5 (20) 1880 9d orange-brown Express 4th state of the Die (spot of color under middle stroke of "M"), perf 12, bottom row imperf margin example, nice "Apia" cds, 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 #1085 - samoa
101-09 (101-09) 1914 ½d on 3pf-9d on 80pf Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13 and overprinted "G.R.I.", cplt (9), light "Apia" cancels, several tied to piece, F-VF
Lot #1086 - samoa
101c (101c) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13, VARIETY - comma after "I", tied by "Apia" cds to piece, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #1087 - samoa
102a, b var (102a, d, e) 1914 ½d on 5pf green Yacht - the UNIQUE ERROR - double overprint in combination with the ERROR - no fraction bar in ½ and VARIETY - 1 to the left of 2 in "½" (Gibbs 2eb), an exceptional combination and a stellar rarity-considering only 8 double overprints were printed in all, well centered, OG,HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1088 - samoa
110 (110) 1914 1' on 1M carmine Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 14, unwmkd, perf 14½x14, a key rarity (only 100 issued), signed Diena, OG, VLH, VF, with RPS of New Zealand certificate
Lot #1089 - samoa
112 (113) 1914 3' on 3M violet-black Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged, only 458 printed, tied by "Apia" cds to piece, signed Bothe, SUPERB
Lot #1090 - samoa
126 (132 var footnoted) 1925 £2 violet Q Victoria of New Zealand Postal Fiscal overprinted "SAMOA." SG Type 15 in red, on chalk-surfaced De La Rue paper, wmkd NZ and Star sideways, perf 14½x14, comb, formerly listed as SG 133, undercatalogued, rather scarce and seldom seen, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1091 - samoa
195-202 (207-214) 1945-48 2'6d-£5 Coats of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue or red, on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, cplt (8), scarce, OG,VLH, VF-S
Lot #1092 - samoa
198 (210) 1948 £1 pink Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, light "APIA" cds, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #1093 - samoa
199 (211) 1948 30' brown Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, well centered, light cancel, SUPERB
Lot #1094 - samoa
200 (212) 1945 £2 violet Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in red on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd multiple N.Z. and Star, well centered, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #1095 - samoa
201 (213) 1948 £3 green Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, scarce as only 2,491 were overprinted, well centered, light "Apia" cancel, XF
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