1 (3) 1863 ½d buff Q Victoria on thin, hard white paper, unwmkd, perf 14, light "A 25" numeral cancel, 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 #822 - Malta
3b (6) 1867 ½d orange-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, unused, F-VF
Lot #823 - Malta
4 (9) 1874 ½d golden yellow (aniline) Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #824 - Malta
28, 30-45 (45-63) 1904-11 ¼d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, cplt (17) per Stanley Gibbons, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #825 - Malta
49-64 (69-88, 81a) 1914-21 ¼d-5' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), used, F-VF
Lot #826 - Malta
60 var (86c) 1914 2' purple and bright blue on blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - nick in top right scroll (row 3, pos 12), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #827 - Malta
66-73 (97-104) 1921-22 ¼d-10' K George V and St. Paul Shipwreck set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #828 - Malta
71 (102) 1922 6d dull purple and bright purple K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, a scarce used stamp as it was replaced by the succeeding overprinted 6d in under 30 days!, well centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #829 - Malta
72 (103) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V, wmkd script CA, perf 14, rarely seen used, with centrally struck "G.P.O. Malta" cds, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #830 - Malta
73 (104) 1922 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, a very scarce and undercatalogued used stamp, lovely, perfectly applied cds, rarely offered, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #831 - Malta
82 (111) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" (SG Type 20), wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG,NH, VF
Lot #832 - Malta
92 (120) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" in red, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued as it was replaced 6 months later by the following issue, undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #833 - Malta
93 (121) 1922 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" in red, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #834 - Malta
97 var (122a) 1922 ¼d on 2d grey K George V on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, SG Type 21 surcharge, VARIETY - dot to "i" of "Farthing" omitted (row 4, pos 4 of lower left pane), in horizontal pair with normal, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #835 - Malta
98-113 (123-38) 1922-26 ¼d-10' Malta Allegories, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (16), 10' is greatly undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #836 - Malta
114 (140) 1925 £1 black and bright carmine Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA upright, perf 14, quite rare used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #837 - Malta
116-29 (143-56) 1926 ¼d-10' Allegories overprinted "POSTAGE" SG Type 25, cplt (14), OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #838 - Malta
116-29 (143-56) 1926 ¼d-10' Allegories overprinted "POSTAGE" SG Type 25, cplt (14), the 2' is especially scarce and undercatalogued used, 2' tied to piece and signed Stolow, this is probably the finest used set in existence, hand assembled out of many sets for the collector who wants the very best!, SUPERB
Lot #839 - Malta
126 (153) 1926 2' brown and blue Britannia and Malta overprinted "POSTAGE" SG Type 25 at Valletta, the "key" used value, scarce and undercatalogued, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #840 - Malta
131-47 (157-72) 1926-27 ¼d-10' K George V and St. Paul "POSTAGE" set, wmkd Script CA, cplt (17), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #841 - Malta
148-66 (174-92) 1928 ¼d-10' St. Paul "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" overprints, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (19), scarce used, F-VF
Lot #842 - Malta
167-83 (193-209) 1930 ¼d-10' St. Paul inscribed "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" set, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (17), especially scarce used!, F-VF
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