2 (1) 1857 6d purple-brown Q Victoria on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four margins, a relatively scarce and undercatalogued used stamp, F-VF
Auction #133 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #133 - Public Auction
We welcome all of you to our 133rd consecutive British Colony Auction, and sincerely hope that all of you are well – face masks at the ready!
We are continuing to work on filling want lists every day. I am happily amazed at the number of lists coming in realizing we all have a lot more time to work on our own collections! I have then had a chance to work on our Reference Collections as well. We continue to acquire material every month (into 6 figures,) and ship out an equal amount to help insure that we can supply great material, big and small, to help fill-in your want list needs. So keep them coming and you will be pleasantly surprised at the exceptional depth of the stock!
The current Public Auction starts off with a strong range of Great Britain to the £5 (x2). British Africa contains many scarce to rare items BCA (Nyasaland) includes SG 53a, Cape of Good Hope has fine triangles and the all but impossible mint SG 39! Strong Gold Coast plus Kenya SG 111b mint (the second one we have had in over 60 years!) and 17 large Madagascar Consular issues. Natal shows £5 K Edward both s & m and New Republic is 19 lots strong. Niger Coast provisionals and strong Rhodesia which includes double heads and Admirals (including SG 236a – a great mint rarity!) Togo shows rarities and there is a major Zanzibar section.
British West Indies has an Antigua #19 mint and there are better early Bahamas items plus strong Barbados, British Guiana, Falkland high values, and scarce Trinidad.
British Oceania is highlighted by a wide run of New Zealand classics (including SG 1) and the impossible “O.P.S.O.”s. North West Pacific Islands and Niue have rarities and interesting items as well.
Did I forget the almost 100 lots of Canada and Provinces? Australia? British Asia? As always:
Happy Hunting!
Sale Terms
Lot #488 - Ceylon
5 (4) 1859 4d dull rose Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, rare -- they key value to the first issue, imperf, four full margins, rich color, lightly canceled, scarce thus!, VF
Lot #489 - Ceylon
7b (6c) 1857 6d light brown Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, imperf, four margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #490 - Ceylon
14 (17) 1858 ½d dull mauve Q Victoria on glazed paper, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, with a rare and attractive red cds, VF
Lot #491 - Ceylon
15 (16) 1857 ½d reddish lilac Q Victoria on blued glazed paper, unwmkd, imperf, a fairly scarce and undercatalogued used stamp, seldom seen, VF
Lot #492 - Ceylon
20A (23) 1861 6d brown Q Victoria, wmkd Star, intermediate perf 14 to 15½, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #493 - Ceylon
30 (32a) 1861 8d yellow-brown Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, rough perf 14 to 15½, well centered, unused, F-VF
Lot #494 - Ceylon
55c (47) 1863-66 9d sepia Q Victoria, wmkd Crown over 23mm high CC (SG Type W 5), perf 13, scarce, ex the fabled gold-medal Joseph Hackmey collection, lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #495 - Ceylon
82 (138) 1879 2R50c dull rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½x14, very scarce and undercatalogued, a remarkable perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #496 - Ceylon
117a (178a) 1885 5¢ on 4¢ rose Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 21 (Scott Type a), ERROR - inverted surcharge, wmkd CA, perf 14, barred-oval numeral cancel, VF
Lot #497 - Ceylon
200-214, 202a, 203a, 204a, 204 var (301-19) 1912-25 1¢-20R K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (19) with both value tablets and SG shades, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #498 - Ceylon
215 (320) 1912 50R dull purple K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, OG, NH, VF
Lot #499 - Ceylon
225-44 (338-357) 1921-32 1¢-20R K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (20), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #500 - Ceylon
254-58 (363-67) 1927-28 1R-20R K George V, wmkd script CA, cplt (5), the 20R is quite scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #501 - Ceylon
258 (367) 1927 20R dull purple and blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued, a high value seldom offered as a single, especially this nice!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #502 - Ceylon
258 (367) 1927 20R dull purple and blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued, especially used, light cds plus registry crayon cancel, F-VF
Lot #503 - Ceylon
286c (394a) 1938 50¢ black and mauve K George VI and Wild Elephants, wmkd CA, perf 13x13½, the rarest of all the perf types, brownish OG (as issued), VF
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