1 (5) 1884 1d magenta B.C.M., inscribed "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, sound, OG, HR, VF
Auction #135 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #135 - Public Auction
Hello Friends!,
Welcome to our 135th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring a marvelous collection of pristine high values from Ireland.
After conducting a very brisk 7-figure “want list” business (both selling and buying) from my wife’s kitchen table we are back to our offices. Want list work has always dwarfed our Auction business. Most of all, I have enjoyed working closely with our world-wide clientele in helping with the forming of excellent Colonial collections, A-Z, both big and small.
An overview of some of what is inside the catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB includes a lovely mint £5 orange and unusually nice high values including a 5/- mint I.R. Official, both mint £5 from Cypress and Gibraltar and the scarce Malta 10/- mint.
British Africa (always a personal favorite!):
£2 from Gold Coast – postally used! Kenya and Uganda £1-£10 mint and £50-£100 “SPECIMEN”. We offer 24 large Consular Mail issues of Madagascar and a used 50 Rupee Mauritius plus Natal £5 mint, Nyasaland £10 K George V. We have both mint £5s of Sierra Leone. There are also some rare Togo occupation issues (and errors) and a strong Zanzibar provisionals and later Sultan’s Palace through 200 Rupee. Nice Baden-Powell items from Mafeking round out this area.
British Oceania:
Australia highlights include £2 as well as 10/ - 20/ “slash” Postage Dues (the “key” stamps of the country!). Brunei features a rare $3 on 1 155 Japanese Occupation stamp; there are scarce New Britain overprints, a Fiji 9d "Times Express", and a Papua 39a pair showing “rift in clouds”. There is also some nice inverted centers from Cook Islands and Niue.
British America:
Highlights include a superb Bahamas SG 6 mint, a small but mighty range of mint perforated Ships from British Guiana, a Falkland Islands £1 Tercentenary mint plus mint NH, used and Specimen items. St. Vincent showcases scarce mint early issues and Turks Island #6 1/- mint. Almost forgot: Oh Canada! British Columbia has a lovely example of the very rare mint 5¢ imperf; strong Canadian items include a choice used #1, superb high value Jubilees and a lovely mint example of the pivotal rarity 1¢ on 3¢ Port Hood (ex Dale-Lichtenstein pair)!
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Best of Bidding Luck to you all!
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Lot #679 - madagascar
2 (6) 1884 2d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, hollow stop after "B", sound, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #680 - madagascar
3 (7) 1884 3d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, hollow stop after "B", sound, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #681 - madagascar
4a (8) 1884 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, 1 oz corrected to 4 oz in manuscript, hollow stop after "B", with red diagonal control line, OG, HR, VF
Lot #682 - madagascar
6 (2) 1884 1' magenta B.C.M., inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, pos 4, sound, OG, HR, VF
Lot #683 - madagascar
12 (8ab) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., violet handstamp, with hollow stop after "B", sound, very scarce, signed by Holcombe, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #684 - madagascar
14 (12) 1886 4d magenta British Consular Mail, black handstamp, pos 4, with hollow stop after "B", sound, very rare, corner OG, VF
Lot #685 - madagascar
16a (28) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type II, sound, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #686 - madagascar
17 (15a) 1886 1½d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), exceptionally rare, vastly undercatalogued, missing from the Dr. Gene Scott gold-medal collection and many others!, OG, HR, VF
Lot #687 - madagascar
18 (16a) 1886 2d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), OG, HR, XF
Lot #688 - madagascar
19a (30) 1886 3d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II (no stop after "POSTAGE" or value), pos 3, sound, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #689 - madagascar
23a (40) 1886 8d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type III (stop after value), brownish toned paper, sound, unused, VF
Lot #690 - madagascar
26 (14) 1886 1d rose, black Vice-Consulate seal, Type I, pos 2 or 3, corner OG, sound, VF
Lot #691 - madagascar
33 (33b) 1886 1d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), usual thin spot, unused, F-VF
Lot #692 - madagascar
36 (36b) 1886 3d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #693 - madagascar
37 (43b) 1886 4d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), unused, SUPERB
Lot #694 - madagascar
38 (37b) 1886 4½d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), VF
Lot #695 - madagascar
42 (45b) 1886 1' rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), OG, LH, VF
Lot #696 - madagascar
45 (21) 1886 1d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type I, pos 2 or 3, corner OG, small thins, VF appearance
Lot #697 - madagascar
49 (43) 1886 4d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), very rare and undercatalogued, sound, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #698 - madagascar
50 (25) 1886 4½d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), OG, HR, XF
Lot #699 - madagascar
52 (26) 1886 8d rose, black British Consular Mail Seal, Type I (stops after "Postage" and value), OG, HR, VF
Lot #700 - madagascar
53 (27) 1886 9d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), OG, HR, VF
Lot #701 - madagascar
56 (47) 1886 2' rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), signed, OG, HR, VF
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