14 (17) 1858 ½d dull mauve Q Victoria on glazed paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, lightly canceled, 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 #352 - Ceylon
19 (21) 1861 4d dull rose Q Victoria, wmkd Star, clean cut and intermediate perf 14 to 15½, used, F-VF
Lot #353 - Ceylon
35 (36) 1861 1'9d green Q Victoria, wmkd Star, rough perf 14 to 15½, prepared for use but not issued, signed Brun, OG, HR, VF
Lot #354 - Ceylon
43 (43) 1862 1' slate-purple Q Victoria on smooth paper, unwmkd, perf 13, an undercatalogued rarity - seldom seen or offered!, very well centered, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #355 - Ceylon
73 (132) 1872-80 96¢ drab Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #356 - Ceylon
74 (136) 1872 2¢ brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, rare, undercatalogued, and seldom seen, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #357 - Ceylon
147a (206a) 1888 2¢ on 4¢ rosy mauve Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 33, perf 14, wmkd CA, ERROR - surcharge inverted, undercatalogued, especially mint, OG, LH, VF-S, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #358 - Ceylon
149a (208a) 1888 2¢ on 4¢ rosy mauve Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 34, perf 14, wmkd CA, ERROR - surcharge inverted, extremely rare and undercatalogued, OG, LH, VF-S, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #359 - Ceylon
258 (367) 1927 20R dull purple and blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued, a high value seldom offered as a single, OG,LH, VF
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