8 (8) 1857 8d scarlet-vermilion Heraldic Flowers on thick paper with mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins, lightly canceled, XF
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 #268 - canada / newfoundland
12 (12) 1860 4d orange-vermilion Heraldic Flowers on medium paper without mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, rich color, unused, VF
Lot #269 - canada / newfoundland
21 (21) 1862-64 6½d rose-lake Heraldic Flowers on hand-made paper without mesh, imperf, four large margins (wing-margin at right!), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #270 - canada / newfoundland
59 (54) 1887 10¢ black Atlantic Brigantine, perf 12, a remarkable, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, example, SUPERB
Lot #271 - canada / newfoundland
61-74 (66-79) 1897 1¢-60¢ 400th Anniversary of Discovery issue, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (14), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #272 - canada / newfoundland
73 (78) 1897 35¢ red Iceberg off St. John's Anniversary issue, unwmkd, perf 12, a fabulous, perfectly centered "jumbo" margined example!, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #273 - canada / newfoundland
85 "a" var (90 var) 1899 5¢ blue K George V when Dule of York, unrecorded ERROR - imperf, four large margins, OG, HR, VF
Lot #274 - canada / newfoundland
87-97, 92A (95-105, 100a) 1910 1¢-15¢ lithographed Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (12) with types of the 6¢ ("z" both normal and reversed), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #275 - canada / newfoundland
98-103 (111-16) 1911 6¢-15¢ engraved Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (6), a choice, hand-picked, perfectly centered set, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #276 - canada / newfoundland
104-14, 104b, 105b (117-27, 117a, 118a) 1911 1¢-15¢ K George V Coronation, perf 13½x14 (comb) or 14 (line), cplt (13) with both shades of the low values, F-VF
Lot #277 - canada / newfoundland
128 (145) 1920 3¢ on 15¢ bright scarlet Grey Seals surcharged, bars 10½mm apart, SG Type A (Scott Type I), only 2975 surcharged, undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #278 - canada / newfoundland
C2a (143a) 1919 $1 on 15¢ bright scarlet Grey Seals surcharged "Trans-Atlantic \ AIR POST \ 1919. \ ONE DOLLAR.", VARIETY - no comma after "AIR POST", only 2800 printed, very lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #279 - canada / newfoundland
C3 (148a) 1921 35¢ red Iceberg with Halifax Air Mail overprint, VARIETY - no stop after "1921", wide 2¾mm spacing, 5560 printed, tied to cover with in period cds (11/26/21) from St. John's to Mass., with Halifax receiver on reverse, XF
Lot #280 - canada / newfoundland
C12 (221) 1932 $1.50 on $1 deep blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail surcharged SG Type 119 in red, 8000 issued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, XF
Lot #281 - canada / newfoundland
C13-17 (230-34) 1933 5¢-75¢ Air Post, cplt (5) in blocks of four, 72¢ with sheet-margin,, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #282 - canada / newfoundland
C18 (235) 1933 $4.50 on 75¢ yellow-brown Labrador surcharged Gen. Balbo Air Mail SG Type 129 in black, wmkd Coat of Arms, perf 14, OG, NH, SUPERB
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