O31-36 (O65-68, O70-71) 1887-1900 1½d-1'' Q Victoria Officials with GOVT. PARCELS overprint SG Type O7, wmkd Imperial Crown, cplt (6) per Scott, most with double-circle cancels, 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 #77 - Great Britain
O36 var (O68b) 1890 1' dull green Q Victoria GOVT. PARCELS with VARIETY - dot to right of "T" (row 12, pos 3 or row 20, pos 2), very well centered, VF-S
Lot #78 - Great Britain
O43 (O78) 1902 1' dull green and carmine K Edward VII overprinted GOVT. PARCELS on medium wove paper, wmkd Crown, perf 14, OG, NH, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #79 - Great Britain
O46 (O32) 1902 ½d blue-green Q Victoria O.W. OFFICIAL, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a very fresh example, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #80 - Great Britain
O48 (O35) 1902 10d purple and carmine Q Victoria overprinted O.W. OFFICIAL, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, attractively tied to piece by oval registry cancel, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #81 - Great Britain
O53 (O40) 1903 10d dull purple and carmine K Edward VII O.W. OFFICIAL, 1344 printed but 1200 were officially destroyed leaving only 134 copies sold, lightly canceled, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #82 - Great Britain
O63-64 (O91-92) 1902 ½d-1d K Edward VII overprinted R.H. OFFICIAL, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, cplt (2), OG,HR, fine
Lot #83 - Great Britain
O70 (O86) 1904 5d dull purple and ultramarine K Edward VII Board of Education Official on ordinary paper, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, an extremely rare stamp very seldom offered!, a remarkable, perfectly centered, lightly canceled example of this great rarity!, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #84 - Great Britain
O83 (O112) 1903 3d dull purple on orange-yellow K Edward VII ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL SG Type O11, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a difficult and seriously undercatalogued stamp, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #85 - great britain offices in china
1-16, 11a-b (1-17, 12a-b) 1917-21 1¢-$10 K George V stamps of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, cplt (18) with three 50¢ shades, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #86 - great britain offices in china
14 (15) 1917 $3 green and purple K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, perf 14, this is the key mint value, rarer than the $10 as most were used, vastly undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #87 - great britain offices in china
14 (15) 1917 $3 green and purple K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, perf 14, F-VF
Lot #88 - great britain offices in china
15 (16) 1917 $5 green and red on blue-green (olive back) K George V of Hong Kong, overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #89 - great britain offices in china
16 (17) 1917 $10 purple and black on red K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", undercatalogued mint as a high percentage were used postally, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #90 - great britain offices in china
17-27 (18-28) 1921-27 1¢-$2 K George V stamps of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #91 - great britain offices in china
27 (28) 1922 $2 carmine-red and black K George V, wmkd script CA, perf 14, well centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #92 - great britain offices in morocco
9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #93 - great britain offices in morocco
9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), OG, VLH, fine
Lot #94 - great britain offices in morocco
9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #95 - great britain offices in morocco
11 (7c) 1898 1pe bistre and ultramarine Q Victoria with dark blue "MOROCCO AGENCIES" overprint, a most difficult and key value, undercatalogued, this is Morocco's rarest major stamp, the last open number on 99% of all wantlists!, fresh, OG,NH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #96 - great britain offices in morocco
11 (7f) 1898 1pe bistre and ultramarine Q Victoria of Gibraltar with blue-black "Morocco Agencies" overprint (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a most difficult and key stamp to all of Morocco, undercatalogued, as relatively few seem to have been printed, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #97 - great britain offices in morocco
12 var-19 var (9-16s) 1899 5¢-2p Q Victoria of Gibraltar with black "Morocco Agencies" overprint SG Type 2, further overprinted "SPECIMEN" at bottom, cplt (8), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #98 - great britain offices in morocco
20 var-26 var (17s-23s) 1903-05 5c-2p K Edward VII stamps of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" (SG Type 2), further overprinted "SPECIMEN" at top, wmkd CA, cplt (7), OG, HR, VF
Lot #99 - great britain offices in morocco
20-26 (17-23) 1903-05 5c-2p K Edward VII stamps of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" (SG Type 2), wmkd CA, cplt (7), a spectacular set of top sheet-margin singles with matching control # "1" - rare thus!, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #100 - great britain offices in morocco
45 var (125) 1912 12p on 10' blue K Edward VII of Great Britain, Somerset House printing, surcharged SG Type 12, scarce later printing, nicely centered, OG, HR, VF
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