9 (27) 1858 (4d) green Britannia on bluish paper, imperf, four margins (close at top-right), lightly canceled, 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 #699 - Mauritius
11a (29a) 1862 (1d) magenta Britannia, (9d) reissued as (1d) value, used with "B53" cancel, imperf, four even to close margins, fine
Lot #700 - Mauritius
19 (34) 1859-61 1' vermilion Britannia, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, rich color, scarce, OG, VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #701 - Mauritius
22-23 (54-55) 1862 6d-1' Q Victoria recess printing, unwmkd, intermediate perf 14 to 16, used, fine
Lot #702 - Mauritius
38 (66) 1872 9d yellow-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, exceptionally difficult and undercatalogued, considering how seldom a used example is met with, light "B 53" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #703 - Mauritius
45 (78) 1876 ½d on 9d dull purple Q Victoria with red surcharge SG Type 12, prepared for use but not issued, scarce and undercatalogued, as only one sheet was printed, and the majority of those were later overprinted "CANCELLED" when the currency changed, part OG, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #704 - Mauritius
46 (77) 1876 ½d on 10d maroon Q Victoria, locally surcharged, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used, per Ibbotson it was only in use from the end of January until April (3 months!), with numeral "B 53" cancel, F-VF
Lot #705 - Mauritius
59-67 (92-100) 1879-80 2¢-2.50R Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), 13¢ and 38¢ are very rare and undercatalogued used, well centered for the issue, nice clean cancels, F-VF
Lot #706 - Mauritius
62 (95) 1880 13¢ slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and seldom seen used, as such, undercatalogued, light "B 53" numeral cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #707 - Mauritius
78 (114) 1883 16¢ on 17¢ rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC. perf 14, with provisional overprint SG Type 28a, exceptionally rare and grossly undercatalogued as only a few occurred in the original setting with the two more common types, very difficult and a challenging, very seldom offered, OG, NH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #708 - Mauritius
84 (117) 1887 2¢ on 13¢ slate Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 31 in red, local printing, as there was little call for this provisional, only 100 were sold over the Post Office counter, such few used examples emanated from these sales and the mint balance of this stamp was later sold by the Crown Agents to dealers in London, a significant used rarity, with "B 53" cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #709 - Mauritius
84a (117a) 1887 2¢ on 13¢ slate Q Victoria, local surcharge SG Type 31 (Sc Type j) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, part OG, F-VF
Lot #710 - Mauritius
84a (117a) 1887 2¢ on 13¢ slate Q Victoria, local surcharge SG Type 31 (Sc Type j) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, left wing margin example, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #711 - Mauritius
86a (121b) 1891 2¢ on 38¢ bright purple Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 32, wmkd CC, perf 14, VARIETY - surcharge double, left wing-margin example, with light "B 53" cancel, VF
Lot #712 - Mauritius
86b (121c) 1891 2¢ on 38¢ bright purple Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 32, wmkd CC, perf 14, VARIETY - surcharge double, one inverted, used, F-VF
Lot #713 - Mauritius
101 (144) 1902 5¢ dull purple and bright purple on buff Coat of Arms, wmkd CA, perf 14, astonishingly rare and vastly undercatalogued used as it was replaced after only 4 months!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #714 - Mauritius
151 (195) 1910 10R green and carmine on green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rarely offered as a single and as such - challenging!, quite undercatalogued used, perfectly centered, rich colors, light registry cancel, F-VF
Lot #715 - Mauritius
199 (241) 10R 1924 green and red on emerald K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, light oval registry cancel, SUPERB
Lot #716 - Mauritius
E2a (E2b) 1904 15¢ on 15¢ ultramarine Coat of Arms "EXPRESS DELIVERY" overprint, surcharged in red, ERROR - "(INLAND)" inverted, quite rare, trivial perf thin at top, VF app, with Brandon certificate
Lot #717 - Mauritius
E3b (E3a) 1904 15¢ on 15¢ ultramarine Governor of Mauritius overprinted "EXPRESS DELIVERY (INLAND)" SG Type E3 (Scott Type SD3) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, quite scarce, undercatalogued, cert notes creased and other small faults, OG, HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #718 - Mauritius
E4a (E6b) 1904 15¢ grey-green Coat of Arms (without value in label) "EXPRESS DELIVERY (INLAND)" locally surcharged SG Type E3 (Scott Type SD4) in red, ERROR - surcharge double, scarce, OG, LH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #719 - Mauritius
E4d (E6c) 1904 15¢ on 15¢ grey-green Coat of Arms "EXPRESS DELIVERY" surcharge in red, ERROR - surcharge double, one "LNIAND", elusive and undercatalogued, light cds, very rare, VF, with RPSL certificate
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