64-76 (73-85) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-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 #1027 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, with left sheet-margin, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1028 - 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, choice, light, upright "Freetown" cds, F-VF
Lot #1029 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1030 - sierra leone
89 (98) 1905 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, perf 14, wmkd MCA, perfectly centered, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1031 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1032 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), used, F-VF
Lot #1033 - sierra leone
102 (111) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #1034 - sierra leone
103-19 (112-28) 1912-21 ½d-£1 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1035 - sierra leone
120 (129) 1912 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1036 - sierra leone
121 (130) 1912-21 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1037 - sierra leone
122-37 (131-46) 1921-27 ½d-10' K George V, wmkd Multiple Script CA, perf 14, cplt (16), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1038 - sierra leone
139 (148) 1923 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1020 issued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1039 - sierra leone
140-52 (155-67) 1932 ½d-£1 K George V "Palms", wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, 12, cplt (13), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1040 - sierra leone
153-65 (168-80) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1041 - sierra leone
153-65 vars (168s-80s) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set perforated "SPECIMEN", wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), several have the variety - missing central dot of second "E", one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1042 - sierra leone
164 (179) 1933 10' black and sage-green K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1043 - sierra leone
165 (180) 1933 £1 violet and orange Wilberforce "Freetown Harbour" high value, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, elusive and seldom offered as a single, a well centered, bottom sheet-margin example, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1044 - sierra leone
165 (180) 1933 £1 violet and orange Wilberforce "Freetown Harbour" high value, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, elusive and seldom offered as a single, a fiscally used example - a great "space-filler" for this expensive stamp!, F-VF
Lot #1045 - solomon islands
1-7 (1-7) 1907 ½d-1' lithographed Roviana Canoes, large format, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (7), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1046 - solomon islands
2 (2) 1907 1d rose-red lithographed Roviana Canoe, with "Shortlands" cds, scarce, VF
Lot #1047 - solomon islands
8-18 (8-17) 1908-11 ½d-5' engraved Roviana Canoes, small format, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (11), F-VF
Lot #1048 - solomon islands
28-41 (22//38) 1914-23 ½d-£1 K George V, inscribed "POSTAGE REVENUE", wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (14), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1049 - solomon islands
43-56, 23 (39-52) 1922-31 ½d-10' K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1050 - somaliland protectorate
5b (5a var footnoted) 1903 3a brown-orange Q Victoria of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, wmkd Star, perf 14, early state of the ERROR - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 2, pos 6 upper pane or row 5 pos 1 lower pane), OG, VLH, VF
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