1 (1) 1880 ½d rose Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS" SG Type 1, Plate 12, a remarkable perfectly centered example of this stamp - notoriously off center - a 1 in 500 example!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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 #511 - Cyprus
5 (5) 1880 6d grey Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 16, only 2345 sold by the P.O. (the balance was remaindered), fresh rich color, nicely centered for this issue!, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #512 - Cyprus
5 (5) 1880 6d grey Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 16, only 2345 sold by the P.O. (the balance was remaindered), numeral "942" barred-oval cancel (Larnaca), fine
Lot #513 - Cyprus
8 (7) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS" SG Type 2, surcharged half-penny (18mm) SG Type 3, scarce Plate 218, OG, HR, VF
Lot #514 - Cyprus
9 (8) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", surcharged "HALF-PENNY" 16mm long (SG Type 4), Plate 201, wmkd Large Crown, perf 14, a very scarce and drastically undercatalogued basic stamp that is seldom seen!, OG, HR, VF
Lot #515 - Cyprus
9 (8) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", surcharged "HALF-PENNY" 16mm long (SG Type 4), Plate 201, wmkd Large Crown, perf 14, a very scarce and drastically undercatalogued basic stamp that is seldom seen!, light numeral "942" (Larnaca) cancel, SUPERB
Lot #516 - Cyprus
9 (8) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", surcharged "HALF PENNY" 16mm long (SG Type 4), Plate 216, the scarce plate, a very scarce and drastically undercatalogued basic stamp that is seldom seen!, very often on the want lists of advanced collectors, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #517 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), well centered, used, VF
Lot #518 - Cyprus
12 (12) 1881 1pi rose Q Victoria, Die I, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #519 - Cyprus
15 (15) 1881 6pi olive-grey Q Victoria, Die I, wmkd CC, perf 14, quite rare, fresh and well centered, OG,VLH, XF
Lot #520 - Cyprus
19a-25 (16a-22) 1882-86½pi-12pi Q Victoria Die I, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG, HR, VF
Lot #521 - Cyprus
24a (36) 1894 6pi olive-grey Q Victoria, Die II, wmkd CA, well centered, OG,HR, VF
Lot #522 - Cyprus
26 (29) 1886 ½pi on ½pi green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, SG Type 10(b), SC Type I surcharge (8mm), well centered, with scarce numeral "974" (Kyrenia) cancel, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #523 - Cyprus
28-37 (40-49) 1894-96 ½pi-45pi Q Victoria Die II, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #524 - Cyprus
28-37 (40-49) 1894-96 ½pi-45pi Q Victoria Die II, wmkd CA, cplt (10), including the scarce and undercatalogued used 12pi, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #525 - Cyprus
38-47 (50-59) 1903 ½pi-45pi K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (10), only 2640 printed of the 45pi, nice centering throughout, OG, LH, VF
Lot #526 - Cyprus
48-59, 49a, 51a, 56a (60-71, 61b, 63a, 68a) 1904-10 5pa-45pi K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (15) with all listed shades, scarce, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #527 - Cyprus
61-71, 61a, 62a, 64a, 68a (74-84, 74c, 75b, 77b, 81a) 1912 10pa-45pi K George V, wmkd MCA, cplt (15) with all listed shades, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #528 - Cyprus
86 (99) 1923 45pi dull purple and ultramarine K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, very well centered!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #529 - Cyprus
87 (100) 1923 10' green and red on pale yellow K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally 3017 copies were printed, however a sizeable quantity were remaindered and burned in 1924, scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #530 - Cyprus
87 (100) 1923 10' green and red on pale yellow K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally 3017 copies were printed, however a sizeable quantity were remaindered and burned in 1924, scarce, very rare and undercatalogued used, perfectly centered, "Nicosia" cds, VF
Lot #531 - Cyprus
88 (101) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally only 1682 were printed, however it is important to note that a sizeable remainder of which were burned in 1924, quite scarce, vivid fresh rich color, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #532 - Cyprus
89-108, 110 (102-17, 118-22) 1924-25 ¼pi-£1 K George V, wmkd Script CA (MCA on the £1), perf 14, cplt (21), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #533 - Cyprus
110 (102) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #534 - Cyprus
125-35 (133-43) 1934 ¼pi-45pi K George V pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (11), OG, VLH, F-VF
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