6d, 6a (7ba, 7b) 1903 1' orange-red New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (R7/12), in right-margin block of four with three normals, rarely offered undercatalogued error which occurred only once in a sheet of 120, 74 copies printed (including both SG listed shades), OG,LH, 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 #45 - aitutaki
9a (3a) 1903 21/2d deep blue Lake Wakapitu of New Zealand, perf 14, overprinted in red with VARIETY - "Ava" without stop, only 128 overprinted with this variety, fresh and bright, seldom offered, OG, HR, VF
Lot #46 - aitutaki
18c, 18d, 18e, 18a (14ab, 14ac, 14ad, 14a) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted, right margin block of four containing all three ERRORS - "Tai" without dot on "i" (105 printed), "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (70 printed), "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (35 printed), trivial gum bend affecting SG 14a and 14ab slightly which are NH, a wonderful fresh positional block (row 8, pos 11-12 and row 9, pos 11-12), only 35...
Lot #47 - aitutaki
18c (14ab) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tai" without dot on "i", a scarce stamp (only 105 of this variety were printed), a fresh well centered example OG,LH, XF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #48 - aitutaki
18d (14ac) 1917 1' vermilion K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (R 8/2, 10/7), a very scarce stamp (only 70 printed), trace of slight gum soak for accuracy, fresh color, OG,VLH, VF app
Lot #49 - aitutaki
18e (14ad) 1917 1' vermilion K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (only 35 of this variety were printed), a nice fresh example of a rare stamp, OG,VLH, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #50 - aitutaki
18e, 18d (14ad, 14ac) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted right marginal pair (row 8, pos 11, 12) with ERRORs - "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (35 printed) in pair with "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (70 printed), fresh bright color, OG,NH, VF
Lot #51 - aitutaki
25, 35 (16, 31) 1933 Registered cover to New Zealand franked with six 3d overprints and five 1d regular issue, tied by cds, quite scarce, VF
Lot #52 - aitutaki
32 var footnoted (28 var footnoted) 1920 6d red-brown and slate Huts at Arorangi VARIETY - inverted center, unwmkd, perf 14, centered as all are, fresh and bright colors, rarely offered, signed, unused, XF
Lot #53 - aitutaki
33 var footnoted (29 var footnoted) 1920 1' black and purple Avatua Harbor VARIETY - frame printed double, a right margin example which displays both frames completely (and portion of adjoining stamp at left), unwmkd, perf 14, one of ten marginal examples printed, fresh and bright color, very rare in this marginal format, OG, NH, SUPERB
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