14-26 (18-30) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria and K Edward VII stamps of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at bottom, cplt (13), scarce as only 1644 were sold of the 3R, OG, HR, 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 #1028 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 var listed (32s-44s) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII overprinted "SPECIMEN", wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), very rarely seen as OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1029 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), OG, LH, VF
Lot #1030 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), many times more rare used than mint and as such quite undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1031 - somaliland protectorate
64-76 (73-85) 1921 ½a-5R K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), while comparatively easy mint the high values are especially scarce used, in practice 20-to-1 in favor of the mint, as such undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1032 - somaliland protectorate
84-95 (93-104) 1938 ½a-5R K George VI (portrait to left), wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), scarce and undercatalogued used as for several years it was not sold in the Colony because of the Italian Occupation, F-VF
Lot #1033 - somaliland protectorate
O1-5 (O1-5) 1903 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprint Officials, cplt (5), only the tiniest fraction of this printing was ever used, the 8a is an especially great used rarity, significantly undercatalogued, high values are toned, fine app
Lot #1034 - somaliland protectorate
O6b (O6a) 1903 ½a green K Edward VII of India overprinted SG Type O2 in Calcutta, prepared for use but not issued, VARIETY - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 7, pos 12 of the upper pane), surprisingly rare and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1035 - somaliland protectorate
O13 (O12) 1904 2a dull and bright purple K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S." SG Type O3, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 960 ptd, the "key" stamp to the Colony, a seriously undercatalogued mint stamp as the vast majority were used!, a very challenging stamp, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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