1-6 (1-6) 1880 ½d-1' Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", cplt (6), OG, HR, F-VF
Auction #134 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #134 - Public Auction
We welcome all of you back to our Auction 134.. We hope that you have all weathered the pandemic in good order! It looks like things are beginning to come back to normal, but sadly we lost a few old friends. It was an unusual year for us, but the Private Treaty / Want List Department surprisingly thundered ahead at great speed. Clients had a lot of time to work on their collections, I moved the 50 volumes of stock into my home February (2020) and conducted business from my “kitchen table” to a strong 7-figure effect, both in purchases and sales.
Auction 134 contains the results of months of work, booth in purchases as well as several important consignments we received. In the pages of this catalogue you will find many great interesting lots and rarities!
Great Britain includes many important items with a mint £5 orange QV through to scarce Officials. Cyprus is almost complete to the £5. Gibraltar has all the “Key” stamps including £5 mint.
New South Wales has mint examples of some scarce stamps and South Australia features both £5 and £10 mint as well as the 2/6d “O. S.”!
Australia showcases 6 mint £2 Kangaroos. Fiji features 4 “Times Express” issues! New Britain has the very rare 5/- on 5M mint. Strong New Zealand with 7 “O.P.S.O.”s! There are rarely seen multiples of North West Pacific Islands and a rare used high value.
Bahamas has a 1854 2d bisect cover. British Guiana opens with a 12¢ blue Cotton Reel plus rare provisionals (6¢ Official – mint!). Strong Canada and Provinces: British Columbia with all the mint rarities; Newfoundland with mint treasures (6d orange-vermilion and a NH 1930 “Columbia” Air Mail); Nova Scotia’s 1/- mint on bluish is a rarely seen stamp; Canada backs up a complete set of Jubilees with an almost impossible mint 1¢ on one-third 3¢ “Port Hood” (ex-Dale Lichtenstein!). Cayman Islands has major rarities and Falklands features the popular Tercentenary” set complete mint. Malta has the key 10/- wmkd MCA
Quite a few Bechuanaland items of interest. There is a good run of Cape and Mafeking. Rare Griqualand multiples, and a highlight of this Auction is Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika with all the mint K George V high values £1-£10! Large section of Madagascar Consular Mail issues (25!); 50 lots of Rhodesia to the £10 plus double heads and Admirals. Sierra Leone has “key” £5s and we feature a marvelous run of Zanzibar – rare overprint errors, all the highly popular Sultan’s Palace and Dhow issues.
We close the Auction with both a large British Colonies collection and a great big German States and Colonies lot.
Did I forget a few good stamps and sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy Hunting!
Sale Terms
Lot #461 - Cyprus
2 (2) 1880 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", Plate 174, wmkd Crown, perf 14, one of the scarcest plates, used, fine
Lot #462 - 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!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #463 - 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!, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #464 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), a very rare and seldom seen mint set, 6pi signed, OG, LH, VF
Lot #465 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), a choice, perfectly centered set, with light cancels, scarce, SUPERB
Lot #466 - Cyprus
15 (15) 1881 6pi olive-grey Q Victoria, Die I, wmkd CC, perf 14, quite rare, scarce key value to the set, OG, LH, VF
Lot #467 - Cyprus
16 (23) 1882 ½pi on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce, OG, LH, VF
Lot #468 - Cyprus
26a (27) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, SG Type 10 surcharge (6mm), OG, LH, VF
Lot #469 - Cyprus
27 (28) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, SG Type 10 surcharge (8mm), with rare "D47" (Polymedia Camp) numeral cancel, well centered, corner thin, F-VF
Lot #470 - Cyprus
28-37 (40-49) 1894-96 ½pi-45pi Q Victoria Die II, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), including the scarce and undercatalogued used 12pi, bright colors, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #471 - Cyprus
86 (99) 1923 45pi dull purple and ultramarine K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #472 - 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, nicely centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #473 - 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 #474 - Cyprus
105 (114) 1924-28 12pi chestnut and black K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, light cds, F-VF
Lot #475 - Cyprus
108 (117) 1924 90pi green and red on yellow K George V, wmkd Script CA, as there seems to have been very little postal usage for this denomination, consequently it is unusually difficult, undercatalogued and seldom seen used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #476 - Cyprus
109 (117a) 1928 £5 black on yellow K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, seldom seen, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #477 - Cyprus
110 (102) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, fresh, OG, LH, VF
Lot #478 - Cyprus
110 (102) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, quite scarce used, fresh, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #479 - Cyprus
114-23 (123-32) 1928 ¾pi-£1 K George V Fiftieth Anniversary set, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), most with sheet-margin, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #480 - Cyprus
114-23 (123-32) 1928 ¾pi-£1 K George V Fiftieth Anniversary set, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), a phenomenal perfectly centered and lightly canceled set which must have taken years to assemble!, SUPERB
Lot #481 - Cyprus
125-35 (133-43) 1934 ¼pi-45pi K George V pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (11), OG,LH, F-VF
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