1 (1) 1862 2¢ brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, perfectly centered, light "B 62" cancel, VF-S
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 #498 - Hong Kong
1a (1a) 1863 2¢ deep brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, catalogue values not withstanding, this is the scarcest used stamp in the set, grossly undercatalogued, with attractive blue "B 62" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #499 - Hong Kong
6 (6) 1862 48¢ rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, light blue "B62" cancel, well centered, VF
Lot #500 - Hong Kong
23 (18) 1865 96¢ olive-bistre Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, attractive blue "B 62" cancel, the scarce key value to the set, F-VF
Lot #501 - Hong Kong
35Bi (P2 var) (Yang P2b) 1879 5¢ on 18¢ lilac Q Victoria Post Card stamp, surcharged SG Type P1 with VARIETY - short "T" in "CENTS", wmkd CC, perf 14, on white postal stationary with blue printing, VF
Lot #502 - Hong Kong
46 (60) 1901 12¢ blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, surprisingly rare and undercatalogued used as it was one of the last Victorian stamps issued and saw comparatively little usage, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #503 - Hong Kong
56 (47) 1891 $1 surcharged on 96¢ purple on red Q Victoria, SG Type 10 surcharge, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued as most were later overprinted to create the more common provisional, VF
Lot #504 - Hong Kong
66 (51) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" overprint (Yang no. C1), only on sale for 3 days, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #505 - Hong Kong
66b (51b) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with Hong Kong Jubilee overprint, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - short "U" in "JuBILEE" (row 1, pos 1), scarce, well centered, OG,LH, VF
Lot #506 - Hong Kong
70a var listed (53as) 1898 $1 on 96¢ grey-black Q Victoria surcharged, wmkd CA, perf 14, overprinted "SPECIMEN" and without Chinese handstamp, fresh and well centered, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #507 - Hong Kong
71-85 (62-76) 1903 1¢-$10 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (15), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #508 - Hong Kong
106 (88) 1905 $3 slate and dull blue K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, perfectly centered, used, SUPERB
Lot #509 - Hong Kong
109-24, 128 (100-116) 1912-21 1¢-$10 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17) with both Types of the 25¢, the $10 is mint is especially undercatalogued as a very high proportion were used!, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #510 - Hong Kong
119b (111b) 1917 50¢ black K George V on blue-green, olive back, wmkd MCA, the majority of this scarce printing received the "CHINA" overprint, OG,VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #511 - Hong Kong
123a (115b) 1917 $5 green and red K George V on blue-green, olive back, wmkd MCA, perf 14, the majority of this scarce printing received the "CHINA" overprint, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #512 - Hong Kong
125-27 (106a, 111a, 115a) 1914 12¢, 50¢ and $5 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, surface-colored paper (whitebacks), cplt (3), scarce and undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
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