1-7 (1-7) 1886 ½d-1' Q Victoria of Bermuda overprinted "GIBRALTAR", wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG,LH, 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 #482 - Gibraltar
1-7 (1-7) 1886 ½d-1' Q Victoria of Bermuda overprinted "GIBRALTAR", wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (7), light cancels mostly, F-VF
Lot #483 - Gibraltar
6 (6) 1886 6d deep lilac Q Victoria overprinted "GIBRALTAR" SG Type 1, wmkd CA, perf 14, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #484 - Gibraltar
7 (7) 1886 1' yellow-brown Q Victoria of Bermuda overprinted "GIBRALTAR", wmkd CA, perf 14, key high value, an exceptional perfectly centered example -- very rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #485 - Gibraltar
8-14, 16-21, 14a (8-14, 39-45) 1886-98 ½d-1' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt per SG (14), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #486 - Gibraltar
29-38 (22-33) 1889-96 5c-5P Q Victoria, cplt (12), used including the exceptionally rare 20c olive-green, F-VF
Lot #487 - Gibraltar
31 (25) 1896 20c olive-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, very elusive and considerably undercatalogued used!,well centered, light "Gibraltar" oval registry cancel, SUPERB
Lot #488 - Gibraltar
39-48 (46-55) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #489 - Gibraltar
48 (55) 1903 £1 dull purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #490 - Gibraltar
63 (74) 1911 8' purple and green K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, F-VF
Lot #491 - Gibraltar
64 (64) 1908 £1 deep purple and black on red K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, light oval registry cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #492 - Gibraltar
75 (85) 1912 £1 dull purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #493 - Gibraltar
76-92 (89-107) 1921-29 ½d-£1 K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #494 - Gibraltar
90 (101) 1924 8' dull purple and green K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, rich color, perfectly centered, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #495 - Gibraltar
92 (107) 1927 £1 red-orange and black K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Lot #496 - Gibraltar
110d (124ab) 1940 2d grey K George V and Rock of Gibraltar, wmkd Script CA sideways, perf 13½, the very scarce coil stamp - the key value to the whole issue, very rare example showing a joint-line connecting two coils, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #497 - Gibraltar
132-45 (145-58) 1953-59 ½d-£1 Q Elizabeth II definitives, wmkd MCA, perf 13, cplt (14), OG,LH, VF
Lot #498 - Gibraltar
1895 stampless "On Her Majesty's Service" "Colonial Secretary" envelope addresses to London, rare red "Gibraltar Officially Paid" cds, backstamped "London" receiver and a manuscript ships receiver "on board Campoimor" (sp?) , embossed "Colonial Secretary's Office Gibraltar" seal on the flap, SUPERB
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