N4 (4) 1915 5ch carmine and brown Shah Ahmed stamp of Iran overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation.", only 257 copies ptd, the key value to the set, signed by APS Hall of Fame member Dr. Mohamed Dedkah, OG, LH, F-VF, with Persiphilia certificate
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 #254 - bushire
N21 (21) 1915 10ch brown and deep green "Coronation" issue of Iran, overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation." SG Type 1, perf 11x11½, quite rare as only 66 were printed, of which comparatively few were used, tied to piece by "Bouchir" double-ring cancel, signed Sadri, VF, with Persiphila certificate
Lot #255 - bushire
N23 (24) 1915 1kr black, brown, and silver K Darius of Iran wiht British Occupation overprint SG Type 1, quite scarce, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #256 - bushire
N26 (26) 1915 3kr sepia, dull lilac and silver Coronation stamp of Iran with occupation overprint SG Type 1, rare, cert notes that per Dr. Dadkhah this is "setting IV position 2", signed Sadri, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Sadri certificate
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