5 (67) 1921 3R gray green and violet K George V of East Africa and Uganda overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 2, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, considerably undercatalogued - much rarer used than mint, lightly canceled, 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 #1577 - tanganyika
9 var (73 var footnoted) 1922 10¢ orange K George V of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika overprinted "G.E.A.", VARIETY - overprint inverted ("of clandestine origin"), fresh, seldom seen, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1578 - tanganyika
27 (87a) 1923 10' deep blue Giraffe, wmkd MSCA (upright), perf 14, light "Mombasa" cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1579 - tanganyika
27a (87) 1922 10' deep blue Giraffe, wmkd MSCA (sideways), perf 14, light "Tanga" cds, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1580 - tanganyika
29-44 (93-107) 1927-31 5¢-£1 K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, cplt (16), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1581 - tanganyika
NL9 (M1A) 1915 2½h brown Yacht of German East Africa handstamped "G.R. MAFIA" SG Type M1 in blackish lilac, the most difficult heller value of the set, much undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1582 - tanganyika
NL10 (M2A) 1915 4h green Yacht of German East Africa handstamped "G.R. MAFIA" SG Type M1 in blackish lilac, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1583 - tanganyika
NL12 (M4A) 1915 15 heller ultramarine Yacht of German East Africa with "G.R. MAFIA" handstamp in blackish lilac, scarce, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #1584 - tanganyika
NL25 (M1C) 1915 2½h brown Yacht of German East Africa handstamped "G.R. MAFIA" SG Type M1 in reddish violet, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1585 - tanganyika
NL43 (M12) 1915 6¢ on 4h green German East Africa Yacht handstamped "G.R. POST 6 CENTS MAFIA" in black, a rare and difficult stamp, very seldom offered and many times rarer than its counterpart in the previous set, considerably undercatalogued, the first used example we have offered in quite a while, well centered, ex-Gibbs, signed Houtzamer, VF
Lot #1586 - tobago
4 (4) 1879 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, perfectly centered, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1587 - tobago
5 (5) 1879 5' slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, rarely met with a genuine cancel!, perfectly centered, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1588 - tobago
6 (6) 1879 £1 mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a very scarce top value, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1589 - tobago
9 (9) 1880 1d Venetian red Q Victoria, cc, perf 14, light "A 14" numeral cancel, SUPERB
Lot #1590 - tobago
12 (12) 1860 1' yellow-ochre Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, in spite of its modest catalogue value this is one of the Colony's rarest used stamps, phenomenally undercatalogued!, light numeral "A 14" cancel, VF
Lot #1591 - tobago
28 (28) 1887 ½d on 6d orange-brown Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 4, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite scarce, undercatalogued used, ex-Dr. Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1592 - togo
33 (H12) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Yacht, first (wide) setting with SG Type 2 surcharge, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, signed Grobe and Kosack, VF
Lot #1593 - togo
34 (H13) 1914 1d on 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, first (wide) setting overprint SG Type 1 and surcharged SG Type 2, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, fresh, nice centering, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1594 - togo
36 (H2) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting of SG Type T1, only 1200 overprinted, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1595 - togo
43 (H9) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, scarce, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, VF
Lot #1596 - togo
44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, quite rare and undercatalogued, signed Bothe and Kilian, F-VF
Lot #1597 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Angle-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, light "Lome" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1598 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1599 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 50 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, ex-Gibbs, with "Lome" cds, XF
Lot #1600 - togo
54 (H20) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, per Gibbs only 25-30 examples printed, only 2 or 3 mint examples are known (one of which is in our reference collection), as such astronomically undercatalogued, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
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