2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, horizontal pair, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, missing from most collections as a single stamp, fresh and extremely well centered for the issue, OG,HR, XF
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 #1138 - penrhyn island
2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott No. 3), a scarce stamp missing from most collections, fresh bright color, OG,LH, VF-S, with BPA certificate
Lot #1139 - penrhyn island
2b (6) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11x14, (formerly Scott no. 4), a seldom seen stamp missing from most collections, fresh bright color and particularly nice centering, OG,HR, XF
Lot #1140 - penrhyn island
2b (6) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11x14, horizontal pair, (formerly Scott no. 4) a rare stamp in a multiple with less than 10 recorded, missing from most collections as a single stamp, fresh with traces of overprint ink offset on reverse, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1141 - penrhyn island
2b var (8) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand with brown surcharge, VARIETY - mixed perfs, slight perf tip toning and a small violet surface mark, a wonderfully centered copy of this notoriously off-centered variety, this variety is missing from most Dependencies collections, OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1142 - penrhyn island
6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of new Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, horizontal pair,VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printed, a rarely seen pair with all four horizontal rows of perfs (2 at perf 14 + 2 at perf 11) intact, fresh bright color, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1143 - penrhyn island
6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of new Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, vertical pair, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printed, a rarely seen pair with all six horizontal rows of perfs (3 at perf 14 + 3 at perf 11) intact, fresh bright color, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1144 - penrhyn island
16 (23) 1914 1' vermilion K Edward VII of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." (SG Type 4) at top and surcharged SG Type 7 at foot, block of four, bottom pair is OG, NH, scarce multiple, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1145 - penrhyn island
21 var, 21 (24ab, 24a) 1920 2½d blue K George V recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLANDS" in red, ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND", bottom center stamp in a block of six (rows 9-10, pos 7-9), error stamp is NH with top-left and right stamps in block LH, XF
Lot #1146 - penrhyn island
21 var-24 var (24b-27b) 1918-20 2½d-6d K George V of New Zealand, recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh bright colors, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1147 - penrhyn island
21 var-24 var (24b-27b) 1918-20 2½d-6d K George V of New Zealand, recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", compound perf vertical pairs in blocks of four (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh bright colors, OG, NH, XF
Lot #1148 - penrhyn island
23 var, 23 (26ab, 26a) 1918 6d carmine K George V recess printing horiz strip of three, ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND" on middle stamp (only 97 of this variety were printed, row 10, pos 7-9), a fresh example of an undercatalogued stamp, error is OG, HR, others are OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1149 - penrhyn island
24 var, 24 (27ab, 27a) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", pair with left stamp VARIETY - no stop after "ISLAND", only 49 printed of this variety, a nice fresh example of a very rare and seriously undercatalogued variety, OG,HR, XF
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