2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott no. 3) a stamp missing from most collections, rarely found this well centered, fresh bright color, OG,HR, SUPERB
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 #876 - penrhyn island
2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, this block of four is the largest multiple known, missing from most collections as a single stamp, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #877 - penrhyn island
21 var-24 var (24b-27b) 1918-20 2½d-6d K George V of New Zealand, recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh bright colors, OG,LH, VF
Lot #878 - penrhyn island
21 var-24 var (24b-27b) 1918-20 2½d-6d K George V of New Zealand, recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", compound perf vertical pairs in blocks of four (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh bright colors, OG, NH, XF
Lot #879 - penrhyn island
21 var, 21 (24ab, 24a) 1920 2½d blue K George V of New Zealand recess printing overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND" in red, ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND", in a bottom marginal block of four, with lower right stamp displaying the variety, fresh, OG,NH, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #880 - penrhyn island
23 var, 23 (26ab, 26) 1918 6d carmine K George V of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." SG Type 4, perf 14x14½, VARIETY - no stop after "ISLAND" (row 10, pos 8), in horizontal pair with normal, OG, HR, fine
Lot #881 - penrhyn island
24 var, 24 (27ab, 27a) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", pair with left stamp VARIETY - no stop after "ISLAND", only 49 printed of this variety, a nice fresh example of a very rare and seriously undercatalogued variety, OG,HR, XF
Lot #882 - penrhyn island
25a (32 var footnoted) 1920 ½d black and emerald Capt. Cook landing ERROR - inverted center, unwmkd, perf 14, fresh and bright color, signed, OG, NH, F-VF, with Behr certificate
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