5 var listed (5) 1850 12¢ black on blue "Cotton Reel" locally printed imperf, SG Type II (cut round), a great and popular Classic rarity seldom offered at all!, strong margins, double-ring "Demerara" cds, an exceptional example of this iconic and much sought after West Indies rarity, undercatalogued given the global market demand!, VF, with RPSL certificate
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!
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Lot #277 - british guiana
8 (11) 1853-59 1¢ vermilion Seal of the Colony, original ptg (without line above value), imperf, four margins, light "Berbice" cds, F-VF
Lot #278 - british guiana
10 (19) 1854 4¢ blue Seal of the Colony, white line above value, imperf, four large margins, attractive "Berbice" cds, VF
Lot #279 - british guiana
10b (20) 1855 4¢ pale blue Seal of the Colony, white line above value, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light "Demerara" cds, VF-S
Lot #280 - british guiana
39 var (120f) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, with manuscript initials, rouletted 6, SG Type 11 (Scott Type A7), VARIETY - italic "T" in "TWO" (row 3, pos 6), light numeral "A 03" cancel, very rare, ex-Nathan, F-VF
Lot #281 - british guiana
39 var (120d) 1862 2¢ black Type-set on yellow, Sc Type A7 (SG Type 11), VARIETY - italic "S" in "CENTS" (row 3, pos 4), light "A03" cancel, scarce, fine
Lot #282 - british guiana
72a (136) 1879 1¢ slate Seal of Colony, wmkd CC, Variety - compound perf 14x12½, scarce, SUPERB
Lot #283 - british guiana
82 (137) 1878 (1¢) on 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, provisional overprint with two horizontal bars, rare and undercatalogued used, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #284 - british guiana
85a (147) 1878 (1¢) on 4¢ blue Ship Official surcharged with one horizontal bar and one vertical bar, only one sheet was surcharged for postal use, extremely rare, and considerably undercatalogued, one of the great basic perforated Ship rarities in all of British Guiana, well centered, light numeral cancel, signed, VF
Lot #285 - british guiana
87 (146) 1878 (2¢) on 8¢ rose Seal of the Colony overprinted "OFFICIAL", provisional with two horizontal bars and one vertical, seriously undercatalogued, it was missing from the Ferrari collection,unusually well centered, star grid cancel, elusive, VF-S, with BPA certificate
Lot #286 - british guiana
88A (148) 1878 (2¢) on 8¢ rose Seal of the Colony overprinted "OFFICIAL" (SG Type O2), provisional with one horizontal bar and one vertical SG Type 17, wmkd CC, perf 14, very elusive mint as the majority were used, undercatalogued, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #287 - british guiana
127 (188) 1888 $4 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged (SG Type a), wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce (only 945 issued), as the majority were later overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, well centered, "Georgetown" cds, VF
Lot #288 - british guiana
127A (188a) 1888 $4 green Seal of the Colony overprinted "INLAND REVENUE" and surcharged with large "4" (3½mm) Type II (SG Type b), only 188 issued, a significant portion of which were subsequently overprinted to create the common 1¢ provisional, a notoriously scarce and vastly undercatalogued stamp, seldom seen, with BPA certificate for the horizontal pair that this is from, OG, HR, VF
Lot #289 - british guiana
130-47 (193-205, 213-15, 233-238) 1889-1905 1¢-96¢ Seal of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (19) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #290 - british guiana
171 (251) 1905 $2.40 green and violet Seal of the Colony overprinted "POSTAGE AND REVENUE", wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely scarce and undercatalogued used, rarely offered, perfectly centered, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #291 - british guiana
O9 (O9) 1877 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, overprinted "OFFICIAL", the rare key value to the set, seldom seen, well centered, signed Giess and others, OG, LH, VF
Lot #292 - british guiana
O9 (O9) 1877 6¢ brown Seal of the Colony, overprinted "OFFICIAL", the rare key value to the set, seldom seen, segmented cork cancel, VF
Lot #293 - british guiana
O10 (O10) 1877 8¢ rose Seal of the Colony, overprinted "OFFICIAL" in black, scarce, perfectly centered, light "Georgetown" double-ring cds, SUPERB
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