7 (12) 1869 4d yellow Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, exceptionally well centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
Auction #137 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #137 - Public Auction
Welcome to our Fall Public Auction. We are offering a marvelous range including many scarce and desirable rarities.
Great Britain and British Europe: GB features a 4-margin mint 10d embossed as well as a 1½dgrey mauve and 8d purple-brown unissued values. Cyprus and Gibraltar £5 stamps are here as is Malta’s “key” 10/- both mint and used.
British Africa: British Central Africa (Nyasaland) offers £5 and £10 values. Madagascar shows 28 lots of the large Consular Mail issues. Natal highlights a £5 (mint and used) St. Helena showcases the “Tristan Relief” set (never hinged!). Sierra Leone ranges up to £5 values and Togo features nice British Occupation rarities and overprint varieties. Zanzibar shines with 25 lots of the challenging “2½” surcharge provisionals.
British Asia: Hong Kong has a superb mint $10 Q Victoria, there are some interesting stamps of Malaya (and states) and India (with a few states).
British North America: Canada has superb mint Jubilees to the $5 and Newfoundland the 1860 1/- orange-vermilion. Cayman Islands shows the ½d on 5/- double overprint and Grenada weighs in with a mint #1 – 6d bluish green.
British Oceania: Fiji has some “Times Express” stamps (4!) while New Britain features British Occupation overprints to the 1M. New Zealand closes with several “O.P.S.O.” lots and the Australian state of Victoria has the very rare 1850 1d bright rose imperf Q Victoria (SG 27b, with certificate and huge margins).
We look forward to greeting, at shows, our many friends planning to attend (especially Monaco!). If you can forward us your current “want list” we can bring along items especially for your needs and consideration.
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Lot #893 - st. vincent
17 (17) 1872 1' deep rose-red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½, a very rare and undercatalogued mint stamp, a perennial "want list" stamp, often missing from many advanced collections, signed Diena, OG, LH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #894 - st. vincent
22 (20) 1873 1' lilac-rose Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½ x 15, very well centered, "A 10" numeral cancel, VF
Lot #895 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of where were later overprinted "REVENUE", perfectly centered, scarce this nice!, OG, LH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #896 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of which were later overprinted "REVENUE", scarce used, with a ratio of easily 10 to 1 in favor of the mint, as such quite undercatalogued, this example is exceptionally well centered -- rarely met with on this stamp, light "A 10" grid cancel, a remarkable gem!, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #897 - st. vincent
37 (43a) 1883 4d grey-blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 12, scarce shade, rich color and a perfectly centered example of this rare stamp! large oart OG, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #898 - st. vincent
47 (50) 1885 4d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce mint, remarkably well centered, rich vibrant color, OG, LH, XF
Lot #899 - st. vincent
51 (52) 1888 6d violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, while 3300 were issued, 1200 were overprinted "Revenue", leaving only 2100 copies, several times rarer used than mint, as such undercatalogued, well centered, "A 10" grid cancel, VF
Lot #900 - st. vincent
57 (54) 1890 2½d on 4d chocolate Q Victoria, only 1500 were surcharged, grossly undercatalogued as a comparatively small percentage were used, with a smaller printing that the 5' rough perf, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #901 - st. vincent
131 (141) 1928 £1 mauve and black Peace and Justice, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, light "Kingston" cds, F-VF
Lot #902 - st. vincent
MR1a, MR1 (124a, 124) 1916 1d carmine-red K George V overprinted "WAR STAMP" SG Type 22 (4th setting - words 3½mm apart), VARIETY - overprint double on left-hand vertical pair in a block of four, scarce, signed Bloch, OG, NH, VF
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