16 var footnoted (21 var footnoted) 1922 2/10th p on 2m blue-green, black handstamp surcharge, perf 15x14, ERROR - surcharge double, unrecorded to date, well centered, extremely rare, OG, H R, VF, with RPSL certificate
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 #570 - jordan
22C (30b) 1922 5/10th p on 5m orange stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 2 in black, perf 14, very rare - unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons!, tied to piece by cds, VF-S
Lot #571 - jordan
28 var (27b) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and surcharged SG Type 3, perf 15x14, VARIETY - violet handstamped surcharge, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, signed ela (E.L. Angeloglous), OG, HR, VF
Lot #572 - jordan
33 (34a) 1922 20p on 20p pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 14, only 179 surcharged (total of both colors, per Najjar), rarely seen used, undercatalogued, light "Ammam" cds, F-VF
Lot #573 - jordan
34 (35) 1922 10pi on 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine, handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 15x14, rare, less than 100 produced, per Najjar (he suspects less than 20 still exist!), with left sheet-margin, signed ela (E.L. Angeloglous), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #574 - jordan
36Ca (45a) 1922 1m sepia stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in red-purple), perf 14, VARIETY - vertical, inter-panneau margined pair, bottom stamp without overprint, rare, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #575 - jordan
57 (44a) 1922 9p ochre of Palestine with SG Type 4 red-purple Arab Government of the East handstamp, perf 15x14, scarce, well centered, signed, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #576 - jordan
57C (51) 1922 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, quite scarce as only 4648 printed (both perfs combined) and many were subsequently overprinted for fiscal use, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #577 - jordan
60 (52a) 1922 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine overprinted, SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 79 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), OG, NH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #578 - jordan
62 (53a) 1922 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 57 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), lightly signed, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #579 - jordan
63E-64E, 67E, 68, 71-73 (62-68) 1923 1m-20p stamps of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 5 (in gold or black), perf 14, cplt (7), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #580 - jordan
86 var (73a) 1923 5pi deep purple stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 and 3 (in black) and VARIETY - SG Type 6 overprint in black, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, rare, unused, F-VF
Lot #581 - jordan
78 var (103A var) 1923 1p deep indigo stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 11 reading downwards, VARIETY - overprint in gold, rare, only 24 printed of both colored overprints (per Najjar), OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #582 - jordan
81 var footnoted (106Ba) 1923 9pi ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 11 in black reading upwards, VARIETY - Arabic "933", this error only occurs once per setting of 24, perf 14, OG, HR, fine
Lot #583 - jordan
82 var (107A var) 1923 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 11 in black reading downwards, VARIETY - perf 15x14, probably only 1 sheet of 24 overprinted of this perf, OG, NH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #584 - jordan
84 var (78a) 1923 5/10th p on 3m yellow-brown stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 4 (in red-purple) and 6 (in black), perf 15x14, signed, OG, VLH, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #585 - jordan
84 var (78bc) 1923 5/10th p on 3m yellow-brown stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 4 (in violet) and 6 (in black), perf 15x14, extremely rare used, signed, F-VF
Lot #586 - jordan
87 var (79c) 1923 5/10 pi on 5 pi SG Type 4 overprint on deep purple of Palestine, violet Arab Government of the East overprint SG Type 6, perf 15x14, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, OG, HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #587 - jordan
89 var (79da) 1923 5/10th p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 4 (in violet) and 6 (in violet), perf 15x14, extremely rare and undercatalogued, seldom seen at all, unlisted in Scott, signed, fine, with BPA certificate
Lot #588 - jordan
89 (83b) 1923 1pi on 5pi deep purple stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 4 (in violet) and 8 (in black), perf 15x14, very rare, signed, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #589 - jordan
98 var (75a var footnoted) 1923 ½p on 9p on 9p ochre of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 3 (in red) and 7 (in black), VARIETY - ½p surcharge inverted, perf 15x14, a rare error, OG, VLH, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #590 - jordan
142a (155a) 1926 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 19 in black, VARIETY - perf 15x14, quite rare (per Najjar), OG, NH, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #591 - jordan
143a (156b) 1926 10p light blue "East of the Jordan" overprint, wmkd MCA, VARIETY - perf 15x14, rare and undercatalogued, especially used, lightly canceled, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #592 - jordan
145-57 (159-71) 1927-29 2m-1000m Emir Abdullah, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), well centered, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #593 - jordan
169a-78a (194bc, 195a, 196ab, 197ab, 198b, 199a, 200b, 201a) 1939 1m-20m Emir Abdullah, wmkd Script CA, perf 13½x13, cplt (8), rare, OG, VLH, F-VF
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