6 (6) 1866 4d deep blue Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, used, fine
Auction #132 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #132 - Public Auction
To all our valued friends and clients in these difficult times, we wish you all continued good health and happiness together we will overcome this current situation.
A bright spot for all of us is by staying home we have an unrivaled opportunity to work on our stamp collections, a happy thought.
Welcome to our 132nd consecutive British Colony Stamp Auction. Enclosed within is an unusually nice range of rare and difficult material.
British Africa: Madagascar includes items from two recent collections we acquired. Nyasaland, the £10 K Edward VII mint. Saint Helena, B1-4 Tristan Relief Set Mint. Sierra Leone, postal fiscals, K George V £5 mint. Togo, includes 80pf second setting etc. Zanzibar #2 mint and strong "2½" provisionals - from the landmark John Griffith-Jones collection (of which we were, by far the largest outright buyers!)
British West Indies: Bahamas #1 used. British Guinea, strong mint perforated "ships" and provisionals. Cayman Islands ½ on 5 shilling double overprint mint, the scarce 2½ on 4d provisional. Falkland Islands largely complete, South Georgia provisional 2½d on 2d mint and used, £1 Tercentennial mint and used. Nevis, the one shilling "laid paper" used (only 17 recorded.)
British Europe: Cyprus rare used 45pi Edward "CA", the £5 mint. Gibraltar, £5 mint. Great Britain, the 10 penny imperf XF OG, unissued 1½d and 8d brown, superb mint £5 orange.
British Asia: Ceylon imperf 4d rose very fine. India, strong mint section of Victorian issues. Jordan, first portion of an important new collection plus later many rarities currently off for certificates. Mesopotamia, the most comprehensive used range of these difficult provisional stamps we have ever been able to offer.
British Australasia: Australia £2 Kangaroos (times 3 mint plus one used!), the key 20 shilling green "slash" postage due mint and hundreds of other rare and desirable key items. New Zealand, mint #2 OG VF (ex the gold medal Joseph Hackmay collection.)
We wish you happy hunting.
Yours,
George and Kevin
Colonial Stamp Co.
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Lot #961 - st. vincent
7 (12) 1869 4d yellow Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, exceptional centering for this difficult issue!, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #962 - st. vincent
15 var (26) 1877 6d pale green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, perf about 15, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #963 - st. vincent
22 (20) 1873 1' lilac-rose Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½ x 15, "A 10" barred-oval cancel, XF
Lot #964 - st. vincent
23 (24) 1877 1' vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½ x15, ex-Gilbert, OG, HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #965 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of which were later overprinted "REVENUE", exceptionally well-centered with nice perforations, fresh color, an altogether CHOICE copy of this difficult stamp (rare, given poorly centered examples are the norm), part OG, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #966 - st. vincent
30 (28) 1880 1d on half of 6d deep blue-green Q Victoria, surcharged locally with SG Type 2, in red, wmkd Small Star sideways, scarce as only 1800 were printed, right half example, OG, LH, VF
Lot #967 - st. vincent
31a (33a) 1881 ½d on half 6d bright green Q Victoria, surcharge SG Type 4, VARIETY - unsevered pair, regummed, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #968 - st. vincent
33 (35) 1881 4d on 1' bright vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, perf 11 to 12½, local surcharge SG Type 6, rare as only 630 surcharged, light "A 10" numeral cancel, VF-S
Lot #969 - st. vincent
37 (43a) 1883 4d grey-blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 12, scarce shade, rich color and a perfectly centered example of this rare stamp! lrg OG, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #970 - st. vincent
46 (41) 1882 4d ultramarine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, exceptionally well centered - rare thus, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #971 - st. vincent
51 (52) 1888 6d violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, while 3300 were issued, 1200 were overprinted "Revenue", leaving only 2100 copies, several times rarer used than mint, as such undercatalogued, used, F-VF
Lot #972 - st. vincent
82-89 (85-93) 1904-11 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #973 - st. vincent
82 (85b) 1904-11 ½d dull purple and green K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially mint, OG, HR, VF
Lot #974 - st. vincent
83 (86a) 1904-11 1d dull purple and carmine K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially mint, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #975 - st. vincent
86 (90b) 1906 1' green and carmine K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially mint, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #976 - st. vincent
89 (93) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, an exceptionally well centered example of what is usually a very poorly centered stamp, fresh and unrubbed, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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