(Z27, Z29) 1884 (Apr 14) ½a blue and 4a blue-green Q Victoria of India, both Die II, tied to fragile cover (with slight faults) by Zanzibar and "B" grid cancels (SG Type Z3) posted to England, with Aden and Cardiff receivers on reverse, scarce early usage,
Auction #130 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #130 - Public Auction
We welcome you to our exciting first Public Auction of 2019
Packed with great material, including a portion of the exceptional Roy Sass specialized Australia collection featuring some amazing assemblages of North West Pacific Islands.
British African “gems” include: Bechuanaland 2d overprint in green; an ancient British Central Africa £25 from 1895; Kenya & Uganda’s 50R – mint with script CA wmk; Uganda typewritten 20¢-100¢ - including some “V. R.”s and many Togo overprints highlighted by a 1M first setting.
British West Indies “nuggets” feature a used “Cotton Reel” from British Guiana 1850 12¢ blue and a Trinidad 1857 (1d) rose-red, mint.
British Asia has a few “pearls” such as a Selangor 1897 $25 postally used plus a Perak #1, used. Ceylon brings an 1860 1/- slate-purple – perf 13x13.
British Europe “shines” with superb Q Victoria Great Britain. Used: an 1878 10/- (Plate 1) and an 1882 £1; mint: an 1867 5/- plus Officials. The “Kings” are also well represented.
British North America “sparkles” with superb Canada QV Jubilees ($3 never hindged!) and an early used Newfoundland 1857 2¢ scarlet-vermilion and a mint 1860 6¢ orange-vermilion.
But the “jewels” of this Public Auction lie in Oceania! Australia features nine mint £2 Kangaroos; rare Postage Dues – including a 1907 4d dull green perf 11. There is a wonderful 1871 Fiji Times Express 9d mint and seven New Zealand “O.P.S.O.”s plus a Papua 1909 6d perf 12½ mint and Samoa 1/- on 1M “G.R.I.” also mint. That said, North West Pacific Islands features all three sets of “S”s (Types a-c) including the elusive 5/- (this took many years to form – I know as I helped Roy build it!), plus the rare £1 – 38 (118), mint.
P.S. if you do not find all you are looking for (! ? !) here, we encourage you to visit our web site (www.ColonialStamps.com) as we have put up the first few million dollars of our retail stock, with more to follow. There is sure to be something of interest, plus “want lists” are always welcome for us to fill from our 50 volumes of stock – mint and used, by Scott and Stanley Gibbons, and all available as “singles”.
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Lot #1147 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2E) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, VARIETY - small second "z" and inverted "q" for "b", scarce, with Zanzibar 14 January 1896 cancel, F-VF
Lot #1148 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), some small second "z" varieties, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1149 - zanzibar
3d (3m) 1895 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, well centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1150 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black (row 7, pos 2), perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1151 - zanzibar
18-20 (23-25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Stanley Gibbons surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt, undercatalogued as SG 24 (Scott 19) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, F-VF
Lot #1152 - zanzibar
19 var (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, scarce and undercatalogued, VARIETY - small second "z", OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1153 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, good color, very well centered, with neat "Zanzibar" date stamp, VF
Lot #1154 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), VARIETY - small second "z", OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1155 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Scott surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - small second "z", lower, fresh, signed "E D" (Diena), OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1156 - zanzibar
22 var footnoted (33D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge SG Type 4 (Scott Type b), scarce and undercatalogued as it only appeared 10 times in the setting of 60, VARIETY - small second "z", OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #1157 - zanzibar
24-25 (35-37) 1898 2½ on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1158 - zanzibar
24C (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), a very rare and undercatalogued stamp (occurring only 10 times in the setting of 60), especially scarce used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1159 - zanzibar
24C var footnoted (36D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), very scarce and undercatalogued used as it only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, small second "z", well centered, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1160 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", very scarce, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1161 - zanzibar
28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 4 (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, signed Roumet OG, HR, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1162 - zanzibar
28A var footnoted (39D) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 4 (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, showing small second "z" variety, perfectly centered, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #1163 - zanzibar
30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - Roman 'I' in '½', with VARIETY - small second "z", scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1164 - zanzibar
30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½ on 2a6p ultramarine Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), VARIETY - Roman "I" in "½", and overprint with small second "z", light cds, VF
Lot #1165 - zanzibar
31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, rare and undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1166 - zanzibar
31 var footnoted (27D) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1167 - zanzibar
32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black or red, cplt (6), a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and almost all were used, undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1168 - zanzibar
38-52 (156-74) 1896 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain issue, wmkd Rosette, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1169 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), this set saw comparatively little use, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1170 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, NH, VF
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