33-34, 38-39, 53 (H4-5, H12-13, H19) 1916 Registered cover to Switzerland bearing ½d on 3pf, 1d on 5 pf, 20-25pf (first {wide} setting), 30pf second setting, tied by "Lome" cds, with "London" and "Basel" receiver cancels on reverse, signed Richter, 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 #1364 - togo
34 (H13) 1914 1d on 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, first (wide) setting overprint SG Type 1 and surcharged SG Type 2, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, fresh, nice centering, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1365 - togo
34a (H13a) 1914 1d on 5pf green Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" and surcharged, first (wide) setting, VARIETY - thin "y" in "penny", only 98 issued, tied by "LOME 1.10.14" first day of issue cds to piece, signed Bloch, VF
Lot #1366 - togo
36 (H2) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting of SG Type T1, only 1200 overprinted, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1367 - togo
41 (H7) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1368 - togo
41 (H7) 1914 40pf black and carmine Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, tied by "Station Palime" cds to cover, sent to "Lome" (with receiving backstamp), only 550 overprinted, one of the very few known commercial usages, very scarce, VF
Lot #1369 - togo
43 (H9) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Yacht, first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, fresh, very scarce, signed by Diena and Bloch, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1370 - togo
44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, quite rare and undercatalogued, signed Bothe and Kilian, F-VF
Lot #1371 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Angle-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, most of which were used, per Gibbs only 2 or 3 known unused of the 25 printed, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1372 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Angle-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, light "Lome" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1373 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1374 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 50 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, ex-Gibbs, with "Lome" cds, XF
Lot #1375 - togo
54 (H20) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, per Gibbs only 25-30 examples printed, only 2 or 3 mint examples are known (one of which is in our reference collection), as such astronomically undercatalogued, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1376 - togo
66 var footnoted (H34f) 1915 ½d green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 150 printed), undercatalogued, unusually full perfs as most were damaged when the P.O. removed them from the sheets, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1377 - togo
66 var-78 var footnoted (H34a-46a, H38ga) 1915 ½d-20' K George V stamps of Gold Coast overprinted locally with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", all with small "F" in "FRENCH", cplt (13), bright colors, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1378 - togo
67b (H35h) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - overprint inverted, only 240 printed, very scarce, fresh, signed by Holcombe, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1379 - togo
67 var footnoted (H35f) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 40 printed), bottom-margin single, undercatalogued, OG,HR, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1380 - togo
68 var footnoted (H36f) 1915 2d grey K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 60 printed), undercatalogued, with photocopy of Rendon certificate for the set from which this stamp is from, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1381 - togo
69 var footnoted (H37c) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted (row 1, pos 5), exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, perfectly centered, OG,LH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1382 - togo
69 var footnoted (H37f) 1915 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare, only 50 printed, much undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1383 - togo
71 var footnoted (H40f) 1915 6d dull and bright purple K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 42 printed), in left-hand sheet margin (interpanneau) strip of three with two normals, a marvelous specialist piece, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1384 - togo
72 var footnoted (H41f) 1915 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 82 printed), undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1385 - togo
74 var footnoted (H43c) 1915 2'6d black and red on blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - hyphen omitted after "ANGLO" (row 1, pos 5), scarce and undercatalogued, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1386 - togo
75 var footnoted (H45a) 1915 10' green and red on green K George V of Gold Coast overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" locally, VARIETY - small "F" in "French", very rare used, tied by "LOME" cds to piece, signed Bister F-VF
Lot #1387 - togo
76 var footnoted (H46a) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - small "F" in "FRENCH", lightly canceled, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, so it is quite rare used!, VF, with RPSL certificate
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