7 (10) 1854 (1d) dark grey Britannia on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, block of four, full margins, choice, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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 #1091 - trinidad
8 (9) 1854 (1d) deep purple Britannia on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, block of four with full margins and sheet-margin at right, fresh, scarce, OG, NH, SUPERB, with BPB certificate
Lot #1092 - trinidad
15 (25) 1859 4d grey-lilac Britannia, imperf, four clear margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1093 - trinidad
16 (28) 1859 6d deep green Britannia, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light numeral "1" cancel, VF
Lot #1094 - trinidad
17 (29) 1859 1' indigo Britannia, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1095 - trinidad
31 (49) 1860 6d bright yellow-green Britannia, unwmkd, clean-cut perf 14 to 16½, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1096 - trinidad
36 (56) 1861 6d yellow-green Britannia, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16½, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1097 - trinidad
36a (57) 1861 6d deep green Britannia, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16½, signed Stolow, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1098 - trinidad
37 (58) 1861 1' indigo Britannia, unwmkd, rough perf 14-16½, scarce, well centered, light numeral "1" cancel, VF
Lot #1099 - trinidad
40 (61) 1863 4d deep purple Britannia on thick paper, unwmkd, perf 11½, 12, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1100 - trinidad
41 (62) 1863 6d deep green Britannia on thick paper, unwmkd, perf 11½ to 12, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1101 - trinidad
46 (65) 1863 6d emerald-green Britannia on thick paper, unwmkd, perf 13, very scarce, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1102 - trinidad
63 (100) 1882 ½d lilac Britannia, surcharged "HALFPENNY" SG Type 6, wmkd CA reversed, perf 14, quite scarce mint!, fresh vivid color, with BPA certificate for a block of four that this stamp is from (top-right), OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1103 - trinidad
65 (102) 1882 4d bluish grey Brittania, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1104 - trinidad
74-90 (114-24, 116, 127-32) 1896-1906 ½d-£1 Britannia set, wmkd CA or CA over Crown, cplt (17), includes the scarce 1d SG Type II (oval "O"), OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1105 - trinidad
77 (116) 1900 1d dull purple and rose Britannia, SG Type II (oval "O"), wmkd CA, perf 14, a scarce and extremely difficult mint stamp, considerably undercatalogued as the vast majority were postally used, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1106 - trinidad
92-104 (133-145) 1904-09 ½d-£1 Britannia, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1107 - trinidad
J1-J9 (D1-9) 1885 ½d-1' slate-black Postage Dues, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (9), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1108 - trinidad
J12 var (D12w) 1905-06 3d slate-black Postage Due, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, 1 of only 3 mint examples recorded (per Herendeen), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1109 - trinidad
O1-7 (O1-7) 1894 ½d-5' Q Victoria Officials with "O S" overprints SG Type O1, wmkd CA, perf 14 (5' wmkd CC, perf 12½), cplt (7), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1110 - trinidad
O9 (O9) 1909 1d rose-red Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O2, an excessively rare and undercatalogued used stamp, a perennial challenge!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1111 - trinidad
O10 (O10) 1910 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O2 on ordinary paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
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