1-5, 6a (1-8) 1874-75 1d-1' Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, cplt (6) a very scarce set featuring the rare 15½mm value of the 1', OG, VLH, 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.
Sale Terms
Lot #608 - lagos
10 var (14a) 1876 4d carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CC sideways, perf 14, "stepped L" cancel, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #609 - lagos
12 (16) 1879 1' orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, value 16½mm long, rare mint as the majority were postally used, perfectly centered (scarce thus!), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #610 - lagos
15 var (22w) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, very seldom seen, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #611 - lagos
23 var (24 var) 1884 4d pale violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a rarely seen specialist piece, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #612 - lagos
26 var (25 var) 1884 6d olive-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a seldom seen item for the specialist, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #613 - lagos
35 (28) 1886 5' blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 600 were issued, perfectly centered, OG, LH, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #614 - lagos
40-49 (44-53) 1904 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), only 720 issued of high value, the scarce first K Edward VII issue (on sale for only 9 months), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #615 - lagos
47 (51) 1904 2'6d green and carmine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 1440 printed, but a very rare used stamp as it was only in use a few months, not 10% were used!, rarely seen and vastly undercatalogued used, light "Registered / Lagos" cds, SUPERB
Lot #616 - lagos
48 (52) 1904 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd CA, seldom seen, it saw only a few months of usage before it was replaced by the MCA wmk in December 1904, astonishingly rare and undercatalogued used, light "1904" cds, SUPERB
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