1a (1) 1859 6d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, HR, 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 #929 - sierra leone
1b (2) 1865 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #930 - sierra leone
16 (21) 1876 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare mint as the majority of the printing was used postally, as such habitually undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #931 - sierra leone
32 (38) 1893 ½d on 1½d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 3 local "HALF PENNY" surcharge, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #932 - sierra leone
34-46 (41-53) 1896-97 ½d-£1 Q Victoria Keyplates, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13), 5' is signed Sélcula, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #933 - sierra leone
45 (52) 1896-97 5' green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite rare used (it took me years to find a used example for the great Cooper collection!), undercatalogued, light "Freetown" cds, VF
Lot #934 - sierra leone
48-51 (55-58) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 148 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, with Philatelic Foundation certificate for the scarce key value, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #935 - sierra leone
50 (57) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, surcharged SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 296 printed, quite scarce used, very well centered, light "Freetown" cds, SUPERB
Lot #936 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, cplt set of four surcharges in a se-tenant strip, SG Types 8, 10-12 (Sc Types a-d), rare thus (only 392 of SG 61 printed), fresh, OG, VF
Lot #937 - sierra leone
54 (61) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty overprinted SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), only 392 printed, OG, NH, VF
Lot #938 - sierra leone
55 (62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Stamp Duty, Scott Type d (SG Type 12) surcharge, only 196 printed, fresh color, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #939 - sierra leone
58 (66) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued considering only 284 were printed, many of which were used, signed Diena, OG, NH, XF
Lot #940 - sierra leone
60 (67) 1897 2½d on 2' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 8 (Scott Type a), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 176 printed, rare and undercatalogued, signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #941 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, perfectly centered, attractive oval "Sierra Leone" registry cancel, SUPERB
Lot #942 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #943 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #944 - sierra leone
121 (130) 1912-21 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare, signed A Diena, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #945 - sierra leone
138 (147) 1923 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1560 ptd, top right corner example with two sheet-margins, OG, NH, VF
Lot #946 - sierra leone
140-52 (155-67) 1932 ½d-£1 K George V "Palms", wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, 12, cplt (13), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #947 - sierra leone
140-52 (155-67) 1932 ½d-£1 K George V "Palms", wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, 12, cplt (13), much scarcer used than mint, seldom seen, F-VF
Lot #948 - sierra leone
153-65 (168-80) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, OG, HR, VF
Lot #949 - sierra leone
153-65 (168-80) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #950 - sierra leone
165 (180) 1933 £1 violet and orange Wilberforce "Freetown harbour" high value, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, elusive and seldom offered as a single, perfectly centered and lightly canceled - a "choice" example!, SUPERB
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