19 (35) 1854 2' dull bluish green on pale yellow Q Victoria, imperf, pair and a single, mostly full margins, tied by "1 V" grid cancel to large piece also bearing Melbourne Crown Victoria oval cancel, F-VF
Auction #127 - Public Auction
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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 #127 - australia / victoria
206 (407) 1905 £1 rose K Edward VII, wmkd V over Crown (sideways), perf 11, rich color, very well centered, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #128 - australia / victoria
230a (431a) 1910 £1 dull rose K Edward VII, wmkd V over Crown, perf 12½, fresh, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #129 - australia / victoria
230 var (444) 1907 £1 salmon K Edward VII, wmkd V over Crown, perf 11, fresh, perfectly centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #130 - australia / victoria
231 var (445) 1907 £2 dull blue K Edward VII, wmkd Crown and Double-lined A, perf 11, tiny thin, OG,LH, F-VF app
Lot #131 - australia / victoria
B1-2 (353-54) 1897 1d-2½d (1'-2'6d) Hospital Charity Fund Semi-Postal, wmkd V over Crown (sideways), perf 12½, cplt (2), with matching "Melbourne" cds--canceled on the first day of issue (22 Oct.)! scarce thus, VF-S
Lot #132 - australia / victoria
B2 (354) 1897 2½d (2'6d) red-brown Hospital Charity Fund Semi-Postal, wmkd V over Crown (sideways), perf 12½, canceled with "Crowlands" cds dated Oct 19, 1897 pre-dating the first day of issue by 3 days, rare thus, VF
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