(Z64) 1889 Cover from Zanzibar to Mandvi, India, franked with three 1a stamps (Sc 38, SG 88) of India tied with "Zanzibar" Jun 28 cds (SG Type Z5), with "Bombay" transit marking and "Mandvi" receiver on back, some damage (stamps are F-VF), scarce usage,
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 #1138 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2D) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, VARIETY - small second "z", exceptionally well centered -- very rare thus!, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1139 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2H) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b", light "Zanzibar" cancel, ex-Gibson, signed Székula, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1140 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), several small second "z" varieties, F-VF
Lot #1141 - zanzibar
4a, 4 var footnoted (4j, 4H) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar" (row 4 pos 6, or row 8, pos 5) in pair with inverted "q" for "b", wmkd Star, perf 14, rare, fine app, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1142 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black, rich color, OG,LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1143 - zanzibar
18-20 var footnoted (23-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Types 3-5) cplt, undercatalogued, Type c (5) is also a small second "z" variety, F-VF
Lot #1144 - zanzibar
18 var (23I) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - Arabic "2" for "r", OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1145 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 3 (Scott Type a), VARIETY - small second "z" lower, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1146 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32G) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 3 surcharge (Scott Type a), ERROR - no dot over "i", row 2, pos 3 (occurs only once in the setting of 60 stamps), well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1147 - zanzibar
23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1148 - zanzibar
24-25 (35-37) 1898 2½a on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, toned reverses, F-VF
Lot #1149 - zanzibar
24b (22k) 1895 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 2 surcharge (Scott Type a), ERROR - "Zanizbar" (row 1, pos 9), light cds, toned on back, fine, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1150 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, well centered, fresh, OG,HR, VF
Lot #1151 - zanzibar
28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1152 - zanzibar
29 (40) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 5 (Scott Type c), only 742 printed, very few were used, as such quite rare and undercatalogued, choice centered "Zanzibar" registry cancel, F-VF
Lot #1153 - zanzibar
30-31 (26-27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type d (SG Type 6 - only 1504 printed), in vertical pair with red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7 - only 384 printed), scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1154 - zanzibar
30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, with "Zanzibar" cds, F-VF
Lot #1155 - zanzibar
30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½ on 2a6p ultramarine Q Victoria stamp of India, surcharge Sc Type d (SG Type 6), VARIETY - Roman "I" in "½", also with VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, OG,HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1156 - zanzibar
31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1157 - zanzibar
32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black or red, cplt (6), a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and almost all were used, undercatalogued, well centered, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1158 - zanzibar
38-52 (156-74) 1896 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain issue, wmkd Rosette, perf 14, cplt (15), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1159 - zanzibar
48 var (170 var) 1896 1R deep blue Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain, wmkd Lotus, perf 14, VARIETY - hand-painted red flags (some sheets were printed off-register and the P.O. hand-painted them before issue), lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1160 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), the vast majority were used, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1161 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), F-VF
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