2 (6) 1884 2d magenta B.C.M., black handstamp, sound, unused, 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 #627 - madagascar
4a (8) 1884 4d magenta B.C.M., black handstamp, 1 oz corrected to 4 oz in manuscript, with red diagonal line, sound, part OG, VF
Lot #628 - madagascar
5 (1) 1884 6d magenta B.C.M., black handstamp, with hollow stop after "B", sound, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #629 - madagascar
7 (3) 1884 1'6d magenta B.C.M., black handstamp, sound, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #630 - madagascar
12 (8ab) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., violet handstamp, with hollow stop after "B", sound, very scarce, signed by Holcombe, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #631 - madagascar
14 (12) 1886 4d magenta British Consular Mail, black handstamp, pos 4, with hollow stop after "B", sound, very rare, corner OG, VF
Lot #632 - madagascar
16 (14a) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), sound, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #633 - madagascar
16a (28) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II (no stop after "Postage"), brownish toned paper and corner gum stain, sound, unused, fine
Lot #634 - madagascar
19a (30) 1886 3d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II (no stop after "POSTAGE" or value), pos 3, sound, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #635 - madagascar
23a (40) 1886 8d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type III (stop after value), slightly toned, sound, unused, VF
Lot #636 - madagascar
26 (14) 1886 1d rose, black Vice-Consulate seal, Type I, pos 1, sound, unused, VF
Lot #637 - madagascar
45a (33) 1886 1d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type II, corner OG, sound, VF
Lot #638 - madagascar
49 (43) 1886 4d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), very rare and undercatalogued, small thin, OG, LH, SUP app
Lot #639 - madagascar
52 (26) 1886 8d rose, black British Consular Mail Seal, Type I (stops after "Postage" and value), OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #640 - madagascar
53 (27) 1886 9d rose, black British Consular Mail seal, Type I (stops after "Postage" and value), position 1, usual slight thins, signed, OG, HR, SUP app
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