5-9 (4-8) 1885-87 ½d-1' Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland", wmkd Anchor, perf 14, cplt (5), F-VF
Auction #130 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #130 - Public Auction
We welcome you to our exciting first Public Auction of 2019
Packed with great material, including a portion of the exceptional Roy Sass specialized Australia collection featuring some amazing assemblages of North West Pacific Islands.
British African “gems” include: Bechuanaland 2d overprint in green; an ancient British Central Africa £25 from 1895; Kenya & Uganda’s 50R – mint with script CA wmk; Uganda typewritten 20¢-100¢ - including some “V. R.”s and many Togo overprints highlighted by a 1M first setting.
British West Indies “nuggets” feature a used “Cotton Reel” from British Guiana 1850 12¢ blue and a Trinidad 1857 (1d) rose-red, mint.
British Asia has a few “pearls” such as a Selangor 1897 $25 postally used plus a Perak #1, used. Ceylon brings an 1860 1/- slate-purple – perf 13x13.
British Europe “shines” with superb Q Victoria Great Britain. Used: an 1878 10/- (Plate 1) and an 1882 £1; mint: an 1867 5/- plus Officials. The “Kings” are also well represented.
British North America “sparkles” with superb Canada QV Jubilees ($3 never hindged!) and an early used Newfoundland 1857 2¢ scarlet-vermilion and a mint 1860 6¢ orange-vermilion.
But the “jewels” of this Public Auction lie in Oceania! Australia features nine mint £2 Kangaroos; rare Postage Dues – including a 1907 4d dull green perf 11. There is a wonderful 1871 Fiji Times Express 9d mint and seven New Zealand “O.P.S.O.”s plus a Papua 1909 6d perf 12½ mint and Samoa 1/- on 1M “G.R.I.” also mint. That said, North West Pacific Islands features all three sets of “S”s (Types a-c) including the elusive 5/- (this took many years to form – I know as I helped Roy build it!), plus the rare £1 – 38 (118), mint.
P.S. if you do not find all you are looking for (! ? !) here, we encourage you to visit our web site (www.ColonialStamps.com) as we have put up the first few million dollars of our retail stock, with more to follow. There is sure to be something of interest, plus “want lists” are always welcome for us to fill from our 50 volumes of stock – mint and used, by Scott and Stanley Gibbons, and all available as “singles”.
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Lot #179 - bechuanaland
11-20 (10-19) 1888 1d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14 or wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, cplt (10), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #180 - bechuanaland
21 (20) 1887 £1 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, OG, LH, VF
Lot #181 - bechuanaland
26 (25) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14, SG Type 6 red surcharge, an exceptional USED rarity, hardly ever offered and considerably more difficult than either a £5 first issue or even a 2d on 2d green surcharge, vastly undercatalogued (as any serious collector who has tried to find one will attest), we have seen only 4 used examples in close to 60 years, canceled at "Zwart Modder" - rare usage from a remote village...
Lot #182 - bechuanaland
27 (23c) 1888 2d on 2d lilac and black Q Victoria, green surcharge, a great rarity of which perhaps a dozen examples are recorded, seldom seen and undercatalogued, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #183 - bechuanaland
41 (58) 1897 ½d yellow-green Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 18 (narrower - 10½mm apart and 15mm long), excessively rare and undercatalogued used, scarce "Kanye" cds, F-VF
Lot #184 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #185 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, less than 1% were used, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #186 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #187 - bechuanaland
57 (49) 1888 5' green and black Q Victoria overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 13, wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, slight black offset on reverse, OG, LH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #188 - bechuanaland
60a (41a) 1888 1d on 1d lilac and black Q Victoria overprinted SG Type 12, VARIETY - small figure "1" (row 7, pos 2 or row 10, pos 2), scarce, F-VF
Lot #189 - bechuanaland
64 (44) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, overprinted "Protectorate", black surcharge, a very scarce key and significantly undercatalogued stamp, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #190 - bechuanaland
64 (44) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, overprinted "Protectorate", black surcharge, a very scarce "key" and significantly undercatalogued stamp, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #191 - bechuanaland
92 (83) 1915 2'6d deep sepia-brown K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain overprinted "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" SG Type 21 by Waterlow, nice "Francestown" cds, VF
Lot #192 - bechuanaland
94-95 (88-89) 1920-23 2'6d-5' K George V Sea Horses overprinted "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE", Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, cplt (2), well centered, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #193 - bechuanaland
95 (89) 1920 5' rose-red K George V Sea Horses overprinted SG Type 21, Bradbury Wilkinson printing, scarce and undercatalogued used, light double-ring cds, VF
Lot #194 - bechuanaland
97 var (92w) 1925 1d scarlet K George V of Great Britain overprinted SG Type 20, wmkd Block Cypher, perf 15x14, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #195 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #196 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #197 - bechuanaland
179b (167) 1961 1R on 10' black and red-brown Q Elizabeth II surcharged SG Type I, wmkd Script CA, perf 13½x14, scarce, especially mint, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #198 - bechuanaland
AR1 (F1) 1910 6d black and brown-orange K Edward VII of Transvaal Postal Fiscal overprinted, only 1500 printed, scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF
Lot #199 - bechuanaland
AR1 (F1) 1910 6d black and brown-orange K Edward VII of Transvaal Postal Fiscal overprinted, only 1500 printed, and less than 150 were postally used, as such both rare and undercatalogued, with "Lobatsi" cds, F-VF
Lot #200 - bechuanaland
J1-3 (D1-3) 1926 ½d-2d Postage Dues of Great Britain overprinted "Bechuanaland Protectorate" SG Types D1 and D2, extremely scarce and undercatalogued as few were used, VF
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