3 (3) 1855 1' pale yellow-green Q Victoria Chalon Head on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, London (Perkins, Bacon) printing, imperf, margins clear to close, fine
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 #780 - New Zealand
4 (4) 1855 1d red Q Victoria Chalon Head on blue paper, unwmkd, Auckland printing, imperf, 3 good margins (touching at left), lightly canceled, F-VF, with Odenweller certificate
Lot #781 - New Zealand
6 (6) 1857 1' green Q Victoria on blue paper, unwmkd, Auckland printing, imperf, close margins, just in at top, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #782 - New Zealand
7 (8) 1858 1d dull orange Q Victoria Chalon Head on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, full to clear margins, lightly canceled, F-VF, with Odenweller certificate
Lot #783 - New Zealand
9e (12) 1859 6d bistre-brown Q Victoria on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, numeral "18" barred oval cancel, VF
Lot #784 - New Zealand
9h (14) 1857 6d pale brown Q Victoria on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light cancel, VF
Lot #785 - New Zealand
10 (17) 1857-63 1' blue-green Q Victoria Chalon Head on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, light numeral "15" barred oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #786 - New Zealand
13c (52) 1862 3d brown-lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, rouletted 7 at Auckland, light barred-oval numeral cancel, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #787 - New Zealand
14d (41) 1862 6d black-brown Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four huge to large margins with portion of adjoining stamp at left, light cancel, a "GEM", SUPERB
Lot #788 - New Zealand
15d (46) 1862 1' deep green Q Victoria "Chalon Head", wmkd Large Star, imperf, close margins at two corners, F-VF
Lot #789 - New Zealand
59 (185) 1878 2' deep rose Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Small Star Wide Apart, perf 12x11½ (comb), perfectly centered, light cds -- rare thus!, SUPERB
Lot #790 - New Zealand
83 (259) 1898 5' vermilion Mt. Cook, unwmkd, perf 12 to 16, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #791 - New Zealand
87 (272) 1900 2d bright purple Q Victoria on thick, soft Pirie paper, wmkd double-lined "NZ" and Star (sideways), perf 11, very rare and massively undercatalogued, used, as it was soon replaced (in March), F-VF
Lot #792 - New Zealand
107-120 (302//329) 1902-07 ½d-5' Pictorials on thin hard ("Cowan") paper, wmkd NZ and Star Single, perf 14, cplt (14) per Scott, OG, HR, fine
Lot #793 - New Zealand
108g (365) 1906 1d rose-carmine Commerce coil stamp, imperf all around, two large holes each side, horizontal pair, well centered, scarce thus!, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #794 - New Zealand
121 (269a) 1903 2' blue-green Milford Sound, unwmkd, laid paper, scarce Wellington printing (paper of unknown origin was used in a small emergency printing, accounting for its scarcity), OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #795 - New Zealand
121 (269a) 1903 2' blue-green Milford Sound, unwmkd, laid paper, scarce Wellington printing (paper of unknown origin was used in a small emergency printing, accounting for its scarcity), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #796 - New Zealand
122-25 (370-73) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition set, cplt (4), unusually well centered with fresh colors, OG, H R, SUPERB
Lot #797 - New Zealand
122 var-25 var (370 var-73 var footnoted after SG 299) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition set, perf 14, VARIETY - wmkd NZ and Star (sideways) reversed, cplt (4), hand-picked copies, exceptionally well centered (unusual for this notoriously off-center issue), OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #798 - New Zealand
122 var-25 var (370 var-73 var) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition set, cplt (4), VARIETY - wmk inverted, bright vivid colors, extremely well centered, a hand-picked set of this difficult issue, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #799 - New Zealand
130d (A2) 1913 ½d deep green K Edward VII, overprinted "VICTORIA LAND." SG Type A2 in black at Wellington, OG, NH, VF
Lot #800 - New Zealand
144-64 (416//440) 1915-22 ½d-1' K George V, wmkd Single NZ and star, various perfs, cplt (21) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #801 - New Zealand
320 (763b) 1958 2d on 1½d brown-lake Q Elizabeth II, ERROR - surcharge on Scott 290 (SG 725), only 14,400 printed, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #802 - New Zealand
320 (763b) 1958 2d on 1½d brown-lake Q Elizabeth II, ERROR - surcharge on Scott 290 (SG 725), only 14,400 printed, light cancel, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #803 - New Zealand
AR21 (unlisted) 1903-15 £3 green Q Victoria Postal Fiscal, wmkd NZ and Star Close (Scott Type 61), perf 12½, unpriced in Scott, with rare "Christchurch" squared-circle postal cancel!, F-VF
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