39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, scarce and undercatalogued used, light "Cape Town" cancel, 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 #327 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
162-66 (1-5) 1900 1d on ½d-1' on 4d Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 840 sets printed, F-VF
Lot #328 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
167-70 (6-9) 1900 1d on ½d-6d on 3d Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", cplt (4), F-VF
Lot #329 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
171-72 (10-11) 1900 6d on 3d and 1' on 4d Q Victoria of British Bechuanaland surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", scarce, only 3600 and 2320 surcharged respectively, F-VF
Lot #330 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
174 (13) 1900 6d on 2d green and carmine Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED." SG Type 2 (sans-serif), only 1200 surcharged, rare, as the vast majority were used, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #331 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
179 var (20) 1900 3d deep blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, perf 12, narrow (18½mm) format, only 6060 issued, perfectly centered, light "Mafeking" cds, SUPERB
Lot #332 - Cape of Good Hope / Vryburg
N4 (4) 1899 2½d on 2½d blue Hope overprinted "Z.A.R." (10mm high), rare, only 480 printed, the key value in the set, attractive "Vryburg" cds, F-VF
Lot #333 - cayman islands
3-7 (3-7) 1904 Dec 28 O.H.M.S. Registered cover to France franked with complete set of ½d (on back)-1' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, tied with "Grand Cayman" cds and "Jamaica" registry handstamp, "London" transit on back, opened at top, fine
Lot #334 - cayman islands
13-16 (13-16) 1907 4d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (4), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #335 - cayman islands
18 (18) 1907 ½d on 5' salmon and green K Edward VII surcharged SG Type 5, only 1800 surcharged, wmkd MCA, perf 14, signed Bloch, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #336 - cayman islands
18 (18) 1907 ½d on 5' salmon and green K Edward VII surcharged SG Type 5, only 1800 surcharged, wmkd MCA, perf 14, SUPERB, with Pinchot certificate
Lot #337 - cayman islands
19 (19) 1907 1d on 5' salmon and green K Edward VII surcharged SG Type 6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, only 2160 surcharged, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #338 - cayman islands
19 (19) 1907 1d on 5' salmon and green K Edward VII surcharged SG Type 6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, only 2160 surcharged, light double-ring cds, F-VF
Lot #339 - cayman islands
20 (35) 1908 2½d on 4d brown and blue K Edward VII handstamp provisional (SG Type 10), rare as only 480 surcharged, an exceptional, perfectly centered example, OG,LH, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #340 - cayman islands
20 (35) 1908 2½d on 4d brown and blue K Edward VII handstamp provisional (SG Type 10), vivid rich fresh color, an exceptionally choice example of this key rarity of which only 480 were surcharged, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #341 - cayman islands
21-28 (25-32) 1907-09 1/2d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (8), only 2400 issued of scarce 4d, used, F-VF
Lot #342 - cayman islands
21-30, 26a (25-34, 30a) 1907-09 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA and CA, cplt (11), perfectly centered and hand-picked, exceptional, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #343 - cayman islands
30 (34) 1908 10' green and red on green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, fresh and well centered, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #344 - cayman islands
30 (34) 1908 10' green and red on green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, undercatalogued, especially used, F-VF
Lot #345 - cayman islands
32-44 (40-52b) 1912-20 ¼d-10' K George V Keyplates, Die I, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #346 - cayman islands
69-80 (84-95) 1932 ¼d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), hand-picked, perfectly centered, scarce thus!, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #347 - cayman islands
69-80 (84-95) 1932 ¼d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), scarce used, exceptionally well centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #348 - cayman islands
80 (95) 1932 10' black and scarlet K George V Centenary, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, scarce and difficult to find as a single, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #349 - cayman islands
85-96 (96-107) 1935-36 ¼d-10' K George V engraved Pictorials, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), OG, NH, VF
Lot #350 - cayman islands
112-13 (127-28) 1946 1½d-3d K George VI Peace Issue tied by "Georgetown" double-ring cds to a very rare recovered "shipwreck cover", with framed violet "Damaged by sea-water" handstamp and manuscript "Recovered from a sunken ship", registered "R" handstamp and handwritten number also on the front, "Kingston Jamaica" registered receiver on reverse, highly unusual, VF
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