1-3 (1-3) 1875 1d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, cplt (3), a "matched set" of numeral "554" (Accra) cancels, 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 #472 - gold coast
2 (2) 1875 4d magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, fresh and nicely centered, signed Diena, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #473 - gold coast
4-8 (4-8) 1876-79 ½d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #474 - gold coast
10 (9) 1883 ½d olive-yellow Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce mint, signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #475 - gold coast
12 (10) 1883 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce mint!, a key rarity to the whole Colony, seldom seen or offered, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #476 - gold coast
15 (14) 1891 2½d ultramarine and orange Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with a well centered strike of the scarce "Liverpool Ship" cds, VF
Lot #477 - gold coast
28 (27b) 1902 2d dull mauve and orange-red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, extremely rare used (in use for only 3 months), before being replaced by the K Edward VII issue, seriously undercatalogued!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #478 - gold coast
38-48 (38-48) 1902 ½d-20' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), 1' with top sheet-margin control #1, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #479 - gold coast
55 (57) 1906 2'6d green and yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce used high value from the later printing, light "Obuassi" cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #480 - gold coast
56, 66 (59, 70) 1913 2d red-brown K Edward VII embossed registered letter to BOHEMIA, franked with additional ½d and 1d stamps, tied with "Somanya" cds (Proud no. D2, valued x10), with black registry handstamp, transit and receiver markings on back, a very scarce village usage, F-VF
Lot #481 - gold coast
64 (67) 1911 2'6d black and red on blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and considerably undercatalogued used stamp given what actually appears on the market, seldom seen used, easily 20-30 times more difficult than its mint counterpart, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #482 - gold coast
65 (68) 1913 5' green and red on yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, issued in 1913 by October of which it had already been replaced by the K George V 5' as such it saw very little postal usage and is hardly ever seen which accounts for its appearance on most advanced serious wantlists, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #483 - gold coast
73a, 75c, 76a, 77a, 78a, (77e, 79e, 80b, 81a, 82f) 1921 3d-5' K George V Die II's, wmkd MCA, a rarely offered and undercatalogued group, especially the scarce 2', OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #484 - gold coast
76a (80b) 1921 2' purple and blue on blue K George V Die II, wmkd MCA, a scarce and undervalued stamp (most were used), perfectly centered, scarce, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #485 - gold coast
78a (82f) 1921 5' green and red on pale yellow K George V Die II on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #486 - gold coast
93 (98) 1924 5' green and red on pale yellow K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, tied by oval registry "HO" double-ring cancel to registered cover to Switzerland, "Ho" was formerly German Togo, with "Accra", "London" and "Lausanne" back stamps, VF
Lot #487 - gold coast
94, 94a (100, 100a) 1921-24 15' dull purple and green K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, both Die I and Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #488 - gold coast
94 (100) 1921 15' dull purple and green K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, perfectly centered, light "1908" cds, SUPERB
Lot #489 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, the scarce key value, fresh vivid colors, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #490 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied by "Accra" registry oval cancel to piece, with Brandon certificate for the strip of three that this is from (the center example), VF
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