3 (3) 1870 6d black on rose Fiji Times Express type-set on thin quadrille paper, only 600 printed, imperf, showing roulettes at left, position #6, with authentic (and appropriate) manuscript cancel, F-VF
Auction #134 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #134 - Public Auction
We welcome all of you back to our Auction 134.. We hope that you have all weathered the pandemic in good order! It looks like things are beginning to come back to normal, but sadly we lost a few old friends. It was an unusual year for us, but the Private Treaty / Want List Department surprisingly thundered ahead at great speed. Clients had a lot of time to work on their collections, I moved the 50 volumes of stock into my home February (2020) and conducted business from my “kitchen table” to a strong 7-figure effect, both in purchases and sales.
Auction 134 contains the results of months of work, booth in purchases as well as several important consignments we received. In the pages of this catalogue you will find many great interesting lots and rarities!
Great Britain includes many important items with a mint £5 orange QV through to scarce Officials. Cyprus is almost complete to the £5. Gibraltar has all the “Key” stamps including £5 mint.
New South Wales has mint examples of some scarce stamps and South Australia features both £5 and £10 mint as well as the 2/6d “O. S.”!
Australia showcases 6 mint £2 Kangaroos. Fiji features 4 “Times Express” issues! New Britain has the very rare 5/- on 5M mint. Strong New Zealand with 7 “O.P.S.O.”s! There are rarely seen multiples of North West Pacific Islands and a rare used high value.
Bahamas has a 1854 2d bisect cover. British Guiana opens with a 12¢ blue Cotton Reel plus rare provisionals (6¢ Official – mint!). Strong Canada and Provinces: British Columbia with all the mint rarities; Newfoundland with mint treasures (6d orange-vermilion and a NH 1930 “Columbia” Air Mail); Nova Scotia’s 1/- mint on bluish is a rarely seen stamp; Canada backs up a complete set of Jubilees with an almost impossible mint 1¢ on one-third 3¢ “Port Hood” (ex-Dale Lichtenstein!). Cayman Islands has major rarities and Falklands features the popular Tercentenary” set complete mint. Malta has the key 10/- wmkd MCA
Quite a few Bechuanaland items of interest. There is a good run of Cape and Mafeking. Rare Griqualand multiples, and a highlight of this Auction is Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika with all the mint K George V high values £1-£10! Large section of Madagascar Consular Mail issues (25!); 50 lots of Rhodesia to the £10 plus double heads and Admirals. Sierra Leone has “key” £5s and we feature a marvelous run of Zanzibar – rare overprint errors, all the highly popular Sultan’s Palace and Dhow issues.
We close the Auction with both a large British Colonies collection and a great big German States and Colonies lot.
Did I forget a few good stamps and sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy Hunting!
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Lot #534 - fiji
6 (5) 1871 1d black on rose Fiji Times Express on laid Bâtonné paper (thin, vertically ribbed), only 2400 printed, position # 17, large margins with clear roulettes, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #535 - fiji
7 (6) 1871 3d black on rose Fiji Times Express on laid Bâtonné paper (thin, vertically ribbed), rouletted, position #20, only 1200 printed, signed by several, unused, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #536 - fiji
9 (8) 1871 9d black on rose Fiji Times Express on laid Bâtonné paper, rouletted, position #23, only 1200 printed, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #537 - fiji
21 (19) 1874 2¢ on 1d blue Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4 (in Sydney) and local V.R. overprint SG Type 6, light cancel, trace of pressed out crease, F-VF app, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #538 - fiji
22 (16) 1874 2¢ on 1d blue Crown and CR surcharged, with local V.R. overprint SG Type 5, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #539 - fiji
24 (17) 1874 6¢ on 3d green Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 5), signed J.B. (Böcking), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #540 - fiji
24 (17) 1874 6¢ on 3d green Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 5), light "Levuka" cds, signed Bernichon and others, F-VF
Lot #541 - fiji
25 (21) 1874 12¢ on 6d rose Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 6), remarkably well centered - especially for this issue!, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #542 - fiji
25 (21) 1874 12¢ on 6d rose Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 6), lightly canceled, VF
Lot #543 - fiji
26b (18b) 1874 12¢ on 6d rose Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local V.R. overprint SG Type 5, VARIETY - enlarged cross pattée stop after "R" (row 3, pos 6), scarce, F-VF
Lot #544 - fiji
29 (24) 1875 2d black surcharge on 6¢ on 3d green Crown and CR surcharged, with local "V.R." overprint SG Types 5 and 7, unwmkd, perf 12½, used, F-VF
Lot #545 - fiji
30 (22) 1875 2d on 6¢ on 3d green Cypher surcharged SG Type 4, with V.R. overprint SG Type 5, additional red 2d surcharge SG Type 7, used, F-VF
Lot #546 - fiji
33 var (28c) 1876 1d grey-blue Cypher on wove paper with V.R. overprint (SG Type 8), VARIETY - void corner (row 2, pos 1), perf 12½, large part OG, F-VF
Lot #547 - fiji
40 var (46) 1882 1d ultramarine Crown and VR, wove paper, perf 10x12½, bottom sheet-margin example, OG, HR, VF
Lot #548 - fiji
59-69 (104-14) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (11), rich colors, a choice hand-picked, perfectly centered set, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #549 - fiji
69 (114) 1903 £1 grey-black and ultramarine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, light "Suva" cds, F-VF
Lot #550 - fiji
78 (124) 1912 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #551 - fiji
91a (137a) 1921 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, Die II, perf 14, a perfectly centered, top sheet-margin example, vivid color, choice, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #552 - fiji
91a (137a) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V, Die II, wmkd MCA, perf 14, light double-ring cds, XF
Lot #553 - fiji
J1 (D1) 1917 ½d black Postage Due on laid paper, wider setting SG and Sc Type D1, perf 11, scarce and undercatalogued as only 372 were printed, very well centered, light "Suva" cds, VF-S
Lot #554 - fiji
J4 (D3) 1917 2d black Postage Due on laid paper, wider setting SG and Sc Type D1, perf 11, with large sheet margin (straight-edge) at right, scarce, unused as issued, VF
Lot #555 - fiji
J4a (D5c) 1917 2d black Postage Due SG Type D2 (narrow setting), perf 11, 420 issued, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #556 - fiji
(SB3a) 1940 3' black on pale greenish buff K George VI complete booklet, VARIETY - with 4 advertising pages, includes 8x Scott 117 (249), 8x Scott 118 (250) and 12x Scott 120 (253 - Die I), panes toned, OG,NH, F-VF
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