1a (1) 1859 6d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, HR, 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 #1099 - sierra leone
1b (2) 1865 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1100 - sierra leone
16 (21) 1876 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare mint as the majority of the printing was used postally, as such habitually undercatalogued!, a well centered example as well, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #1101 - sierra leone
29 (26) 1883 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued, seldom seen as it was in use for less than a year and most were postally used, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1102 - sierra leone
32 (38) 1893 ½d on 1½d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 3 local "HALF PENNY" surcharge, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1103 - sierra leone
45 (52) 1896-97 5' green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite rare used (it took me years to find a used example for the great Cooper collection!), undercatalogued, light "Freetown" cds, VF
Lot #1104 - sierra leone
46 (53) 1896 £1 purple on red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, seldom offered as a single, quite scarce used, undercatalogued, well centered, very lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1105 - sierra leone
48-51 (55-58) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 148 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, with Philatelic Foundation certificate for the scarce key value, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1106 - sierra leone
49, 49, 50 (56, 56, 57) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, horizontal strip of three on piece, with two Sc Type b (SG Type 10), and one Sc Type c (SG Type 11 - 296 ptd), fresh, well centered, with light cds, VF
Lot #1107 - sierra leone
50 (57) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, surcharged SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 296 printed, quite scarce used, very well centered, light "Freetown" cds, SUPERB
Lot #1108 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, se-tenant strip of four with all four surcharge types Scott Types a-d (SG Types 8, 10-12), rare thus (196 of SG 62 ptd), very fresh with rich colors, well centered, OG, NH, except SG 60 (OG, VLH), F-VF
Lot #1109 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1110 - sierra leone
54 (61) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty overprinted SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), only 392 printed, signed Holcombe and Diena, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1111 - sierra leone
55 (62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Stamp Duty, Scott Type d (SG Type 12) surcharge, only 196 printed, fresh color, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1112 - sierra leone
58 (66) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued considering only 284 were printed, many of which were used, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1113 - sierra leone
59 (64) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, overprinted SG Type 9 (Sc Type e), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 71 printed, rare and undercatalogued, many of which lost their color and gum by immersion in sea water (or were used), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1114 - sierra leone
64-76, 79 (73-85) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13) per Stanley Gibbons, a hand-picked set which is remarkably well centered throughout - it must have taken years to assemble!, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1115 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, a remarkable, perfectly centered example!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1116 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, light registry cancel, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #1117 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, perfectly centered, attractive oval "Sierra Leone" registry cancel, SUPERB
Lot #1118 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1119 - sierra leone
102 (111) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, light "Freetown" cds, VF
Lot #1120 - sierra leone
120 (129) 1912 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare used, lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1121 - sierra leone
121 (130) 1912-21 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, signed Diena, OG, VLH, fine
Lot #1122 - sierra leone
138 (147) 1923 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1560 ptd, a remarkable, perfectly centered example with fresh color, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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