1-7 (1-7) 1862 2¢-96¢ Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (7), the 2¢ is quite scarce and undercatalogued used, each with an attractively struck "B 62" cancel, 8¢, 48¢, and 96¢ in blue, the balance in black, F-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 #734 - Hong Kong
1a (1a) 1863 2¢ deep brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, catalogue values not withstanding, this is the scarcest used stamp in the set, grossly undercatalogued, perfectly centered, blue "B 62" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #735 - Hong Kong
17 (13) 1866 18¢ lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, exceptionally well centered (rare thus!), light cancel, SUPERB
Lot #736 - Hong Kong
23 (18) 1865 96¢ olive-bistre Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a remarkable, perfectly centered example with a light blue "B 62" cancel, altogether an exceptional example of this scarce stamp! the key value to the set, signed Stolow and others, SUPERB
Lot #737 - Hong Kong
36 var (32w) 1882 2¢ rose-lake Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, perf 14, scarce, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #738 - Hong Kong
37, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48 (56-61) 1900-01 2¢-30¢ Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (6) including the scarce 12¢, which saw very little usage, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #739 - Hong Kong
54 (46) 1891 50¢ on 48¢ dull purple Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 9, wmkd CA, perf 14, the scarce re-valued overprint, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #740 - Hong Kong
54 (46) 1891 50¢ on 48¢ dull purple Q Victoria surcharged, wmkd CA, perf 14, the scarce re-valued overprint, undercatalogued, light cancel, F-VF
Lot #741 - Hong Kong
56 (47) 1891 $1 surcharged on 96¢ purple on red Q Victoria, SG Type 10 surcharge, wmkd CA, perf 14, exceptionally well centered, scarce and undercatalogued as most were later overprinted to create the more common provisional, light "B 52" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #742 - Hong Kong
57 (F4) 1897 $2 dull bluish green Q Victoria Postal Fiscal, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #743 - Hong Kong
65 (44) 1891 14¢ on 30¢ mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged SG Type 12, trace of a tiny thin, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #744 - Hong Kong
66 (51) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" overprint (Yang no. C1), only on sale for 3 days, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #745 - Hong Kong
66 (51) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" overprint (Yang no. C1), only on sale for 3 days, with rare first-day-of-issue 22 January, 1891 cds, perfectly centered -- rare thus, ex-Dunlop, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #746 - Hong Kong
66b (51b) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with Hong Kong Jubilee overprint, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - short "U" in "JuBILEE" (row 1, pos 1), scarce, well centered, OG,LH, VF
Lot #747 - Hong Kong
66f var (51 var footnoted) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" overprint, VARIETY - broken "L" in "JUBILEE", canceled First Day of Issue, scarce and unusual, VF
Lot #748 - Hong Kong
70a var listed (53as) 1898 $1 on 96¢ grey-black Q Victoria surcharged, wmkd CA, perf 14, overprinted "SPECIMEN" and without Chinese handstamp, fresh and well centered, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #749 - Hong Kong
71-85 (62-76) 1903 1¢-$10 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (15), F-VF
Lot #750 - Hong Kong
106 (88) 1905 $3 slate and dull blue K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #751 - Hong Kong
107 (89) 1905 $5 purple and blue-green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, used, well centered, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #752 - Hong Kong
109-24, 128 (100-116) 1912-21 1¢-$10 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17) with both Types of the 25¢, the $10 is mint is especially undercatalogued as a very high proportion were used!, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #753 - Hong Kong
125-27 (106a, 111a, 115a) 1914 12¢, 50¢ and $5 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, surface-colored paper (whitebacks), cplt (3), OG,VLH, F-VF
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