4 (6) 1863 6d rose Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star, rough perf 14 to 16, well centered, OG,LH, VF
Auction #131 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #131 - Public Auction
We welcome you to our large and exciting Fall Public Auction for 2019
Great Britain includes a mint 4d carmine Q Victoria on bluish, wmkd Small Garter, while the Officials section has a 10d K Edward VII “O.W. Official” of which only 134 were sold! Cyprus has a nice G.B. used in Larnaca – one of 3 known. Egypt has a full set of the Port Fouad overprints and the 1932 U.P.U. set.
Australia features five £2 Kangaroos and quite a few Postage Due rarities. Cook Islands has the very rare 1d imperf between. We have a few “G.R.I.” occupation issues of note. There is a nice, big, New Zealand section and some rare Penrhyn Island items.
Basutoland has a rare key Official (signed T. Allen!). Cameroons has a nice “C.E.F.” used set and a 2/- on 2M with the inverted “s” variety. Cape of Good Hope has a 4d wood-block with the re-touched corner, a Mafeking 3d mint of which few exist. Gold Coast weighs in with at Q Victoria 20/- used (!) and a used K George V £2. We offer 40 large Madagascar Consular Mail stamps – some are ex-Joseph Oster. Mauritius has big section of Express Mail varieties. New Republic has quite a few rare varieties on offer. There are Sierra Leone Elephants to the £5, strong Togo and lots of Zanzibar varieties.
Canada has a nice #1 used with a bottom sheet-margin, a 1¢ Large Queen on laid paper, superb examples of the $3 and $4 Jubilees plus 50¢ K Edward VII. Falklands has a 5/- yellow-orange Penguin that is never hinged!
Barbados shows a rare mint 1/-violet (aniline) Q Victoria and an unsevered pair of the 1d on half of a 5/-
Hong Kong has a $10 K Edward VII used.
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 some more of our retail stock. 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 #656 - Grenada
5a (8) 1863-71 6d dull rose-red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), rough perf 14 to 16, F-VF
Lot #657 - Grenada
5Bc (16) 1878 1d green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), intermediate perf 15, rich fresh color, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #658 - Grenada
7Ac (15) 1875 1d green Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, intermediate perf 15, lightly canceled, very scarce, some perfs clipped, VF app, with RPSL certificate
Lot #659 - Grenada
13 (26) 1881 4d blue Q Victoria overprinted, wmkd Broad-pointed Star, perf 14½, scarce mint, as most were used, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #660 - Grenada
20-26 (30-36) 1883 ½d-1' Q Victoria, inscribed "GRENADA POSTAGE", wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG,LH, XF
Lot #661 - Grenada
29 (39) 1886 1d on 4d orange Q Victoria Revenue stamp with "POSTAGE" surcharge SG Type 14, wmkd Small Star, perf 14, a scarce and undercatalogued stamp!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #662 - Grenada
32 var (41b) 1888-91 4d on 2' orange Q Victoria revenue stamp surcharged SG Type 16, VARIETY - wide space (2¼mm) between "TWO" and "SHILLINGS", light "Grenada" cds, VF
Lot #663 - Grenada
33 (41a) 1888-91 4d on 2' orange Q Victoria revenue stamp, wmkd Small Star, perf 14, surcharged "4d POSTAGE" (SG Type 16), VARIETY - upright "d" (row 5, pos 6), rare as it occurred only once in each pane of 60 (of SG 41), a very difficult stamp, quite undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #664 - Grenada
48-57 (57-66) 1902 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), perfectly centered, choice OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #665 - Grenada
58-67 (67-76) 1904-06 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), quite scarce, seldom seen, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #666 - Grenada
142a (163c) 1943 10' slate-blue and bright carmine K George VI Badge of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 12, narrow (wet) printing, scarce as only 780 were printed, a "key" value, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #667 - Grenada
J4b (D4b) 1892 1d on 6d mauve Q Victoria Postage Due surcharged locally in black SG Type D2, wmkd CA inverted, perf 14, VARIETY - surcharge double, probably only one pane of 60 was surcharged, a scarce and undercatalogued error, all known examples are used, with nice "Grenada 92" cancel, VF
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