1 var (1 var) 1874 1d lilac-mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "CANCELLED" overprint, straight-edge and shortish perfs, very rare, part OG, fine
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 #768 - lagos
5 (6) 1874 6d blue-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "Lagos B" cds VARIETY - "B" inverted, only occurred in January 1875, rare, small faults, F-VF app
Lot #769 - lagos
6 (8a) 1875 1' orange Q Victoria with value 16½mm long, wmkd CC, perf 12½, OG, LH, XF
Lot #770 - lagos
12 (16) 1879 1' orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, value 16½mm long, rare mint as the majority were postally used, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #771 - lagos
13 (21) 1885 ½d dull green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "BAOGAY - B" village cds, scarce, VF
Lot #772 - lagos
15 (22) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with very rare example of the small village "EPE" cds, few exist!, F-VF
Lot #773 - lagos
15 var (22w) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, perf 14, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #774 - lagos
33 (27) 1886 2'6d olive-black Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 900 issued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #775 - lagos
34 (39) 1887-1902 2'6d green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, undercatalogued, rich color, used, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #776 - lagos
35 (28) 1886 5' blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 600 were issued, small hinge thin, OG, LH, F-VF app, with RPSL certificate
Lot #777 - lagos
37 (29) 1886 10' purple-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, the rare key value as only 420 were issued, well centered, used, F-VF
Lot #778 - lagos
38 (41) 1887 10' green and brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, a difficult, seldom used stamp which resulted in a huge mint remainder, undercatalogued as one encounters 50 mint examples against 1 used, light barred oval cancel, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #779 - lagos
40-49 (44-53) 1904 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), only 720 issued of high value, the scarce first K Edward VII issue (on sale for only 9 months), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #780 - lagos
49 (53) 1904 10' green and brown K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 720 issued, one of the greatest USED rarities of this Colony, as it was issued in November of 1904 and replaced less than a month later by the MCA wmk, easily 20 or 30-to-1 in favor of the mint, significantly undercatalogued, seldom ever offered, light "Lagos" cds, ex-"Nashville", VF
Lot #781 - lagos
50-59 (54-63) 1904-05 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), very rare used as the high values in actuality are 10-20 times more difficult used than their relatively common mint counterparts, and as such significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #782 - lagos
50a-59a (54a, 55a, 56a, 57, 58a, 59a, 60a, 61a, 62a, 63a) 1905-06 ½d-10' K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #783 - lagos
58a (62a) 1906 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued used, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
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