1 (5) 1884 1d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, usual slight paper thin, OG, LH, 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 #626 - madagascar
2 (6) 1884 2d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, hollow stop after "B", sound, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #627 - madagascar
2 (6) 1884 2d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, hollow stop after "B", with red diagonal control line, this has an extraordinary ancient contemporaneous "tag" affixed to the reverse which reads in 6 lines of black manuscript: "First issue wmk roul(etted) on lines 188(4) From the Vice Consul at Antananarivo", OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #628 - madagascar
3 (7) 1884 3d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, hollow stop after "B", with red diagonal control line, sound, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #629 - madagascar
4a (8) 1884 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, 1 oz corrected to 4 oz in manuscript, with red diagonal control line, sound, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #630 - madagascar
4b (8ac) 1884 4d violet B.C.M., "1 oz. POSTAL PACKET.", VARIETY - without handstamp, very rare, slight tone spot, OG, LH, F-VF, with Cérès certificate
Lot #631 - madagascar
5 (1) 1884 6d magenta B.C.M., inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, small corner thin, signed Holcombe, F-VF app, with Cérès certificate
Lot #632 - madagascar
6 (2) 1884 1' magenta B.C.M., inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, SUPERB
Lot #633 - madagascar
8 (4) 1884 2' magenta B.C.M., inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, pos 4 with hollow stop after "B", sound, a few small tone specks, OG,LH, VF
Lot #634 - madagascar
11 (11) 1884 6d rose-red B.C.M. with hollow stop after "B", inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, red diagonal control line, scarce and undercatalogued, SUPERB
Lot #635 - madagascar
12 (8ab) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", violet handstamp, "1 oz." without manuscript amendment, small faults, unused, VF app
Lot #636 - madagascar
14 (12) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #637 - madagascar
16 (14a) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), position 2 or 3, sound, part OG, SUPERB, with APS certificate
Lot #638 - madagascar
16a (28) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #639 - madagascar
18 (16a) 1886 2d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), OG, HR, XF
Lot #640 - madagascar
19a (30) 1886 3d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), sound, brownish toned paper and corner gum stain, unused, fine
Lot #641 - madagascar
20 (39) 1886 4d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type III (stop after value), usual small faults, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #642 - madagascar
22 (32) 1886 6d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), signed, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #643 - madagascar
23a (40) 1886 8d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #644 - madagascar
26 (14) 1886 1d rose, black Vice-Consulate seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #645 - madagascar
33 (33b) 1886 1d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), usual thin spot, unused, F-VF
Lot #646 - madagascar
34 (34b) 1886 1½d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #647 - madagascar
35 (35b) 1886 2d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), pos 2 or 3, unused, F-VF
Lot #648 - madagascar
36 (36b) 1886 3d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #649 - madagascar
37 (43b) 1886 4d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), unused, SUPERB
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