2 (1) 1860 ½d buff Q Victoria on blued paper, unwmkd, perf 14, a rare and key stamp to all of Malta, seldom seen, signed, 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.
Sale Terms
Lot #685 - Malta
49-64 (69-88, 81a) 1914-21 ¼d-5' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), used, F-VF
Lot #686 - Malta
58 var (80w) 1914-18 6d dull and bright purple K George V, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, unique to date, this being the discovery example from which the SG listing was derived, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, ex-Dunlop, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #687 - Malta
65 (96) 1919 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare (only 1530 issued in error on the wrong watermark paper), the great "key" rarity of Malta, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #688 - Malta
65 (96) 1919 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare (only 1530 issued in error on the wrong watermarked paper), the great "key" rarity of Malta, very rare used, light "Veletta" cds, signed Bloch, F-VF
Lot #689 - Malta
82 (111) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT", wmkd MCA, fresh, scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #690 - Malta
82 (111) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" SG Type 20 in red, wmkd MCA, perf 14, only 3240 printed, bottom sheet-margin example with light double-ring cancel, F-VF
Lot #691 - Malta
85 (105) 1922 10' blue-black Shipwreck of St. Paul with SG Type 20 "SELF-GOVERNMENT" overprint in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, very light double-ring "Malta" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #692 - Malta
93 (121) 1922 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" SG Type 20 in red, scarce and undercatalogued as it was replaced 5 months later by the following issue, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #693 - Malta
114 (140) 1925 £1 black and bright carmine Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA upright, perf 14, quite rare used, undercatalogued, seldom seen, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #694 - Malta
114a (139) 1922 £1 black and carmine-red Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA sideways, light cancel, fine
Lot #695 - Malta
116-29 (143-56) 1926 ¼d-10' Allegories overprinted "POSTAGE", cplt (14), the 2' is especially scarce and undercatalogued used (a few others as well), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #696 - Malta
148-66 (174-92) 1928 ¼d-10' St. Paul "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" overprints, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (19), scarce used, F-VF
Lot #697 - Malta
167-83 (193-209) 1930 ¼d-10' St. Paul inscribed "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" set, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (17), especially scarce used!, F-VF
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