1 (2) 1871 4d pale brown Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, full to close margins, OG, VLH, F-VF, with APS certificate
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 #436 - gambia
1a (1) 1869 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four huge margins, fresh, a very deep shade, signed, part OG, XF
Lot #437 - gambia
4a (7) 1874 6d deep blue Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC, imperf, four margins, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #438 - gambia
7 var footnoted (13A) 1880 2d rose Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC sideways, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
Lot #439 - gambia
8 var footnoted (14A) 1880-81 3d bright ultramarine Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC sideways, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
Lot #440 - gambia
9a var footnoted (15Aw) 1880-81 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC sideways, VARIETY - Crown to left of CC, perf 14, rare, OG, LH, XF
Lot #441 - gambia
11 var footnoted (19A) 1880-81 1' green Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC sideways, perf 14 line, very rare, OG, LH, VF
Lot #442 - gambia
1910 Aug 19 O.H.M.S. envelope to France with "ON POST OFFICE BUSINESS ONLY" additional handstamp at top and rare red "OFFICIAL PAID / P.O. / BATHURST GAMBIA" oval handstamp, includes original enclosure from the Colonial Postmaster dated 13th August, 1910, interesting, fine
Lot #443 - gambia
87-96 (108-17) 1921 ½d - 4' K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (10), a very rare and vastly undercatalogued used set, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #444 - gambia
96 (117) 1922 4' black and red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued used, with a choice 'socked-on-the-nose' "Bathurst" cds, SUPERB
Lot #445 - gambia
126 var (144a) 1935 3d brown and deep blue K George V Silver Jubilee, VARIETY - extra flagstaff (Plate "1", row 9 pos 1), in bottom-left corner sheet-margin block of four, perfectly centered, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #446 - gambia
1942 Stampless Missionary cover to a convent in Basse with "T.P.O. No 2 \ River Gambia" cds, carried on "S.S. Lady Denham", scarce, an unusual unfranked item, VF
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