89 var footnoted (81 var footnoted) 1897 1a indigo and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain of Zanzibar overprinted "British East Africa" SG Type 8 in red, U.P.U. printing, with stop after "Africa", OG, LH, fine
Auction #137 - Public Auction
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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).
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Lot #202 - british east africa
96 (87) 1897 2½ on 1a indigo and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain of Zanzibar surcharged SG Type 13 (Scott Type b) and overprinted "British East Africa" SG Type 8, this is the scarce key type which only occurred on 10 positions in the setting of 60, tied to small piece by "Mombasa" squared-circle cancel VF
Lot #203 - british guiana
10 (19) 1854 4¢ blue Seal of the Colony, white line above value, imperf, four full large margins, light "Demerara" cds, SUPERB
Lot #204 - british guiana
10b (20) 1855 4¢ pale blue Seal of the Colony, white line above value, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light "Demerara" cds, VF-S
Lot #205 - british guiana
18 (29) 1860-63 1¢ pale rose Seal of the Colony, thick paper, perf 12, a great mint rarity - very seldom seen at all!, large oart OG, F-VF
Lot #206 - british guiana
38 var (119 var) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, Sc Type A6 (SG Type 10), with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, VARIETY - dashes under "POSTAGE" (row 1, pos 6), numeral "A 03" grid cancel, ex-Nathan, fine
Lot #207 - british guiana
39 var (120 var) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, Sc Type A7 (SG Type 11), with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, VARIETY - vertical bar to right of "H" (row 3, pos 2), light and attractive numeral "A 03" grid cancel, ex-Nathan, signed, fine
Lot #208 - british guiana
39 var (120d) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, Sc Type A7 (SG Type 11), VARIETY - italic "S" in "CENTS" (row 3, pos 4), light numeral "A 03" grid cancel, very rare, ex-Nathan, F-VF
Lot #209 - british guiana
54c (98) 1866 12¢ grey-lilac Seal of the Colony, unwmkd, medium paper, perf 10, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #210 - british guiana
69a (104) 1867 48¢ crimson Seal of the Colony, medium paper, unwmkd, perf 10, OG, HR, VF
Lot #211 - british guiana
82 (137) 1878 (1¢) on 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, provisional overprint with two horizontal bars, a left sheet-margin block of four, part OG, F-VF
Lot #212 - british guiana
82 (137) 1878 (1¢) on 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, provisional overprint with two horizontal bars, rare and undercatalogued used, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #213 - british guiana
85 (144) 1878 (1¢) on 4¢ blue Seal of the Colony overprinted "OFFICIAL", provisional with two horizontal bars and one vertical, wmkd CC, perf 14, rather scarce mint, seldom offered, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #214 - british guiana
85a (147) 1878 (1¢) on 4¢ blue Ship Official surcharged with one horizontal bar and one vertical bar, only one sheet was surcharged for postal use, extremely rare, and considerably undercatalogued, the greatest basic perforated Ship rarity in all of British Guiana, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #215 - british guiana
87 (146) 1878 (2¢) on 8¢ rose Seal of the Colony overprinted "OFFICIAL", provisional with two horizontal bars and one vertical, seriously undercatalogued, it was missing from the Ferrari collection, well centered, lightly canceled, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #216 - british guiana
124 (185) 1888 $1 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged SG Type 28, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare (only 146 issued), undercatalogued, as apparently all the others were later overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, signed B M P, OG, LH, VF
Lot #217 - british guiana
125 (186) 1888 $2 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged SG Type 28, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 544 issued, undercatalogued, as the majority were later overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, OG, LH, VF
Lot #218 - british guiana
126 (187) 1888 $3 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged SG Type 28, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 9326 issued, scarce as the majority were later overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, signed B M P, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #219 - british guiana
127A (188a) 1888 $4 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged with large "4" (3½mm) Type II (SG Type b), only 188 issued, a significant portion of which were subsequently overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, a notoriously scarce and vastly undercatalogued stamp, seldom seen, with BPA certificate for the horizontal pair that this is from, OG, HR, VF
Lot #220 - british guiana
130-47 (193-205, 213-15, 233-238) 1889-1905 1¢-96¢ Seal of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (19) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #221 - british guiana
139 var (199w) 1889 8¢ dull purple and rose Seal of the Colony, ERROR - wmk CA inverted, quite scarce, with "Georgetown" cds, VF
Lot #222 - british guiana
145 (238) 1903 60¢ green and rosine Seal of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used!, VF
Lot #223 - british guiana
171 (251) 1905 $2.40 green and violet Seal of the Colony overprinted "POSTAGE AND REVENUE", wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely scarce and undercatalogued used, rarely offered, light "Georgetown" cds, VF
Lot #224 - british guiana
210-22 (288-300) 1934-51 1¢-$1 K George V pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (13), OG, NH, VF
Lot #225 - british guiana
239a (317a) 1951 $1 bright violet K George VI Botanical Gardens, wmkd Script CA, VARIETY - the rare perf 14x13, OG, VLH, VF
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