162-66 (1-5) 1900 1d on ½d-1' on 4d Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 840 sets printed, each tied to piece by "Mafeking" cds, 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 #421 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
167-70 (6-9) 1900 1d on ½d-6d on 3d Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", cplt (4), F-VF
Lot #422 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
171-72 (10-11) 1900 6d on 3d and 1' on 4d Q Victoria of British Bechuanaland surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", scarce, only 3600 and 2320 surcharged respectively, F-VF
Lot #423 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
174 (13) 1900 6d on 2d green and carmine Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED." SG Type 2 (sans-serif), only 1200 surcharged, rare, as the vast majority were used, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #424 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
178 (17) 1900 1d pale blue on blue Sgt. Major Goodyear on horiz. laid paper, perf 12, only 9476 issued, beautiful upright "Mafeking" cds, F-VF
Lot #425 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
178 var footnoted (18) 1900 1d deep blue on blue Sgt. Major Goodyear on horiz. laid paper, perf 12, only 9476 issued, with "Mafeking" cds, F-VF
Lot #426 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
179 var (20) 1900 3d deep blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, perf 12, narrow (18½mm) format, only 6060 issued, perfectly centered, light "Mafeking" cds, SUPERB
Lot #427 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
180 (21) 1900 3d pale blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, large (21mm) format, rare (only 3036 issued), perfectly centered, superb "Mafeking" cds, SUPERB
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