2 var (150w) 1913-23 1d red Britannia, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, perf 14, very rare, listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, lightly canceled, F-VF
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 #1063 - trinidad and tobago
20 (215) 1921 £1 green and carmine seated Britannia, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very rare and hardly ever seen used, undercatalogued as in practice what is seen is 50 to 1 in favor of the mint!, light postal cancel-very rare thus!, F-VF
Lot #1064 - trinidad and tobago
J5 (D22) 1944 5d black Postage Due, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very scarce and undercatalogued used as it saw very little use before the next issue, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1065 - trinidad and tobago
J8 (D25) 1945 1' black Postage Due, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used high value that saw very little use before the next issue, perfectly centered, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #1066 - trinidad and tobago
O1 (O11) 1913 ½d green Britannia Official with SG Type O3 overprint, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and seldom seen used, severely undercatalogued, horizontal pair tied to large part "OHMS" cover, ex-the gold medal Ramkissoon collection, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1067 - trinidad and tobago
O2 (O12) 1914 ½d green Britannia Official with SG Type O4 overprint, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued as very few were actually ever used!, well centered, tied by "San Fernando" cds to piece of OHMS envelope, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1068 - trinidad and tobago
O3 (O14) 1916 ½d yellow-green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (with stop), wmkd MCA, perf 14, vastly undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1069 - trinidad and tobago
O4 (O13) 1914-17 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (without stop), wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued as very few were actually ever used!, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1070 - trinidad and tobago
O4 (O13) 1914-17 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (without stop), wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued as very few were actually ever used!, block of four tied by "Port of Spain" cds to piece, probably unique!, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1071 - trinidad and tobago
O5 (O15) 1917 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1072 - trinidad and tobago
O5 var footnoted (O15a) 1917 ½d yellow-green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
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