65 (140) 1897 $5 olive-green Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 15,500 ptd, rich original color, fresh and perfectly centered with huge even margins, a real gem!, OG,LH, SUPERB, 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 #302 - Canada
66-73 (141//149) 1897-98 ½¢-10¢ Q Victoria Maple Leaves, perf 12, cplt (8), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #303 - Canada
67 (143) 1897 1¢ blue-green Q Victoria Maple Leaves, perf 12, an incomparable mint example, fresh in all respects, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #304 - Canada
73 (149) 1898 10¢ brownish purple Q Victoria Maple Leaves, unwmkd, perf 12, a phenomenal, massive-margined and centered example!, a gem, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #305 - Canada
74-84 (150//165) 1898-1902 ½¢-20¢ Q Victoria numerals, perf 12, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #306 - Canada
89-95 (173//187) 1903-12 1¢-50¢ K Edward VII, perf 12, cplt (7), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #307 - Canada
92 (180) 1903 7¢ yellow-olive K Edward VII, perf 12, an absolutely superb example of this difficult issue, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #308 - Canada
93 (182) 1903 10¢ brown-lilac K Edward VII, perf 12, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with V. G. Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #309 - Canada
95 (187) 1908 50¢ deep violet K Edward VII, perf 12, deep bright color, large margins, exceptional centering, a "gem"!, OG,LH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #310 - Canada
96-103 (188-95) 1908 ½¢-20¢ Quebec Tercentenary, perf 12, cplt (8), OG, HR, fine
Lot #311 - Canada
97 (189) 1908 1¢ blue-green Cartier and Champlain Quebec Tercentenary issue, unwmkd, perf 12, huge perfectly centered jumbo margins, vivid color, a gem, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #312 - Canada
103 (195) 1908 20¢ dull brown Cartier's Arrival Quebec Tercentenary Issue, perf 12 on wove paper, a phenominal, perfectly centered, "jumbo margin" example, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #313 - Canada
103 (195) 1908 20¢ dull brown Cartier's Arrival Quebec Tercentenary Issue, perf 12 on wove paper, remarkably well centered, light and centered cds, among the choicest used examples in existence!, SUPERB
Lot #314 - Canada
104-22 (196//215, 246-55) 1911-25 1¢-$1 K George V Admirals, perf 12, cplt per Scott (18), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #315 - Canada
F3a (R8) 1875 8¢ bright blue Registration stamp on unwmkd white wove paper, perf 12, the rare shade, exceptionally well centered, used, SUPERB
Lot #316 - cape of good hope
3a (5b) 1855 1d deep rose-red Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins Bacon ptg, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three full margins, light cancel, VF
Lot #317 - cape of good hope
6 (8) 1858 1' bright yellow-green Cape Triangle, white paper, a comparatively rare and definitely undercatalogued mint stamp, as the largest portion of this printing was postally used, imperf, three full even margins, scarce mint as the vast majority of the "yellow-greens" were used postally, vivid color, part OG, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #318 - cape of good hope
6a (8b) 1859 1' deep dark green Cape Triangle on white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins, Bacon ptg, imperf, three full margins, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #319 - cape of good hope
7a (13a) 1861 1d carmine Wood-block on laid paper, imperf, full margin (at bottom) to close, lightly canceled, fine
Lot #320 - cape of good hope
9a var (14b) 1861 4d pale bright blue Wood-block on laid paper, imperf, hugh to clear margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #321 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, a marvelous large margined example, used, SUPERB
Lot #322 - cape of good hope
20 (27) 1869 domestic cover franked with 4d on 6d surcharge issue tied to cover from "Graham's Town" to "Port Elizabeth" with light numeral cancel and appropriate backstamps, some flap damage, scarce usage, VF app
Lot #323 - cape of good hope
21 (32) 1874 1d on 6d deep lilac Hope surcharged in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce mint as the majority of this provisional printing was used postally, lrg OG, fine
Lot #324 - cape of good hope
25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #325 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, the greatest mint perforated Cape rarity, it was missing from many great Cape collections of the past including General Smuts, Caspary, Isleham, Somas, Maximus, etc., rarely seen and seriously undercatalogued, regummed, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
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