1 (2) 1840 1d black Q Victoria, Plate 8, wmkd Small Crown, imperf, four margins - showing portions of adjoining copies on three sides (!), light red cancel, signed Ferchenbauer, SUPERB, with Ferchenbauer certificate
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 #2 - Great Britain
2b (4) 1840 2d deep full blue Q Victoria, wmkd Small Crown, imperf, four full to large margins, attractive light Maltese Cross cancel in black, VF-S
Lot #3 - Great Britain
22 (62a) 1855 4d carmine Q Victoria on slightly blued paper, no corner letters, wmkd Small Garter, perf 14, fresh vivid color, part OG, F-VF
Lot #4 - Great Britain
27 (68) 1856 6d lilac Q Victoria (no corner letters), wmkd Emblems, perf 14, scarce mint, OG, LH, fine
Lot #5 - Great Britain
29 (45) 1858 2d blue Q Victoria, Die II, wmkd Large Crown, Plate 8, thick lines, disturbed OG, fine
Lot #6 - Great Britain
33 (44) 1864 1d lake-red Q Victoria, Die II, wmkd Large Crown, perf 14, plate #79, top-left corner vertical block of eight (2 x 4), vivid rich color, remarkably well centered, an absolutely lovely specialist piece, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #7 - Great Britain
34 (80) 1862 4d pale red Q Victoria, wmkd Large Garter, perf 14. OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #8 - Great Britain
43 (94) 1869 4d vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Large Garter, Plate 11, perf 14, brilliant rich color, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #9 - Great Britain
44 (92) 1865 3d rose Q Victoria, Plate 4, wmkd Emblems, well centered, light "Liverpool" cds, F-VF
Lot #10 - Great Britain
52 (111) 1867 9d pale straw Q Victoria, Plate 4, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
Lot #11 - Great Britain
55a (120) 1867 2' pale blue Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #12 - Great Britain
56 (121) 1880 2' brown Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Spray of Rose, rare, very well centered, grid cancel, F-VF
Lot #13 - Great Britain
57a (127) 1874 5' pale rose Q Victoria, Plate 2, wmkd Maltese Cross, perf 15½x15, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #14 - Great Britain
61 (144) 1875 3d pale rose Q Victoria (large colored corner letters), Plate 18, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #15 - Great Britain
62 (147) 1874 6d gray Q Victoria, Plate 13, wmkd Spray of Rose, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #16 - Great Britain
65 (151) 1880 1' orange-brown Q Victoria, Plate 13, wmkd Spray of Rose, perf 14, a remarkably well centered example, light, perfectly applied, "North Berwick" cds, SUPERB
Lot #17 - Great Britain
66a (138) 1875 2½d rosy mauve Q Victoria on blued paper, Plate 1, wmkd Small Anchor, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #18 - Great Britain
73 (156) 1876 8d orange Q Victoria, Plate 1, wmkd Large Garter, perf 14, OG, LH, fine
Lot #19 - Great Britain
74 (128) 1878 10' greenish grey Q Victoria on white paper, Plate 1, wmkd Maltese Cross, perf 15½x15, lightly canceled, rare, F-VF, with Briefmarken Prüfstelle Basel (Martin Eichele) certificate
Lot #20 - Great Britain
75 (129) 1878 £1 brown-lilac Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Maltese Cross, Plate 1, perf 15½x15, light oval "Registered Gracechurch" cancel, very well centered, F-VF
Lot #21 - Great Britain
79 var (166Wi) 1880 1d Venetian red Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk Imperial Crown inverted, perf 14, unpriced mint, very rare, part OG, fine
Lot #22 - Great Britain
89 (172) 1881 1d lilac Q Victoria, Die II (16 dots in each corner), wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, nicely centered, with left sheet-margin, OG, NH, VF
Lot #23 - Great Britain
92 (132) 1882 £1 brown-lilac Q Victoria on blued paper, wmkd Large Anchor, perf 14, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #24 - Great Britain
93 (137) 1882 £5 orange Q Victoria (Plate 1) on white paper, wmkd Large Anchor, perf 14, fresh rich deep color, perfectly centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #25 - Great Britain
93 (137) 1882 £5 orange Q Victoria (Plate 1) on white paper, wmkd Large Anchor, perf 14, rich color, perfectly centered, light registered oval cancel, signed, SUPERB
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