44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, quite rare, tied by light "Lome" cds to piece, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
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 #1067 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Yacht, second (narrow) setting of the "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" overprint, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, light "Lome" cds, well centered, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1068 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, signed Diena, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1069 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, only 50 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, tied by "Lome" cds to piece, rare, with color photocopy of BPA certificate for the larger piece this is from, VF-S
Lot #1070 - togo
56 (H22) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Yacht, second (narrow) setting, very rare (only 25 printed--10 mint and 15 used known), extremely undercatalogued, light "Lome" cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1071 - togo
Higgins & Gage H1 1915 1d brown K George V of Gold Coast small registered envelope (size "F"), overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", with additional "SPECIMEN" diagonal overprint on reverse, scarce, VF
Lot #1072 - togo
61 (H29) 1915 3pf brown Yacht overprinted SG Type 6, third setting (Anglo-French 15mm), rare (only 50 printed), tied to pice by "Lome" cds, signed Bühler and Calves, VF
Lot #1073 - togo
66 var-78 var footnoted (H34a-46a, H38ga) 1915 ½d-20' K George V stamps of Gold Coast overprinted locally with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", all with small "F" in "FRENCH", cplt (13) with both 3d values, bright colors, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1074 - togo
67b (H35h) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" SG Type 7, ERROR - overprint inverted, only 240 printed, very scarce, OG, LH, fine
Lot #1075 - togo
68 var footnoted, 68 (H36f, H36) 1915 2d grey K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 60 printed), in bottom sheet-margin strip of three, showing control #1 in circle, a nice specialist piece, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1076 - togo
69 var footnoted (H37c) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted, exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, when encountered, the hyphen is usually present although shifted well up or down out of alignment, the true missing hyphen is of considerable rarity!, OG,HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1077 - togo
74 var footnoted (H43c) 1915 2'6d black and red on blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - hyphen omitted after "ANGLO" (row 1, pos 5), with photocopy of Brandon certificate for the set this is from, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1078 - togo
84 (H51) 1916 Nov 30 Registered cover to England franked with 3d block of four tied with "Lome" cds, "London" and "Plymouth" receivers on back, VF
Lot #1079 - togo
86a (H53c) 1916 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast on emerald back overprinted in London "TOGO ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION", scarce (probably only one pane of 60 was printed), extremely fresh and bright, brilliant color, well centered, OG,LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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