5 (6) 1866 5pi rose Turkish Suzerainty, Pellas Bros., Genoa printing, overprinted in black SG Type 3, wmkd Pyramid and Star (inverted), perf 12½, exceptional centering for this issue -- very rare thus!, OG, LH, 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.
Sale Terms
Lot #407 - Egypt
81b (101a) 1922 4m green Giza Pyramids K Fouad overprint, ERROR - overprint inverted, pos 32, unpriced in Scott or Stanley Gibbons, fresh, with small natural inclusion on reverse, which doesn't affect this great rarity, one of only 12 examples known to Charles Hass (four singles and two blocks of four), OG,VLH, F-VF, with Hass certificate
Lot #408 - Egypt
121-24 (141-44) 1926 5m-50pi Inauguration of Port Fouad overprints, cplt (4), key set of the country, as only 1500 of the 50pi were printed and the whole issue sold out on the opening day of sale in a matter of hours, each signed, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #409 - Egypt
237 var (280 var) 1939 100m K Farouk and Aswan Dam, perf 14x13½, ERROR - printed on the gummed side, scarce as only one sheet was printed, signed Hass, OG, NH, VF
Lot #410 - Egypt
M9 (A10) 1935 1pi ultramarine British Forces in Egypt with Silver Jubilee overprint SG Type A$ in red, the scarce key value to the issue - perennially sought after, undercatalogued, OG, NH, VF-S
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