32 (26) 1876 1' on 6d deep green Q Victoria surcharged with long (18mm) bar SG Type C, wmkd CC, perf 14x12½, OG, VLH, 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 #948 - st. helena
73-74 (85-86) 1913 4d-6d K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (2), the 6d is astonishingly rare and vastly undercatalogued used!, light cancels, F-VF
Lot #949 - st. helena
75-77 (89-91) 1922 3d-3d K George V, wmkd Script CA, cplt (3), lightly canceled, very scarce used, seriously undercatalogued as the whole set saw surprisingly little postal use, F-VF
Lot #950 - st. helena
79-93 (97-112) 1922-27 ½d-10' K George V and Badge of St. Helena, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #951 - st. helena
94 (113) 1922 15' grey and purple on blue K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, the key value to the issue, very scarce, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #952 - st. helena
99 (96) 1922 £1 grey and purple on red K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #953 - st. helena
101-110 (114-23) 1934 ½d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #954 - st. helena
101-110 (114-23) 1934 ½d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), scarce and undercatalogued used as we find 20-30 mint sets for each used set!, light cancels throughout, F-VF
Lot #955 - st. helena
B1-4 (172-75) 1961 2½¢-10¢ Tristan da Cunha Marine Life decimal currency stamps surcharged "St. Helena Tristan Relief" SG Type 49 by Govt Printer, Jamestown, cplt (4), only 434 sets were sold from Oct. 12, 1961 until they were withdrawn on Oct. 19, 1961, more than half of the sets were postally or philatelicly used, with one Brandon certificate for the set of four, OG, VLH, F-VF
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