1 (1) 1857 1d brown-purple Heraldic Flowers, thick paper with mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, black grid cancel, 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 #404 - canada / newfoundland
4 (4) 1857 4d scarlet-vermilion Heraldic Flowers, thick paper, lightly canceled, imperf, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #405 - canada / newfoundland
7 (7) 1857 6½d scarlet-vermilion Heraldic Flowers on thick paper with mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, vibrant color, signed Roumet, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #406 - canada / newfoundland
8 (8) 1857 8d scarlet-vermilion Heraldic Flowers on thick paper with mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins, lightly canceled, XF
Lot #407 - canada / newfoundland
21 (21) 1862-64 6½d rose-lake Heraldic Flowers on hand-made paper without mesh, imperf, four large margins (wing-margin at right!), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #408 - canada / newfoundland
23 (23) 1861 1' rose-lake Heraldic Emblems, hand-made paper without mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four full to clear margins, used, F-VF
Lot #409 - canada / newfoundland
26 (38) 1868 5¢ black Seal, unwmkd, perf 12, a remarkable well centered example - rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #410 - canada / newfoundland
61-74 (66-79) 1897 1¢-60¢ 400th Anniversary of Discovery issue, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (14), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #411 - canada / newfoundland
85 "a" var (90 var) 1899 5¢ blue K George V when Dule of York, unrecorded ERROR - imperf, four large margins, OG, HR, VF
Lot #412 - canada / newfoundland
87-97, 92A (95-105, 100a) 1910 1¢-15¢ lithographed Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (12) with types of the 6¢ ("z" both normal and reversed), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #413 - canada / newfoundland
98-103 (111-16) 1911 6¢-15¢ engraved Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (6), a choice, hand-picked, perfectly centered set, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #414 - canada / newfoundland
104-14, 104b, 105b (117-27, 117a, 118a) 1911 1¢-15¢ K George V Coronation, perf 13½x14 (comb) or 14 (line), cplt (13) with both shades of the low values, F-VF
Lot #415 - canada / newfoundland
115-26 (130-41) 1919 1¢-36¢ Trail of the Caribou, perf 14, cplt (12), used, F-VF
Lot #416 - canada / newfoundland
128 (145) 1920 3¢ on 15¢ bright scarlet Grey Seals surcharged, bars 10½mm apart, SG Type A (Scott Type I), only 2975 surcharged, undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #417 - canada / newfoundland
C2a (143a) 1919 $1 on 15¢ bright scarlet Grey Seals surcharged "Trans-Atlantic \ AIR POST \ 1919. \ ONE DOLLAR.", VARIETY - no comma after "AIR POST", OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #418 - canada / newfoundland
C2a (143a) 1919 $1 on 15¢ bright scarlet Grey Seals surcharged "Trans-Atlantic \ AIR POST \ 1919. \ ONE DOLLAR.", VARIETY - no comma after "AIR POST", only 2800 printed, very lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #419 - canada / newfoundland
C6-C8 (192-94) 1931 15¢-$1 Airmails, unwmkd, cplt (3), perfectly centered, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #420 - canada / newfoundland
C12 (221) 1932 $1.50 on $1 deep blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail surcharged SG Type 119 in red, 8000 issued, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #421 - canada / newfoundland
C12 (221) 1932 $1.50 on $1 deep blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail surcharged SG Type 119 in red, 8000 issued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, XF
Lot #422 - canada / newfoundland
C13-17 (230-34) 1933 5¢-75¢ Air Post, cplt (5), OG, NH, VF
Lot #423 - canada / newfoundland
C18 (235) 1933 $4.50 on 75¢ yellow-brown Labrador surcharged "1933 Gen. Balbo Flight. $4.50" SG Type 129 in black, wmkd Coat of Arms, perf 14, complete setting (pos 1-4) on block of four, only 1970 blocks of four were surcharged, P.O. fresh, bright color, nicely centered, bottom two are OG, NH, top two OG, LH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #424 - canada / newfoundland
C18 (235) 1933 $4.50 on 75¢ yellow-brown Labrador surcharged Gen. Balbo Air Mail SG Type 129 in black, wmkd Coat of Arms, perf 14, perfectly centered, a choice example, signed H.E. Sieger, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
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