1a (1) 1852 (½d) yellow-green Britannia on paper blued, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, a very scarce, seldom offered and significantly undercatalogued rarity, used, VF
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 #248 - barbados
3c (5b) 1852-55 (no value) deep slate Britannia on blued paper, prepared for use but not issued, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins (with portion of adjoining stamp at bottom), OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #249 - barbados
4 (5) 1855 (4d) brownish red Britannia on paper blued, unwmkd, imperf, with three huge to one close margin showing portion of adjoining stamp at T, light numeral "1" cancel, VF-S
Lot #250 - barbados
12 (16) 1860 (½d) yellow-green Britannia, unwmkd, pin-perf 12½, numeral "1" cancel, unusually nice in that it shows the pin-perf on all four sides, scarce, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #251 - barbados
38 (63) 1873 3d brown-purple Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 14, extremely well centered given that the vast majority are grotesquely off-center, fresh color, exceptional!, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #252 - barbados
38 (63) 1873 3d brown-purple Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 14, an exceptional, perfectly centered example, normally atrociously off-center, light cds, a real condition rarity - easily a one-in-hundred example! SUPERB
Lot #253 - barbados
43 (64) 1873 5' black Britannia, color trial, imperf, large margins, scarce, SUPERB
Lot #254 - barbados
43 (64) 1873 5' dull rose Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, OG, LH, VF
Lot #255 - barbados
43 (64) 1873 5' dull rose Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, an exceptional, perfectly centered example -- rarely encountered this nice (as this issue is notoriously off-center), lovely light "Barbados"cds, SUPERB
Lot #256 - barbados
47 (68) 1875 4d deep red Britannia, wmkd CC, perf 12½, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #257 - barbados
55 (79) 1876 6d chrome-yellow Britannia, wmkd CC, perf 14, deep rich fresh color, ex-Grunfeld, OG, HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #258 - barbados
57 (86) 1878 1d on half of 5' dull rose Britannia, with value tablet removed before issue, surcharged large numeral "1", 7mm high with curved serif and large letter "D", 2¾mm high (SG Type 3a), lightly canceled, VF
Lot #259 - barbados
60-68 (89-103) 1882-86 ½d-5' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (9), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #260 - barbados
64 (97) 1882 4d grey Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rich color, well centered, a difficult and undercatalogued mint stamp, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #261 - barbados
70-80 (105-15) 1892-1903 ¼d-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #262 - barbados
70-80 (105-15) 1892-1903 ¼d-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), several values are quite scarce and undercatalogued used, especially the 8d and 2'6d, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #263 - barbados
81-89 (116-24) 1897 ¼d-2'6d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, white paper, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), OG, HR, VF
Lot #264 - barbados
81a-89a (125-33) 1897 1f-2'6d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, paper blued, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), remarkably rare and vastly undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF
Lot #265 - barbados
85a (129) 1897 5d olive-brown Diamond Jubilee on blued paper, scarce "key" value to this difficult set, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #266 - barbados
90-101 (135-44, 163-169) 1904-10 1f-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd MCA, cplt (12), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #267 - barbados
90-101 (135-44, 163-169) 1904-10 1f-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd MCA, cplt (12), featuring the very rare 8d, difficult to assemble used set, seriously undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #268 - barbados
116-26, 116 var, 118a (170-80) 1912 1f-3' K George V Badge of the Colony, cplt (13) with all Stanley Gibbons listed shades, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #269 - barbados
127-39 (181-91, 199-200) 1916-18 ¼d-3' Badge of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13), light cancels throughout, VF
Lot #270 - barbados
139a (200a) 1920 3' green and bright violet Seal of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce later printing, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #271 - barbados
140-51 (201-12) 1920 ¼d-3' Victory issue, wmkd MCA or Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12) with both 1d watermarks, OG,HR, F-VF
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