9 (27) 1858 (4d) green Britannia on bluish paper, imperf, four margins, neatly 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 #699 - Mauritius
11 (29) 1859 (9d) dull magenta Britannia, imperf, four margins, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #700 - Mauritius
11 (29) 1859 (9d) dull magenta Britannia, imperf, three and a half margins (touching at lower left), barred oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #701 - Mauritius
11a (29a) 1862 (1d) magenta Britannia, (9d) reissued as (1d) value, used with "B53" cancel, imperf, four margins, F-VF
Lot #702 - Mauritius
14Bc (38) 1859 2d blue on bluish Q Victoria (Lapirot engraving), intermediate impression (July), imperf, four clear margins, 5-ring target cancel, signed, F-VF
Lot #703 - Mauritius
17 (44) 1859 2d pale blue Q Victoria, Dardenne lithograph on white laid paper, imperf, four full margins, a lovely example, crisp barred-oval cancel, signed Richter, VF
Lot #704 - Mauritius
23 (55) 1862 1' deep green Q Victoria, unwmkd, intermediate perf 14 to 16, "B 53" numeral cancel, F-VF
Lot #705 - Mauritius
24-31 (46-53) 1860-63 1d-1' Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (8), scarce, F-VF
Lot #706 - Mauritius
38 (66) 1872 9d yellow-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, exceptionally difficult and undercatalogued, considering how seldom a used example is met with, VF
Lot #707 - Mauritius
59-67 (92-100) 1879-80 2¢-2.50R Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), 13¢ and 38¢ are very rare and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #708 - Mauritius
62 (95) 1880 13¢ slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and seldom seen used, as such, undercatalogued, light "B 53" numeral cancel, F-VF
Lot #709 - Mauritius
65 (98) 1880 38¢ bright purple Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a scarce and much underrated key value, very few of this denomination were ever used, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #710 - Mauritius
78 (114) 1883 16¢ on 17¢ rose Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with provisional overprint SG Type 28a, exceptionally rare and grossly undercatalogued as only a few occurred in the original setting with the two more common types, very difficult and challenging, very seldom offered, fresh, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #711 - Mauritius
84 (117) 1887 2¢ on 13¢ slate Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 31 in red, local printing, as there was little call for this provisional, only 100 were sold over the Post Office counter, such few used examples emanated from these sales and the mint balance of this stamp was later sold by the Crown Agents to dealers in London, light "B 53" numeral cancel, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #712 - Mauritius
84a (117a) 1887 2¢ on 13¢ slate Q Victoria, local surcharge SG Type 31 (Sc Type j) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, VF
Lot #713 - Mauritius
101 (144) 1902 5¢ dull purple and bright purple on buff Coat of Arms, wmkd CA, perf 14, astonishingly rare and vastly undercatalogued used as it was replaced in only 4 months!, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #714 - Mauritius
199 (241) 10R 1924 green and red on emerald K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, light cancel, F-VF
Lot #715 - Mauritius
E3b (E3a) 1904 15¢ on 15¢ ultramarine Governor of Mauritius overprinted "EXPRESS DELIVERY (INLAND)" SG Type E3 (Scott Type SD3) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, quite scarce, undercatalogued, cert notes creased and other small faults, OG, HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #716 - Mauritius
E3b (E3a) 1904 15¢ on 15¢ ultramarine Governor of Mauritius overprinted "EXPRESS DELIVERY (INLAND)" SG Type E3 (Scott Type SD3) in red, ERROR - surcharge inverted, quite scarce, undercatalogued, cert notes toned and oxidised surcharge, fine, with Brandon certificate
Lot #717 - Mauritius
E4d var (E6c) 1904 15¢ grey-green Coat of Arms (without value in label) "EXPRESS DELIVERY" locally surcharged in red, ERROR - double surcharge, one "LNIAND", elusive and undercatalogued, with a lovely full strike of "Mauritius 2" cds, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
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