2 var (27b) 1856 1d bright rose-pink Q Victoria on medium white wove paper, unwmkd, pos 17 in the last printing, imperf, huge margins, fresh color, unused, SUPERB, with Sismondo 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 #77 - australia / victoria
135 var (178d) 1873-87 2d deep lilac-mauve Q Victoria, wmkd V over Crown, VARIETY - mixed perf 13 and 12, scarce, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #78 - australia / victoria
B2 (354) 1897 2½d (2'6d) red-brown Hospital Charity Fund Semi-Postal, wmkd V over Crown (sideways), perf 12½, canceled with "Crowlands" cds dated Oct 19, 1897 pre-dating the first day of issue by 3 days, rare thus, VF
Lot #79 - australia / western australia
5 (4c) 1855 1' pale brown Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), imperf, full to close margins, numeral "9" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #80 - australia / western australia
6 (2) 1854 1d black Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), rouletted 7½ to 14 and compound (showing on all four sides), significantly undercatalogued as it is 10-20 times more scarce than its imperf counterpart, ex-Pearson, with RPSL certificate for the pair that this is the left-hand example, F-VF
Lot #81 - australia / western australia
16 var (28 var) 1861 6d purple Swan, color trial on wove paper, scarce, imperf, four margins, VF
Lot #82 - australia / western australia
24D (46) 1861 1' deep green Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), perf 14 to 16 very rough, rare, Kallow noted only 1560 printed, the overwhelming majority of which were used postally!, massively undercatalogued, rarely even offered, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #83 - Australia
1-12 (1-13) 1913 ½d-5' Kangaroos, wmkd Large Crown over A, perf 12, cplt (12), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #84 - Australia
13 (14) 1913 10' grey and pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A, perf 12, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #85 - Australia
13 var-15 var (14s-16s) 1913 10'-£2 Kangaroo handstamped "Specimen", wmkd Wide Crown over Wide A, cplt (3), OG, LH, VF
Lot #86 - Australia
101 var-102 var (112s-114s) 1929-30 10'-£2 Kangaroo, Die II, handstamped "Specimen", wmkd Small Crown over A Multiple, cplt (2), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #87 - Australia
101 (112) 1929 10' grey and pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and A Multiple, perf 12, very well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #88 - Australia
127 (136) 1932 10' grey and pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #89 - Australia
128 (137) 1935 £1 grey Kangaroo, Die IIB, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, light cds, F-VF
Lot #90 - Australia
130-33 (141-44) 1932 2d-5' Sydney Harbour Bridge, cplt (4) with both 2ds, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #91 - Australia
132 (143) 1932 5' blue-green Sydney Harbor Bridge, unwmkd, perf 11, OG, NH, VF
Lot #92 - Australia
167 (180) 1938 1d emerald-green Q Elizabeth II, wmk ERROR - Crown over REVERSED "C" of A, perf 15x14, lightly canceled, a great rarity!, F-VF
Lot #93 - Australia
J3a var (D10w) 1902 2d emerald-green Postage Due, VARIETY - wmk Crown over NSW inverted, perf 11x11½, a scarce stamp, OG, HR, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #94 - Australia
J32 var (D56w) 1907 4d dull green Postage Due, VARIETY - wmk Crown over double lined A inverted, perf 11½x11, undercatalogued, very well centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #95 - Australia
J40a (D74) (Brusden-White D79) 1909 1d rose and yellow-green Postage Due, Die II, perf 11, very scarce, undercatalogued, light "Sydney" cds, F-VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #96 - Australia
J49 (D73) 1909 £1 rosine and yellow-green Postage Due, wmkd Large Crown and Double-lined A (SG Type w 11), perf 12x12½ (comb), OG, HR, VF
Lot #97 - Australia
J49a (D87) 1921 £1 scarlet and pale yellow-green Postage Due, wmkd Multiple Large Crown over Double-lined A, perf 14, very scarce and undercatalogued as only 708 were printed, OG, NH, VF
Lot #98 - Australia
J49a (D87) 1921 £1 scarlet and pale yellow-green Postage Due, wmkd Multiple Large Crown over Double-lined A, perf 14, very scarce and undercatalogued as only 708 were printed, unpriced used in Scott, VF
Lot #99 - Australia
J64-70 (D112-18) 1938 ½d-1' carmine and green Postage Dues, wmkd Crown over C of A multiple, perf 14½x14, cplt (7), OG, LH, fine
Lot #100 - Australia
O1-2 (O123-24) 1931 2d-3d Southern Cross above Hemispheres (Kingsford-Smith issue), overprinted "OS" SG Type O4, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (2), OG, VLH, F-VF
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