2 (3) 1866 2d dull blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, H R, F-VF
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 #176 - Bermuda
3 (5a) 1874 3d yellow-buff Q Victoria, perf 14, wmkd CC, OG, H R, F-VF
Lot #177 - Bermuda
14 (16) 1875 1d on 3d yellow-buff Q Victoria provisional, SG Type 8 "One Penny." surcharge (only 12,000 ptd), wmkd CC, perf 14, fresh, rich color, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #178 - Bermuda
14 (16) 1875 1d on 3d yellow-buff Q Victoria provisional "One Penny." surcharge SG Type 8 (only 12,000 ptd), wmkd CC, perf 14, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #179 - Bermuda
15 (17) 1875 1d on 1' green Q Victoria provisional, SG Type 8 surcharge, wmkd CC, perf 14, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #180 - Bermuda
40-54 (44-55) 1910-25 ¼d-£1 Caravel and K George V Keyplates, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (15), a choice perfectly centered set, rare thus, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #181 - Bermuda
54 (55) 1918 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, vivid rich fresh color, OG, NH, VF
Lot #182 - Bermuda
55-60, 67-69 (59-67) 1920-21 ¼d-1' K George V Tercentenary of Representative Institutions (first issue), cplt (9), scarce and substantially undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #183 - Bermuda
97 (93) 1932 12'6d grey and orange K George V Keyplate, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, OG, LH, VF-S
Lot #184 - Bermuda
123a-26b vars (116b, 117a, 118b, 119b) 1941 2'6d-10' K George VI Keyplates, wmkd Script CA, May-November 1941 printings, line perf 14¼, the complete "set" of four values including two 5' shades, fresh, usual streaky gum, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #185 - Bermuda
123b var (116c var) 1941 (Oct.) 2' purple and deep blue on mottled blue K George VI Keyplate, bottom-right sheet-margin block of four with HPF 47, 59ii, 60, and FF 48, a nice positional block showing the Liseo flaws, OG, NH, XF
Lot #186 - Bermuda
124a var (117a) 1942 (Feb.) 2'6d black and red on grey-blue K George VI Keyplate on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, VARIETY - perf 14¼ line, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #187 - Bermuda
126a var (119) 1938 10' green and deep lake on pale emerald K George VI Keyplate, first printing, perf 14, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #188 - Bermuda
127c (120a) 1938 12'6d grey and brownish orange K George VI, wmkd MCA, perf 14, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #189 - Bermuda
127b (120d) 1947 12'6d grey and yellow K George VI Keyplate on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, the rare "lemon" shade, OG, NH, VF, with BPA certificate
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