britannia with value tablet removed before surcharge, SG Type 3b 7mm straight serif provisional surcharge, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, scarce, light "Barbados" cds, F-VF
Lot #216 - barbados
60-68, 62a, 65a (89-103, 94, 98) 1882-86 ½d-5' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (12) with 2 additional shades and an extra 6d, the 5' comes with a Philatelic Foundation certificate, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #217 - barbados
70-80 (105-15) 1892-1903 ¼d-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #218 - barbados
70-80 (105-15) 1892-1903 ¼d-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), several values are quite scarce and undercatalogued used, especially the 8d and 2'6d, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #219 - barbados
81-89 (116-24) 1897 1f-2'6d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), 2½d with gum crease, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #220 - barbados
81a-89a (125-33) 1897 1f-2'6d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, paper blued, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), remarkably rare and vastly undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF
Lot #221 - barbados
90-101 (135-44, 163-169) 1904-10 1f-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd MCA, cplt (12), 2'6d with gum crease, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #222 - barbados
90-101 (135-44, 163-169) 1904-10 1f-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd MCA, cplt (12), featuring the very rare 8d, difficult to assemble used set, seriously undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #223 - barbados
116-26 (170-80) 1912 ¼d-3' K George V Badge of the Colony, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #224 - barbados
139a (200a) 1920 3' green and bright violet Seal of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce later printing, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #225 - barbados
B1e (153c) 1907 1d on 2d slate-black and orange Seal of the Colony surcharged "Kingston Relief Fund. 1d." SG Type 10, ERROR - surcharge double, both inverted, in red, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #226 - barbuda
1-11 (1-11) 1922 ½d-5' K George V definitives of Leeward Islands overprinted "BARBUDA", cplt (11), OG, NH, F-VF
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