5a (6 var) 1886 6d violet on yellow (30 AUG 86), VARIETY - the rare double impression, ex-the exceptional Don S. Franklin collection, fresh, well centered, OG, HR, VF, with BPA certificate
Auction #136 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #136 - Public Auction
Hello fellow Collectors!,
Welcome to our 136th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring, as always, a marvelous range of rarities from all points of the compass.
An overview of some of what you will find in this catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB commences with a strong section of scarce and key items and includes most of the “big square” Q Victoria high values – in unusually nice quality. Cypress shows several rare early plate numbers, and a £5. Gibraltar has £5 both mint and used plus Malta rare 10/- both mint and used.
British Africa (always a house favorite!):
British Central Africa has the first set, to the £10, and a rare 1895 £10 arms unwatermarked postally used! . Cape of Good Hope shows a mint 1/-yellow-green, 4d “wood block” with retouched corner, and the rare ½d on 3d Crown CC mint. East Africa and Uganda features K Edward VII 50R plus a K George V 100R mint. Gold Coast has a spectacular rare used £2 K George V. Kenya and Uganda has a 50R K George V (wmkd Script CA!). Madagascar shines with a spectacular range of “large ones” – 50 lots! Mauritius highlights include a 4a (8) 1849-54 used 2d – SUPERB, and the unissed 1876 ½d on 9d red surcharge! New Republic 18 lots! Niger Coast SG 2a – reversed overprint on a 1d mint! Rhodesia has 2 each £10 and £5 values. St. Helena is highlighted by the Tristan Relief set – mint and also used blocks! Sierra Leone has 2/- Postal Fiscal, K George V - both £5 values. Togo (British Occupation) shows values to the 1M. Zanzibar with strong provisional overprints, Dhows to the 200R, and a few rare Postage Dues.
British West Indies
Bahamas shines with a 1863 6d rose-lilac. Bermuda has a scarce 1873 3d orange and British Guiana with a nice 1853 deep blue 4¢, mint, an 1878 2¢ on 8¢, mint, and a $4 large “4” (Type II). Cayman Island shows wonderful examples of the 1908 2½d on 4d, mint and used. The large Falkland Islands section features the 1933 £1: Specimen, mint & used! Sprinkled among many never hinged items.
British Asia / Oceania:
New South Wales has a nice mint 1850 1d reddish rose Sydney View. Tasmania features a choice 1853 pale blue Van Diemen’s land (mint & VF). Australia highlights include six (!) £2 Kangaroos, as well as a 20/ “slash” Postage Due (the “key” stamp of the country!). Ceylon features a scarce used 1859 dull rose imperf QV plus an 1857 ½d on blue glazed paper, mint; India includes nice early items and a lovely 1909 K Edward VII 25R, mint. Iraq includes the rarest used stamp of the area: 1931 25R K Faisal Official! Jordan shows many nice items including a very rare SG 83b; used. Malacca has a nice NH Occupation overprint (SG JD16). A strong New Britain overprints including 3 Mark values. New Zealand shows a nice #2, mint, and a strong section of “O.P.S.O.”s (9 values!). Penrhyn Island features many scarce 1d varieties (many as pairs); Straits Settlements has a nice 1911 $25 K Edward VII, mint, and Tonga finishes off the area with a rare “hafl-“ typewritten error
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy hunting and much success to all the bidders!
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Lot #1146 - new republic
13a var footnoted (18) 1886 5s6d violet on yellow (20 FEB 86), a very rare date, we have only seen 2 examples in many decades, lightly canceled, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1147 - new republic
20 var footnoted (27) 1886 2d violet on blue (24 MAY 86), extremely rare date, faults, part OG, f appearance
Lot #1148 - new republic
21a (28a) 1886 3d violet on blue (13 OCT 86), vertical pair tete-beche, perf 11½, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1149 - new republic
25a (32a) 1886 1' violet on blue (21 MAY 86), vertical pair tete-beche, perf 11½, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1150 - new republic
25 var footnoted (32) 1886 1' violet on granite (24 MAY 86), scarce date, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1151 - new republic
26a (33a) 1886 1s6d violet on blue (6 SEP 86), vertical pair tete-beche, perf 11½, scarce, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1152 - new republic
31 var footnoted (41) 1886 7/6 violet on blue (13 JAN 87), perf 11½, scarce later printing, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1153 - new republic
32Be (43b) 1886 10s6d violet on blue (2 JUL 86), ERROR - "d" omitted, rare date, unpriced until recently it is now priced at a level that is irrelevant to its actual rarity!, few blunt perfs, OG,HR, fine
Lot #1154 - new republic
37 var footnoted (48) 1886 1d violet on yellow with embossed arms (10 FEB 86), rare, tiny embossing puncture, OG,HR, f appearance
Lot #1155 - new republic
41 var footnoted (52) 1886 1d violet on blue granite paper with embossed arms (JAN 20 86), perf 11½, a rare and undercatalogued date!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1156 - new republic
43b (79b) 1887 3d violet on yellow with embossed arms, vertical tete-beche pair, perf 11½, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1157 - new republic
43e (79c) 1887 3d violet on yellow with embossed arms, horizontal pair with arms tete-beche, perf 11½, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1158 - new republic
43 var (79 var footnoted) 1887 3d violet on yellow with embossed arms, ERROR - double impression (unlisted in Stanley Gibbons - formerly Stanley Gibbons 79da), in pair with normal, very rare, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1159 - new republic
45c (81a) 1887 6d violet on yellow with embossed arms, horizontal pair with arms tête-bêche, scarce, OG,HR, fine
Lot #1160 - new republic
57b (94a) 1887 £1 violet on yellow with embossed arms, vertical tete beche pair, perf 11½, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1161 - new republic
58 (95) 1887 30s violet on yellow with embossed arms, without date, very rare and seldom seen--massively undercatalogued given that only 18 were printed per Jonkers, signed Bloch and Stolow, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1162 - new republic
59a (72e) 1887 1d violet on blue with embossed arms, VARIETY - arms omitted, per Jonkers "only 18 copies were delivered", as such vastly undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1163 - new republic
60c (73a) 1887 2d violet on blue with embossed arms, vertical tete-beche pair, perf 11½, OG, HR, F-VF
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