A25 (Z24) 1876 8d orange Q Victoria of Great Britain used in Cyprus with "942" (Larnaca) cancel, extremely rare (only 3 known examples!), restored perf at top, F-VF app
Auction #131 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #131 - Public Auction
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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”.
Sale Terms
Lot #518 - Cyprus
1 (1) 1880 ½d rose Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 12, light cancel, fine
Lot #519 - Cyprus
2 (2) 1880 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 174, wmkd Crown, perf 14, one of the scarcest plates, used, fine
Lot #520 - Cyprus
4 (4) 1880 4d sage-green Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 16, only 3360 printed, with "975" (Limassol) oval cancel, fine
Lot #521 - Cyprus
6 (6) 1880 1' green Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 13, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, only 1658 were sold (and the balance of 1222 of these overprints was remaindered), scarce, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #522 - Cyprus
8 (7) ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", 18mm surcharge (SG Type 3), Plate 208, used, VF
Lot #523 - Cyprus
9 (8) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", surcharged "HALF-PENNY" 16mm long (SG Type 4), Plate 201, wmkd Large Crown, perf 14, a very scarce and drastically undercatalogued basic stamp that is seldom seen!, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #524 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), F-VF
Lot #525 - Cyprus
15 (15) 1881 6pi olive-grey Q Victoria, Die I, wmkd CC, perf 14, quite rare, but thinned, unused, F-VF app
Lot #526 - Cyprus
16 (23) 1882 ½pi on ½pi green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #527 - Cyprus
17 (24) 1882 30pa on 1pi rose Q Victoria provisional surcharge SG Type 9, wmkd CC, perf 14, with light "Larnaca" FIRST DAY OF ISSUE cds (May 22, 1882), on sale for only 17 days, perfectly centered, scarce, SUPERB
Lot #528 - Cyprus
23a (20) 1882 4pi pale olive green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, Die I, scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #529 - Cyprus
26a (27) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, SG Type 10 surcharge (6mm), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #530 - Cyprus
27 (28) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 10 surcharge (8mm), full and attractive "Nikosia" squared-circle cancel, VF
Lot #531 - Cyprus
27 var (28a) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 10 surcharge (8mm) VARIETY - large "1" at left, light "981" (Paphos) grid cancel, F-VF
Lot #532 - Cyprus
28-37 (40-49) 1894-96 ½pi-45pi Q Victoria Die II, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), including the scarce and undercatalogued used 12pi, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #533 - Cyprus
38-47 (50-59) 1903 ½pi-45pi K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (10), only 2640 printed of the 45pi, only about 200 are believed to have been postally used (per Castle), lightly canceled, VF
Lot #534 - Cyprus
61-71 (74-84) 1912 10pa-45pi K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (11), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #535 - Cyprus
86 (99) 1923 45pi dull purple and ultramarine K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #536 - Cyprus
87 (100) 1923 10' green and red on pale yellow K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally 3017 copies were printed, however a sizeable quantity were remaindered and burned in 1924, scarce, bright fresh rich color, very well centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #537 - Cyprus
88 (101) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally only 1682 were printed, however it is important to note that a sizeable remainder of which were burned in 1924, quite scarce, vivid fresh rich color, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #538 - Cyprus
108 (117) 1924 90pi green and red on yellow K George V, wmkd Script CA, as there seems to have been very little postal usage for this denomination, consequently it is unusually difficult, undercatalogued and seldom seen used, perfectly centered, light registry cancel, SUPERB
Lot #539 - Cyprus
110 (102) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, fresh rich color, extremely well centered, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #540 - Cyprus
114-23 (123-32) 1928 ¾pi-£1 K George V Fiftieth Anniversary set, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), a select, hand-picked and perfectly centered set, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #541 - Cyprus
125-35 (133-43) 1934 ¼pi-45pi K George V pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
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