1a (1a) 1920 1m sepia stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black, perf 15x14, VARIETY - overprint inverted, scarce, signed, OG, LH, F-VF, 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.
Sale Terms
Lot #542 - jordan
9 (8) 1920 9pi ochre stamp of Palestine with "East of Jordan" Arabic overprint SG Type 1, perf 15x14, light "AMMAN" cds, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #543 - jordan
15C (28c) 1922 1/10th p on 1m sepia, violet handstamp surcharge, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #544 - jordan
18 (21c) 1922 2/10th p on 2m blue-green, violet handstamp surcharge, perf 15x14, scarce and undercatalogued, well centered, OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #545 - jordan
21 var footnoted (23 var) 1922 4/10th on 4m scarlet provisional surcharge in black, perf 14, ERROR - surcharge SG Type 2 double, unrecorded by Stanley Gibbons - the discovery example, fresh, very scarce, OG,VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #546 - jordan
22C (30b) 1922 5/10th p on 5m orange stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 2 in black, perf 14, very rare - unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons and Scott!, tied to piece by cds, VF-S
Lot #547 - jordan
23D (31) 1922 1p on 1p deep indigo stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in red, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #548 - jordan
26 (25c) 1922 2pi on 2pi olive stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 15x14, very rare and vastly undercatalogued as it is very seldom offered, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #549 - jordan
28 (27) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and surcharged SG Type 3 in black, perf 15x14, only 1314 surcharged (total of both perfs, per Najjar), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #550 - jordan
28 var (27b) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and surcharged SG Type 3, perf 15x14, VARIETY - violet handstamped surcharge, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, signed ela (E.L. Angeloglous), OG, HR, VF
Lot #551 - jordan
29C (32) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in red, perf 14, only 1314 surcharged (total of both perfs, per Najjar), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #552 - jordan
29C var (32a) 1922 9p on 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 14, only 1314 surcharged (total of both perfs, per Najjar), unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, signed, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #553 - jordan
32 (34) 1922 20p on 20p pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 in black and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in black, perf 14, only 179 surcharged (total of both colors, per Najjar), OG, NH, VF-S, with BPA certificate
Lot #554 - jordan
33 (34a) 1922 20p on 20p pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Type 1 and handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 14, only 179 surcharged (total of both colors, per Najjar), rarely seen used, undercatalogued, light "Ammam" cds, F-VF
Lot #555 - jordan
34 (35) 1922 10pi on 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine, handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 15x14, rare, with left sheet-margin, signed ela (E.L. Angeloglous), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #556 - jordan
35 var (36a) 1922 20pi on 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine, handstamp surcharged SG Type 3 in violet, perf 15x14, rare, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, less than 100 produced, per Najjar (he suspects less than 20 still exist!), signed ela (E.L. Angeloglous), OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #557 - jordan
36Ca (45a) 1922 1m sepia stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in red-purple), perf 14, VARIETY - vertical, inter-panneau margined pair, bottom stamp without overprint, rare, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #558 - jordan
43C (46c) 1922 3m yellow-brown stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14 - "a rarity" (per Najjar), signed several (including ela (E.L. Angeloglous)), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #559 - jordan
56 (44) 1922 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in red-purple), perf 15x14, quite scarce as only 4648 printed (both perfs combined) and many were subsequently overprinted for fiscal use, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #560 - jordan
57 (44a) 1922 9p ochre, violet Arab Government of the East handstamp, perf 15x14, well centered, scarce OG,VLH, VF-S, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #561 - jordan
57C (51) 1922 9p ochre stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, quite scarce as only 4648 printed (both perfs combined) and many were subsequently overprinted for fiscal use, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #562 - jordan
60 (52a) 1922 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine overprinted, SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 79 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), OG, NH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #563 - jordan
61 (53) 1922 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in red-purple), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 57 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), well centered, signed, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #564 - jordan
62 (53a) 1922 20pi pale grey stamp of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 57 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), OG, VLH, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #565 - jordan
63E-64E, 67E, 68, 71-73 (62-68) 1923 1m-20p stamps of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black) and 5 (in gold or black), perf 14, cplt (7), OG, LH, F-VF
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