4 var (6) (Canada Specialized 4i) 1852 3d deep red Beaver, handmade wove paper, imperf, four margins, black target cancel, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
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!
Sale Terms
Lot #396 - Canada
4 var (18) 1857 3d red Beaver on machine-made wove paper, imperf, with full to huge margins (just touching at right), light blue cancel, F-VF
Lot #397 - Canada
5 (9) 1852 6d slate-violet Prince Albert on handmade wove paper, imperf, an astonishing example with massive margins and bearing a light RED straight-line "PAID" cancel, a gold-medal caliber example, signed Bloch, SUPERB, with Friedl certificate
Lot #398 - Canada
5b (10) 1852 6d greenish grey Prince Albert on handmade wove paper, imperf, exceptionally large margins, showing a portion of adjoining copy at top, light centered black 7-ring target cancel, a gem!, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #399 - Canada
7 var (15) 1852-56 10d blue to deep blue Cartier, on thin handmade wove paper, imperf, four full margins, light diamond bars cancel, VF, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #400 - Canada
8 (17) 1857 ½d deep rose Q Victoria on machine-made wove paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full to clear margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at bottom), VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #401 - Canada
9 (12) 1857 7½d green Q Victoria Chalon Head on handmade medium white wove paper, imperf, four full margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at bottom), lifght partial four-ring cancel, very rare, VF-S, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #402 - Canada
12 (26) 1859 3d red Beaver, on machine-made wove paper, perf 11¾, an exceptionally rare well centered example (of this otherwise notoriously poorly centered stamp!), centered black 7-ring target cancel, SUPERB
Lot #403 - Canada
14 (29) 1859 1¢ pale rose Q Victoria, perf 12, rich color, perfectly centered, numeral "19" cancel, SUPERB
Lot #404 - Canada
17a (37) 1859 10¢ dull violet Prince Albert, perf 12, exceptional centering, lightly canceled, XF
Lot #405 - Canada
19 (42) 1859 17¢ deep blue Cartier, perf 12, a remarkable, perfectly centered example, as such of great rarity!, very lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #406 - Canada
20a (44) 1864 2¢ rose-red Q Victoria, perf 12, rich fresh color, exceptional centering, light cds, a gem!, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #407 - Canada
22a (55b) 1868 1¢ brown red Large Queen, Ottawa ptg on Bothwell paper with VARIETY - inverted "UTH" of "CLUTHA MILLS" papermakers watermark, well centered, rich color, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #408 - Canada
27b (59a) 18680 6¢ blackish brown Large Queen on medium to stout wove paper,perf 12, VARIETY - watermarked, lightly canceled, very scarce, F-VF
Lot #409 - Canada
35b (75a) 1878-97 1¢ bright yellow Small Queen on thinner and poor quality paper, Montreal printing, VARIETY - imperf horizontal pair, well centered in four full margins unused, SUPERB
Lot #410 - Canada
35b (75a) 1878-97 1¢ bright yellow Small Queen on thinner and poor quality paper, Montreal printing, VARIETY - imperf horizontal pair, four full to huge margins, unused, VF
Lot #411 - Canada
37d (79a) 1870 3¢ Indian red Small Queen, Ottawa printing, VARIETY - perf 12½, exceptionally well centered, lightly canceled, rare thus, XF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #412 - Canada
38 (85) 1876-88 5¢ olive-green Small Queen, unwmkd, Montreal printing, perf 12 (or slightly under), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #413 - Canada
41b (105b) 1891-93 3¢ bright vermilion Small Queen, Ottawa printing on thinnish paper of poor quality, VARIETY - imperf horizontal pair, very well centered in large margins, choice!, unused, SUPERB
Lot #414 - Canada
42 (106) 1889 5¢ brownish grey Small Queen, perf 12 on thinnish paper, Ottawa ptg, a scarce mint stamp, in exceptional quality, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #415 - Canada
46 (115) 1893 20¢ vermilion Widowed Queen, perfectly centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #416 - Canada
50-60 (121//135) 1897 ½¢-50¢ Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #417 - Canada
50 (121) 1897 ½¢ black Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, perfectly centered, very lightly canceled, a gem!, SUPERB
Lot #418 - Canada
55 (129) 1897 6¢ brown Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, rich color, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #419 - Canada
57 (131) 1897 10¢ purple Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, large perfectly centered margins, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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