34a (H13a) 1914 1d on 5pf green Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" and surcharged, first (wide) setting, VARIETY - thin "y" in "penny", only 98 issued, tied by "LOME 1.10.14" first day of issue cds to piece, signed Bloch, 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 #1014 - togo
41 (H7) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, scarce, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #1015 - togo
43 (H9) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Yacht, first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, fresh, very scarce, signed by Diena and Bloch, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1016 - togo
44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, quite rare, with "Lome" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1017 - 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, signed Pavoille and Roumet, VF, with Ceres certificate
Lot #1018 - 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, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1019 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, signed Calves and Brun, VF-S, with Briefmarkenprüfstelle certificate
Lot #1020 - togo
63 var (H31a) 1915 10pf carmine Yacht, third (Sansane-Mangu ptg, SG Type 6) setting ("Anglo-French" 15mm), VARIETY - unwmkd paper, a great rarity with only about half-dozen example known (all are used), tied by "Lome" cds to piece, signed Starauschek, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1021 - togo
66, 66 vars footnoted (H34, H34a, H34c, H34e) 1915 ½d green K George V stamps of Gold Coast, with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, left-margin block of 18 (pos 25-42) includes VARIETIES - small "F" in "French" (pos 25), no hyphen after "Anglo" (pos 28 OG, NH), and "CUPATION" (pos 33 NH), overall fresh with a few hinge reinforcements, a rare multiple, F-VF
Lot #1022 - togo
66 var footnoted (H34f) 1915 ½d green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 150 printed), undercatalogued, unusually full perfs as most were damaged when the P.O. removed them from the sheets, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1023 - togo
66 var-78 var footnoted (H34a-46a, H38ga) 1915 ½d-20' K George V stamps of Gold Coast overprinted locally with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", all with small "F" in "FRENCH", cplt (13), bright colors, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #1024 - togo
67 var footnoted (H35f) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 40 printed), bottom-margin single, undercatalogued, OG, H R, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1025 - togo
68 var footnoted (H36f) 1915 2d grey K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 60 printed), undercatalogued, with photocopy of Rendon certificate for the set from which this stamp is from, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1026 - togo
69 var footnoted (H37c) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted (row 1, pos 5), exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, perfectly centered, OG, LH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1027 - togo
69 var footnoted (H37f) 1915 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare, only 50 printed, OG, LH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1028 - togo
71 var footnoted (H40f) 1915 6d dull and bright purple K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 42 printed), significantly undercatalogued, OG, LH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1029 - togo
72 var footnoted (H41f) 1915 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 82 printed), perfectly centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #1030 - togo
74 var footnoted (H43c) 1915 2'6d black and red on blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - hyphen omitted after "ANGLO" (row 1, pos 5), scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1031 - togo
75 var footnoted (H45a) 1915 10' green and red on green K George V of Gold Coast overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" locally, VARIETY - small "F" in "French", very rare used, tied by "LOME" cds to piece, signed Bister F-VF
Lot #1032 - togo
76 var footnoted (H46a) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - small "F" in "FRENCH", lightly canceled, it is quite rare used!, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1033 - togo
76 var footnoted (H46f) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", ERROR - first "O" of "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 30 printed), usual perf faults caused by removal from the sheet by the Post Office before issue (they used a knife or scissors), seldom seen, seriously undercatalogued as this is one of the two key values to this very difficult set of errors, OG, LH, F-VF...
Lot #1034 - togo
86a (H53c) 1916 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast on emerald back overprinted in London "TOGO ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION", scarce (probably only one pane of 60 was printed), fresh, undercatalogued, OG, H R, F-VF, with BPA certificate
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