4 (4) 1892 10d carmine Federation, unwmkd on toned paper, perf 12½, scarce single franking tied by "Rarotonga" cds (6 AP 92) to cover posted to London, with Auckland N.Z. transit and red London receiver backstamps, 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 #358 - cook islands
26 (22) 1901 1d brown Queen Makea Takau with Crown overprint in black, only 2400 were overprinted, block of four, most examples are without gum and off-center, fresh, a well centered block with gum, OG,HR, XF
Lot #359 - cook islands
26c (22c) 1901 1d brown Q Makea Takau with Crown overprint in black, ERROR - double Crown overprint, a nice used copy with a portion of a third Crown showing in left margin, a rare canceled (Type A6) stamp in this condition as many errors are severely damaged, VF
Lot #360 - cook islands
62a (71 var footnoted) 1920 1d black and carmine-red Wharf at Avarua ERROR - inverted center, unwmkd, perf 14, fresh and bright color, rarely offered, signed, OG, HR, VF
Lot #361 - cook islands
86 var footnoted (101 var footnoted) 1932 2d black and brown Double Maori Canoe VARIETY - inverted center, perf 13, fresh and bright, seldom offered, signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #362 - cook islands
86 var footnoted (101 var footnoted) 1932 2d black and brown Double Maori Canoe VARIETY - inverted center, bottom-left corner-margin block of four (!), perf 13, hinge mark on margin of bottom right stamp, very rare in multiples, probably unique as a block of four, very fresh and bright colors, ex-Rubin, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #363 - cook islands
87 var (102 var footnoted) 1932 2½d black and deep blue Natives working Cargo VARIETY - inverted center, unwmkd, perf 13, fresh and bright color, seldom offered, signed, OG, LH, XF
Lot #364 - cook islands
87 var (102 var footnoted) 1932 2½d black and deep blue Natives working Cargo VARIETY - inverted center, lower left marginal block of four, unwmkd, perf 13, very rare in multiples, probably unique as a block of four, very fresh and bright colors, ex-Rubin, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #365 - cook islands
103-07 var (122-23b) 1940-44 2'6d-£3 Coat of Arms of New Zealand Postal Fiscal stamps overprinted "COOK ISLANDS." overprinted SG Type 19 in red or black on thin, hard, chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, wmkd NZ and Star "single", perf 14, cplt (4), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #366 - cook islands
126C (136w) 1954 £5 indigo-blue New Zealand Postal Fiscal overprinted "COOK ISLANDS" in red, VARIETY - wmk Multiple N.Z. and Star inverted, OG, NH, SUPERB
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