6 (6) 1866 4d deep blue Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, signed, OG, LH, F-VF
Auction #138 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #138 - Public Auction
Welcome to our first Public Auction of 2023 - #138
We are offering a marvelous range including many scarce and desirable rarities from a number of estates and collections.
Great Britain and British Europe: Great Britain features a mint “Penny Black”(Plate 6); a 1856 4d Medium Garter, perf 14 mint; 1860 1½d rosy mauve unissued shade; 1880 2/- brown wing-margin mint; 1867 5/- rose mint Maltese Cross (Plate 1); 1882 £1 brown-lilac, superb, used; 1882 £5 orange on blued paper; 1913 £1 green never hinged; 20+ lots of Officials including a mint 5/- “I R Official”; Levant errors; Cyprus has a 1923 £1, rare used.
British Africa: Bechuanaland 1888 2d on 2d green overprint (superb with Brandon certificate); British Central Africa has a 1d on 3/- “PNNEY” error in a block of 9 (few blocks known); Cameroons “C.E.F.” complete used – all very rare thus!; Cape of Good Hope shows a mint 1a(1) with Sismondo certificate, a 4d blue on blue used block of 4; a 39 (46) mint with an RPSL certificate; Mafeking with a “large” mint General Baden-Powell; Gambia with U.P.U. specimen in strips of 5 (one malformed “S”!); Gold Coast 95 (102) £2 very rare used; rare Griqualand pane and large blocks; Kenya mint £4; Madagascar features 16 different; some scarce New Republics; Rhodesia shines with mint £10 and scarce £2 rosy red on thick paper; Sierra Leone has scarce surcharges and a 1923 £5 mint; South West Africa shows a rare used £1 pair; Togo 1914 50pf mint, 1M used (tied to piece), 2M Occupation double overprint used (1 of 8 known!).
British Asia: India 25 (65) 8a carmine – the greatest perforated Q Victoria mint regular issue; Patiala 23 (29) 2R overprint – very rare used; we show some better Jordan; Federated Malaya States 13A (14) $25 – the first used example we have offered by us in our 50 years!
British North America: Canada has a range of choice classics, Jubilees complete, several $ values superb; British Columbia & Vancouver Island features 3 (11) the “key” 5¢ rose imperf, mint, expertized.
British Oceania: Cook Islands and Niue have many great rarities!; Fiji with 4 different “Times Express”; New Britain up to the 3/- on 3M, mint; New Zealand shines with classics and Officials; North West Pacific Islands features rare and key values plus overprint errors.
Did I overlook some additional “good” stamps as I usually do? No doubt!
As always best of bidding luck!
P.S. for over 50 years our personalized want list work has dwarfed our Public Auctions. Please feel free to forward copies of your current lists and it will be bounced against our multi-million dollar, 50 volume, stock. We usually can be of great help!
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Lot #1047 - st. vincent
6 (6) 1866 4d deep blue Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, used, fine
Lot #1048 - st. vincent
7 (12) 1869 4d yellow Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, a marvelous and perfectly centered example, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1049 - st. vincent
22 (20) 1873 1' lilac-rose Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½ x 15, with "A 10" numeral cancel, fine
Lot #1050 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of which were later overprinted "REVENUE", exceptionally well-centered with nice perforations, fresh color, an altogether CHOICE copy of this difficult stamp (rare, given poorly centered examples are the norm), part OG, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1051 - st. vincent
31a (33a) 1881 ½d on half 6d bright green Q Victoria, surcharge SG Type 4, VARIETY - unsevered pair, OG, LH, XF
Lot #1052 - st. vincent
89 (93) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, an exceptionally well centered example of what is usually a very poorly centered stamp, fresh and unrubbed, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1053 - st. vincent
104-16 (108-20) 1913-14 ½d-£1 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), significantly scarcer used than mint, as in practice we see a ratio of 10 to 1 in favor of the mint sets, F-VF
Lot #1054 - st. vincent
117a, 117 (121c, 121) 1915 1d on 1' black on green K George V, block of four surcharged "ONE PENNY", ERROR - "PENNY" and bar double on lower-right stamp, fresh bright color, OG, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #1055 - st. vincent
131 (141) 1928 £1 mauve and black Peace and Justice, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce, and undercatalogued, light "Kingston" cds, SUPERB
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