5 var listed (5) 1850 12¢ black on blue "Cotton Reel" locally printed imperf, SG Type II (cut round), a great and popular Classic rarity seldom offered at all!, strong margins, double-ring "Demerara" cds, an exceptional example of this iconic and much sought after West Indies rarity, undercatalogued given the global market demand!, VF, with RPSL certificate
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 #232 - british guiana
8 (11) 1853-59 1¢ vermilion Seal of the Colony, original ptg (without line above value), imperf, four margins, light "Berbice" cds, F-VF
Lot #233 - british guiana
23 (41) 1862 1¢ brown Seal of the Colony, perf 12, thin paper, scarce, light cancel, VF
Lot #234 - british guiana
35 var (116c) 1862 1¢ black on rose Royal Gazette Type-set, SG Type 10 (Scott Type A6), with manuscript signature, rouletted 6, ERROR - "1" for "I" in "BRITISH" (row 1, pos 5), rare, cert notes cut or misplaced roulette at lower right, used, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #235 - british guiana
37 (118) 1862 1¢ black Type-set on rose, SG Type 12 (Scott Type A8), with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, light "A 03" cancel, scarce, fine
Lot #236 - british guiana
39 var (120 var) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, Sc Type A7 (SG Type 11), with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, VARIETY - vertical bar to right of "H" (row 3, pos 2), light and attractive numeral "A 03" grid cancel, ex-Nathan, signed, fine
Lot #237 - british guiana
72-80 (126-34) 1876-79 1¢-96¢ Seal of the Colony, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), used, F-VF
Lot #238 - british guiana
72a (136) 1879 1¢ slate Seal of Colony, wmkd CC, Variety - compound perf 14x12½, scarce, SUPERB
Lot #239 - british guiana
82 (137) 1878 (1¢) on 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, provisional overprint with two horizontal bars, rare and undercatalogued used, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #240 - british guiana
87 (146) 1878 (2¢) on 8¢ rose Seal of the Colony overprinted "OFFICIAL", provisional with two horizontal bars and one vertical, seriously undercatalogued, it was missing from the Ferrari collection,unusually well centered, star grid cancel, elusive, VF-S, with BPA certificate
Lot #241 - british guiana
127A (188a) 1888 $4 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged with large "4" (3½mm) Type II (SG Type b), only 188 issued, a significant portion of which were subsequently overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, a notoriously scarce and vastly undercatalogued stamp, seldom seen, perfectly centered, OG, LH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #242 - british guiana
130-47 (193-205, 213-15, 233-238) 1889-1905 1¢-96¢ Seal of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (19) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
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