(Z2) 1865 2a orange Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar with rhomboid of bars cancel (as noted in SG), very rare and undercatalogued, includes a copy of the larger piece that this stamp is from showing the associated SG Type Z1 cancel, ex-Jeremy Lea, fine
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!
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Lot #1182 - zanzibar
(Z35) 1867 2a orange Q Victoria "SERVICE" Official of India used in Zanzibar with SG Type Z3 cancel, rare and undercatalogued, ex-Jeremy Lea, F-VF
Lot #1183 - zanzibar
4b, 4 var footnoted (4k, 4D) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" for "Zanzibar" (row 7, pos 2), in pair with normal, fresh and scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1184 - zanzibar
5e (5m) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, VARIETY - diaeresis over last "a" (row 10, pos 5), a very scarce and seldom offered variety, fresh and bright color, OG, HR, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1185 - zanzibar
18-20 var footnoted (23-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Types 3-5) cplt, undercatalogued, Type c (5) is also a small second "z" variety, F-VF
Lot #1186 - zanzibar
19 (24) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1187 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, OG,VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1188 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), VARIETY - small second "z", raised, scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, bold cds, extremely well centered, XF
Lot #1189 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25H) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 5 surcharge on VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b" (SG Type H), rare (probably only occurred once per sheet), toned OG, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1190 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 3 (Scott Type a), VARIETY - small second "z" lower, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1191 - zanzibar
22 (33) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), key value in the set of 3, scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #1192 - zanzibar
22 var footnoted (33D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge SG Type 4 (Scott Type b), scarce and undercatalogued as it only appeared 10 times in the setting of 60, VARIETY - small second "z", OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1193 - zanzibar
23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), an extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, well centered, light "Zanzibar" cds, VF
Lot #1194 - zanzibar
24C (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), a very rare and undercatalogued stamp (occurring only 10 times in the setting of 60), especially scarce used, light "Zanzibar" registry cds, VF
Lot #1195 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, undercatalogued, large part OG, F-VF
Lot #1196 - zanzibar
28, 28A, 29 (38-40) 1898 2½ on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with SG surcharge Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), a rare and undercatalogued set as SG 39 (Scott 28A) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, one stamp with overprint variety - small second "z", OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1197 - zanzibar
30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1198 - zanzibar
30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type d (SG Type 6), ERROR - Roman "I" in "½", with footnoted VARIETY - small second "z" raised, fresh and bright, OG,LH, fine, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #1199 - zanzibar
31 var footnoted (27D) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 384 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1200 - zanzibar
32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black and red, cplt (6), small "z" varieties present, a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and a high percentage were used postally, quite undercatalogued, the ratio in Stanley Gibbons is far too small in our experience, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1201 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1202 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), F-VF
Lot #1203 - zanzibar
54 (176) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, surcharged SG Type 4 in red, this is the rarest overprint Type in the set as it only occurred 10 times in the sheet, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1204 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), used, VF-S
Lot #1205 - zanzibar
97b-98b (208a, 209a) 1904 2½a on 7½a-2½a on 8a Sultan Seyyid issues, VARIETY - thin open "w" in "Two", SG surcharge Type 22a, both with light cancels, F-VF
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