1b (2) 1865 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14 (comb), OG, LH, 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 #997 - sierra leone
5 (3) 1872 6d reddish violet Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 12½ (line), scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #998 - sierra leone
10a (15) 1873 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC upright, perf 12½, rich color, perfectly centered - very rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #999 - sierra leone
16 (21) 1876 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare mint as the majority of the printing was used postally, as such habitually undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1000 - sierra leone
1894 ½d green Q Victoria Postal Stationery card, uprated by an additional ½d green Q Victoria stamp (SG 27), tied by red "B31" cancels, includes black "FREETOWN - B" ("B" sideways) transit, red "Liverpool Ship" marking, sent to Austria, very scarce, VF
Lot #1001 - sierra leone
34-46 (41-53) 1896-97 ½d-£1 Q Victoria Keyplates, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13), 5' is signed Sélcula, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1002 - sierra leone
38 (45) 1901 August 22 letter to U.S.A. franked by 2½d issue of 1896 and tied by very rare "Shengeh" double-circle town cancel, "Freetown" transit and "East Hanover" PA receiver on back, opened at right, fine
Lot #1003 - sierra leone
45 (52) 1896-97 5' green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite rare used (it took me years to find a used example for the great Cooper collection!), undercatalogued, "Freetown"cds, ssigned, XF
Lot #1004 - sierra leone
48-51 (55-58) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 148 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1005 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4) in bottom-right sheet-margin strip, rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1006 - sierra leone
57 (65) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, Sc Type b (SG Type 10), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, quite scarce--only 142 printed, pencil notation of "pos 16" on reverse, signed, unused, F-VF
Lot #1007 - sierra leone
58 (66) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued considering only 284 were printed, many of which were used, signed Diena, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1008 - sierra leone
60 (67) 1897 2½d on 2' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 8 (Scott Type a), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 176 printed, rare and undercatalogued, signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1009 - sierra leone
64-76 + var (73-85) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13) with the 1½d that Scott no longer lists on this watermark, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1010 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, F-VF
Lot #1011 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1012 - sierra leone
1906 1d red Q Victoria Postal Stationery card bearing "BONTHE" Village cds, sent via Freetown to Switzerland, VF
Lot #1013 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1014 - sierra leone
103-19 (112-28) 1912-21 ½d-£1 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1015 - sierra leone
120 (129) 1912 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1016 - sierra leone
121 (130) 1912-21 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1017 - sierra leone
138 (147) 1923 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1560 ptd, top right corner example with two sheet-margins, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1018 - sierra leone
140-52 (155-67) 1932 ½d-£1 K George V "Palms", wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, 12, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1019 - sierra leone
153-65 (168-80) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, an exceptional, hand-picked, perfectly centered set - rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1020 - sierra leone
163 (178) 1933 5' black and purple Wilberforce African Elephant, fresh rich color, rare never hinged, OG,NH, F-VF
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