1-8 (1-8) 1890 ½d-5' Q Victoria Keyplate issue, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG,LH, F-VF
Auction #132 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #132 - Public Auction
To all our valued friends and clients in these difficult times, we wish you all continued good health and happiness together we will overcome this current situation.
A bright spot for all of us is by staying home we have an unrivaled opportunity to work on our stamp collections, a happy thought.
Welcome to our 132nd consecutive British Colony Stamp Auction. Enclosed within is an unusually nice range of rare and difficult material.
British Africa: Madagascar includes items from two recent collections we acquired. Nyasaland, the £10 K Edward VII mint. Saint Helena, B1-4 Tristan Relief Set Mint. Sierra Leone, postal fiscals, K George V £5 mint. Togo, includes 80pf second setting etc. Zanzibar #2 mint and strong "2½" provisionals - from the landmark John Griffith-Jones collection (of which we were, by far the largest outright buyers!)
British West Indies: Bahamas #1 used. British Guinea, strong mint perforated "ships" and provisionals. Cayman Islands ½ on 5 shilling double overprint mint, the scarce 2½ on 4d provisional. Falkland Islands largely complete, South Georgia provisional 2½d on 2d mint and used, £1 Tercentennial mint and used. Nevis, the one shilling "laid paper" used (only 17 recorded.)
British Europe: Cyprus rare used 45pi Edward "CA", the £5 mint. Gibraltar, £5 mint. Great Britain, the 10 penny imperf XF OG, unissued 1½d and 8d brown, superb mint £5 orange.
British Asia: Ceylon imperf 4d rose very fine. India, strong mint section of Victorian issues. Jordan, first portion of an important new collection plus later many rarities currently off for certificates. Mesopotamia, the most comprehensive used range of these difficult provisional stamps we have ever been able to offer.
British Australasia: Australia £2 Kangaroos (times 3 mint plus one used!), the key 20 shilling green "slash" postage due mint and hundreds of other rare and desirable key items. New Zealand, mint #2 OG VF (ex the gold medal Joseph Hackmay collection.)
We wish you happy hunting.
Yours,
George and Kevin
Colonial Stamp Co.
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Lot #618 - leeward islands
9-16 (9-16) 1897 ½d-5' Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee overprint issue with SG Type 3 handstamps, wmkd Crown CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #619 - leeward islands
16 (16) 1897 5' green and blue Q Victoria with Diamond Jubilee handstamp SG Type 3, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare (only 784 issued), scarce, fresh, very well centered, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #620 - leeward islands
31 var (31a) 1908 2d purple and ochre K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - damaged frame and crown ( row 1, pos 3 from keyplate 1 left pane), quite scarce, OG, NH, VF
Lot #621 - leeward islands
32 (32) 1906 2½d dull purple and ultramarine K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, difficult and undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used postally, a habitual occupant of most advanced mint want lists, fresh, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #622 - leeward islands
58-60 (51a, 54a, 57a) 1913 3d-5' K George V surface-colored paper (whitebacks), wmkd MCA, cplt (3), the 3d and 5' are extremely rare and undercatalogued used as they saw very limited usage mostly in Montserrat (the 3d was sold only in Montserrat), VF
Lot #623 - leeward islands
61-83, 63b (58-80) 1921-29 ¼d-£1 K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA and Crown CA for the £1, perf 14, cplt (23) per Stanley Gibbons,, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #624 - leeward islands
115a (114) 1938 £1 brown-purple and black on red K George VI on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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