3b var (3b) 1854 4d deep dull blue Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), imperf, four margins, marvelous rich color, OG, VLH, XF
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 #77 - australia / western australia
6 (2) 1854 1d black Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), rouletted 7½ to 14 and compound showing on all four sides), significantly undercatalogued as it is 10-20 times more scarce than its imperf counterpart, ex-Pearson, with color photocopy of the RPSL certificate for the pair that this is the right-hand example, F-VF
Lot #78 - australia / western australia
24D (46) 1861 1' deep green Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), perf 14 to 16 very rough, rare, Kallow noted only 1560 printed, the overwhelming majority of which were used postally! massively undercatalogued, rarely even offered (we do not recall ever having had a mint example in 45 years!), unused as usual, SUPERB
Lot #79 - Australia
1//J7 (1//D7) 1919-1980 virtually complete with strong Kangaroos, K George V, values to the £2; 1929-1980 virtually complete with values to the £2, including 5/- Sydney Bridge, strong Postage Dues (also with values to the 5/-); "O S" overprints, Japanese Occupation complete, British Antarctic Territory, etc., mounted in a deluxe Davo album, high catalogue value, majority are F-VF,
Lot #80 - Australia
12 (13) 1913 5' grey and yellow Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A, perf 12, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #81 - Australia
14 (15) 1913 £1 brown and ultramarine Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A, perf 12, scarce, OG, VLH, fine
Lot #82 - Australia
15 (16) 1913 £2 black and rose Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A, perf 12, rare, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #83 - Australia
55 var (43a) 1918 10' grey and bright aniline pink Kangaroo, wmkd Narrow Crown and Narrow A, perf 12, with "Sydney" cds, F-VF
Lot #84 - Australia
55 var (43b) 1922 10' grey and pale aniline pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Narrow Crown and Narrow A, perf 12, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #85 - Australia
58 (45) 1919 £2 black and rose Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Narrow Crown and Narrow A, perf 12, exceptional centering, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #86 - Australia
101 (112) 1929 10' grey and pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and A Multiple, perf 12, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #87 - Australia
102 (114) 1930 £2 black and rose Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and A Multiple, perf 12, rare, right-hand sheet-margin example, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #88 - Australia
127 (136) 1932 10' grey and pink Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #89 - Australia
128 (137) 1935 £1 grey Kangaroo, Die IIB, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, well centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #90 - Australia
129 (138) 1934 £2 black and rose Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #91 - Australia
129 (138) 1934 £2 black and rose Kangaroo, Die II, wmkd Small Crown and C of A Multiple, perf 12, a fresh and lightly canceled high value, F-VF
Lot #92 - Australia
J38 (D62) 1909 20' dull green Postage Due, wmkd Crown over A, perf 11, extremely rare and undercatalogued, the "key" major Australian stamp!, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #93 - Australia
J64-70 (D112-18) 1938 ½d-1' carmine and green Postage Dues, wmkd Crown over C of A multiple, perf 14½x14, cplt (7), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #94 - Australia
O1-2 (O123-24) 1931 2d-3d Southern Cross above Hemispheres (Kingsford-Smith issue), overprinted "OS" SG Type O4, cplt (2), OG,LH, VF
Lot #95 - bahamas
1a (1) 1859 1d reddish lake Q Victoria, unwmkd, thick, opaque paper, imperf, two margins, in at left, touches at bottom, "A 05" cancel F-VF, with Society of Philatelic Americans certificate
Lot #96 - bahamas
3 (5) 1861 4d dull rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, with "Bahamas" cds - rarely seen onthis stamp, VF
Lot #97 - bahamas
4 (6) 1861 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, exceptionally well centered, light "A 05" cancel, F-VF
Lot #98 - bahamas
7 (11) 1862 6d lavender-grey Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11½, 12, we have never seen an example of this issue with such extremely centered margins--in all probability this is the choicest example extant!, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #99 - bahamas
10a (19a) 1862 6d lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 13, rich color, light "A 05" barred-oval cancel F-VF
Lot #100 - bahamas
15 (38) 1865 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
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