1-3 (1-3) 1875 1d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, cplt (3), rare and seldom offered, OG, LH, 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 #490 - gold coast
1-3 (1-3) 1875 1d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, cplt (3), well centered, light cds, VF
Lot #491 - gold coast
2 (2) 1875 4d magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, well centered, part OG, VF
Lot #492 - gold coast
4-8 (4-8) 1876-79 ½d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #493 - gold coast
12 (10) 1883 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce mint!, a key rarity to the whole Colony, seldom seen or offered, OG, VLH, VF, with Darteyre certificate
Lot #494 - gold coast
15 (14) 1891 2½d ultramarine and orange Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with a well centered strike of the scarce "Liverpool Ship" cds, VF
Lot #495 - gold coast
19 (18a) 1888 1' bright mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "Cape Coast 'P'" cds (probably for parcels), very rare, we have recorded only three strikes, one of which was in the Ashanti collection, VF
Lot #496 - gold coast
26-35 (26-34) 1898-1902 ½d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), used, VF
Lot #497 - gold coast
28 (27b) 1902 2d dull mauve and orange-red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, extremely rare used (in use for only 3 months), before being replaced by the K Edward VII issue, seriously undercatalogued!, attractive "Accra" cds showing very early usage (1/18/02!), VF
Lot #498 - gold coast
55 (57) 1906 2'6d green and yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce used high value from the later printing, light cancel, well centered, VF
Lot #499 - gold coast
64 (67) 1911 2'6d black and red on blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and considerably undercatalogued used stamp given what actually appears on the market, seldom seen used, easily 20-30 times more difficult than its mint counterpart, light "Accra" cds, F-VF
Lot #500 - gold coast
65 (68) 1913 5' green and red on yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, issued in 1913 by October of which it had already been replaced by the K George V 5' as such it saw very little postal usage and is hardly ever seen which accounts for its appearance on most advanced serious want-lists, unusual light "Seccondi" cds as the vast majority of these were canceled at Victoria...
Lot #501 - gold coast
69-80 (71-84) 1913-21 ½d-20' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #502 - gold coast
73a, 75c, 76a, 77a, 78a, (77e, 79e, 80b, 81a, 82f) 1921 3d-5' K George V, wmkd CA, perf 14, Die II, cplt (5), deceptively scarce and certainly undercatalogued, especially the 2' most of which seem to have been used!, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #503 - gold coast
76a (80b) 1921 2' purple and blue on blue K George V, Die II, wmkd MCA, perf 14, a scarce and undervalued stamp (most were used), OG, LH, VF
Lot #504 - gold coast
78a (82f) 1921 5' green and red on pale yellow K George V Die II on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, well centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #505 - gold coast
80 (84) 1916 20' purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Lot #506 - gold coast
94a (100a) 1924 15' dull purple and green K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #507 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, vivid rich color, attractive "Accra" cds, VF
Lot #508 - gold coast
J1 (D1) 1923 ½d black Postage Due, lightly canceled, rare and elusive used, considerably undercatalogued, VF
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