5 (5) 1895 50 (c) black Missionary typewritten, wide letters and format (20-26 mm), imperf, frame-line dashes showing on three sides, ex-Dunston and Dr. Gene Scott Gold Medal collections, unused as issued, 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.
Sale Terms
Lot #1079 - uganda
38 (38) 1895 20c violet Missionary typewritten, narrow letters and format (16-18mm), scarce, imperf, with frame-line dashes showing on three sides, unused as issued, VF
Lot #1080 - uganda
61-68 (54-61) 1896 1a-5R black Type-set, cplt (8), scarce, unused as issued, F-VF
Lot #1081 - uganda
61 var (54 var footnoted) 1896 1a Type-set, tête-bêche pair, thin "1", very rare, unused as issued, VF
Lot #1082 - uganda
70 (84a) 1902 1a carmine-rose Q Victoria, canceled by a "GONDOKORO" cds, only opened in 1903 as a small trading post on the White Nile, very rare, VF
Lot #1083 - uganda
71 (86) 1898 2a red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with very rare "Gundokoro" straight-line cancel, F-VF
Lot #1084 - uganda
77 var (92w) 1902 ½a yellow-green Q Victoria of British East Africa overprinted "UGANDA", SG Type 10, ERROR - wmk CA inverted, rare as only one pane of 60 was printed, OG, VLH, VF
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