4h (20) 1855-58 2d blue on grey Q Victoria "Post Paid", worn impression, scarce, imperf, four margins (two large), with central 5-ring target cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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”.
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Lot #898 - Mauritius
5f (24) 1859 1d red-brown Q Victoria "Post Paid" on grey or bluish paper, later impression, imperf, four margins, bold "Inland" cancel, VF
Lot #899 - Mauritius
6g (25) 1855-58 2d grey-blue Q Victoria "Post Paid" latest impression on bluish paper, imperf, four margins, perfectly applied numeral "1" two-ring target cancel, F-VF
Lot #900 - Mauritius
9 (27) 1858 (4d) green Britannia on bluish paper, imperf, four margins, neatly canceled, F-VF
Lot #901 - Mauritius
11 (29) 1859 (9d) dull magenta Britannia, imperf, three full margins (just barely touching at top), bright color, tiny thin, unused, fine
Lot #902 - Mauritius
11a (29a) 1862 (1d) magenta Britannia, (9d) reissued as (1d) value, used with "B53" cancel, imperf, four margins, F-VF
Lot #903 - Mauritius
14Bc (38) 1859 2d blue on bluish Q Victoria (Lapirot engraving), intermediate impression (July), imperf, four margins, light barred-oval cancel, fine
Lot #904 - Mauritius
16b (41a) red Q Victoria, Dardenne lithograph on white paper, imperf, full margins, used, F-VF
Lot #905 - Mauritius
17 (44) 1859 2d pale blue Q Victoria, Dardenne lithograph on white laid paper, imperf, four full margins, light cancel, VF
Lot #906 - Mauritius
19 (34) 1859 1' vermilion Britannia, imperf, four margins, bright color, rare, unused, VF, with Rendon certificate
Lot #907 - Mauritius
23 (55) 1862 1' deep green Q Victoria, unwmkd, intermediate perf 14 to 16, vivid rich deep color, "B 53" grid cancel, F-VF
Lot #908 - Mauritius
24-31 (46-53) 1860-63 1d-1' Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (8), scarce, F-VF
Lot #909 - Mauritius
27 (49) 1862 6d green Q Victoria Plate Proof, unwmkd, imperf, four nice margins, unu iss, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #910 - Mauritius
29 (51) 1860-63 9d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, with very scarce numeral "16" in circles (Jaffe's census recorded only 17 examples), small thin spot, rare, F-VF app
Lot #911 - Mauritius
30 (52) 1862 1' buff Q Victoria Plate Proof, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, unu iss, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #912 - Mauritius
31 (53) 1863 1' green Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, with choice strike of numeral "4" in two circles, rare (Jaffe only recorded 14 examples), SUPERB
Lot #913 - Mauritius
36 (63) 1863 6d dull violet Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, perfectly centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #914 - Mauritius
38 (66) 1872 9d yellow-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, exceptionally difficult and undercatalogued, considering how seldom a used example is met with, well centered, numeral "B 53" cancel, very rare, VF
Lot #915 - Mauritius
39 (68) 1864 1' yellow Q Victoria, wmk CC, perf 14 OG,LH, VF
Lot #916 - Mauritius
46 (77) 1876 ½d on 10d maroon Q Victoria, locally surcharged, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used, per Ibbotson it was only in use from the end of January until April (3 months!), with "B53" grid cancel, F-VF
Lot #917 - Mauritius
59-67 (92-100) 1879-80 2¢-2.50R Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), 13¢ and 38¢ are especially difficult, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #918 - Mauritius
59-67 (92-100) 1879-80 2¢-2.50R Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), 13¢ and 38¢ are very rare and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #919 - Mauritius
62 (95) 1880 13¢ slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, horizontal left wing-margin pair, rare and considerably undercatalogued used even as a single!, the only used multiple we have encountered, light "B 53" cancel, VF
Lot #920 - Mauritius
62 (95) 1880 13¢ slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and seldom seen used, as such, undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #921 - Mauritius
65 (98) 1880 38¢ bright purple Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a scarce and much underrated key value, very few of this denomination were ever used, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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