1-10 (65-74) 1921-22 1¢-5R K George V of East Africa and Uganda, wmkd Script CA, cplt (10), a difficult and undercatalogued set, OG,LH, F-VF
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 #588 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
5 (69) 1921-22 12¢ slate-grey K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, this is among the rarest used 20th-Century East Africa stamps, vastly undercatalogued, well centered, canceled by partial "Londiani" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #589 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
5 (69) 1921-22 12¢ slate-grey K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, this is among the rarest used 20th-Century East Africa stamps, vastly undercatalogued, block of four, with light cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #590 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
9 (73) 1921 3R violet and green K George V of East Africa and Uganda on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, a very rare and undercatalogued used stamp, with genuine "Mombasa" postal (parcel) cancel, ex-Dunlop, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #591 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
18-37 (76-95) 1922-27 1¢-£1 K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (20), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #592 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
31 (89) 1925 2'50¢ brown K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA (sideways), perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, oval "Mombasa" cancel, XF
Lot #593 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
33 (91) 1925 4' grey K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, seldom seen, perfectly applied "Nairobi" cds, SUPERB
Lot #594 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
33 var (91w) 1925 4' grey K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, VARIETY - wmkd Crown to right of CA, light "Nairobi" cds, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #595 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
35 (93) 1925 7'50¢ orange-yellow K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA (sideways), perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Nairobi" cds, SUPERB
Lot #596 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
38 (96) 1925 £2 green and purple K George V, wmkd Script CA sideways, perf 14, scarce, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #597 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
46-59 (110-23) 1935-37 1¢-£1 K George V Pictorials, wmkd MCA, perf 12x13, 14, and 13, cplt (14), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #598 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
47c (111ba) 1937 5¢ black and green K George V, Die II (rope joined to sail), wmkd Script CA, perf 13x12, scarce, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #599 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
66-85 + vars (131-50b) 1938-54 1¢-£1 K George VI Pictorial issue, wmkd Script CA, cplt (42) with all perf types, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #600 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
J6 (D6) 1934 Underfranked Air Mail cover from Great Britain to Kenya, 1d and 6d Great Britain stamps tied by Portsmouth cds, charged 1' Postage Due with boxed "T." handstamp, bearing the all but impossible 1' grey-green of the first Postage Due issue tied by "Daressalaam" cds, from the celebrated Pennycuick collection, VF
Lot #601 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
Barefoot 2a "Kodi" (Poll Tax): 1938 1' purple and vermilion K George VI on chalk-surfaced paper, Script wmk, perf 13, scarce, OG, NH, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
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