1a (1) 1859 1d reddish-lake Q Victoria, unwmkd, thick, opaque paper, imperf, two side clear, two sides touching, lightly canceled, rare, VG, with BPA certificate
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 #179 - bahamas
2 (4) 1861 1d lake Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, light "A 05" cancel, signed Stolow, F-VF
Lot #180 - bahamas
2a (3) 1860 1d lake Q Victoria, unwmkd, clean-cut perf 14 to 16, with light "A05" bar cancel, perfectly centered - very rare thus, a "GEM", SUPERB
Lot #181 - bahamas
3 (5) 1861 4d dull rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, nice "A 05" barred oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #182 - bahamas
4 (6) 1861 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, a magnificent perfectly centered example -- very rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #183 - bahamas
4 (6) 1861 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, a remarkable, perfectly centered example with a choice "A 05" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #184 - bahamas
6a (14) 1862 4d dull rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11½, 12 compound with 11, an exceptionally well centered example of this great rarity (the first example we have handled), lovely "A 05" cancel, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #185 - bahamas
10a (19a) 1862 6d lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 13, an exceptionally well centered example, rare thus, light "A05" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #186 - bahamas
13a (28) 1863-77 4d brownish rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC (reversed), perf 12½, OG, LH, VF
Lot #187 - bahamas
13a (28) 1863-77 4d brownish rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC (reversed), perf 12½, rich color, perfectly centered, light "A 05" cancel, scarce in this quality!, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #188 - bahamas
14 var (31x) 1863-75 6d deep violet Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CC reversed, perf 12½, perfectly centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #189 - bahamas
15 (38) 1865 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, a phenomenal perfectly centered example of this otherwise notoriously off-center stamp (a one-in-a-thousand), a major condition rarity!, SUPERB
Lot #190 - bahamas
17 (34) 1863-77 1d scarlet (aniline) Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, vivid rich color, perfectly centered, rare thus!, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #191 - bahamas
18a (35) 1876 4d bright rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, XF
Lot #192 - bahamas
18a var (35w) 1876 4d bright rose Q Victoria, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CC inverted, scarce, perfectly centered, light "A 05" cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #193 - bahamas
18b var (36w) 1863-77 4d dull rose Q Victoria, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CC inverted, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, perhaps the discovery example!, SUPERB
Lot #194 - bahamas
20 (42) 1882 1d scarlet-vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rich color, perfectly centered -- rare thus!, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #195 - bahamas
21 var (43x) 1882 4d rose Q Victoria, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CA reversed, bright color, perfectly centered, light "27" numeral cancel, ex-Dunlop, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #196 - bahamas
26 (45) 1883 4d on 6d deep violet Q Victoria, handstamp provisional surcharge, wmkd CC, perf 12½, OG, VLH, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #197 - bahamas
30 var (54a) 1890 6d mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - malformed "E" in "PENCE" (row 6, pos 6), perfectly centered, lightly canceled, a choice example of this scarce variety, SUPERB
Lot #198 - bahamas
36 var (61y) 1903 3' black and green Queen's Staircase perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CC inverted and reversed, scarce, perfectly centered, lightly "Nassau" cds, SUPERB, with rpsl certificate
Lot #199 - bahamas
37-43 (62-70) 1902 1d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (7), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #200 - bahamas
40 var (66a) 1902-10 6d brown K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - malformed "E" (row 6, pos 6), lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #201 - bahamas
42 (69) 1902-10 5' dull purple and blue K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, very well centered, choice and complete "NASSAU" cds, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #202 - bahamas
43 (70) 1902 £1 green and black K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF
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