6 (6) 1879 1' lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12x14½-15½, rare, the Challis handbook estimates that only around 100 were issued without the later overprints - 13 different provisionals, very well centered, 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!
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Lot #1277 - turks islands
35 (42) 1881 4d on 6d black Q Victoria surcharged, SG Type 28 (Scott Type r), Setting 1, scarce, light grid cancel, VF
Lot #1278 - turks islands
36 (48) 1881 4d on 1d dull red Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 28 (Scott Type r), wmkd Small Star, perf 11-12x14½-15½, scarce, very rare and undercatalogued used, barred-oval numeral cancel, VF
Lot #1279 - turks islands
38 (45) 1881 4d on 1' lilac Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 29 (Scott Type p), unwmkd, perf 11-12, signed Pfenninger, unused, VF
Lot #1280 - turks and caicos islands
MR6a (145a) 1918 3d purple on yellow K George V with SG Type 40 overprint in red "WAR TAX", ERROR - overprint double, wmkd MCA, perf 14, quite scarce, centered as normal for this issue, very fresh, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1281 - uganda
5 (5) 1895 50c black Missionary typewritten, wide letters and format (20-26 mm), imperf, with frame-line dashes showing on three sides, usual faint crease, unused as issued, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1282 - uganda
38 (38) 1895 20c violet Missionary typewritten, narrow letters and format (16-18mm), scarce, imperf, frame-lines showing on three sides, unused as issued, VF
Lot #1283 - uganda
47 (47) 1896 20c violet "VR" Missionary typewritten, narrow format, narrow letters (16-18mm), imperf, frame-line showing at left, unused as issued, VF
Lot #1284 - uganda
52 (52) 1896 60c violet "VR" Missionary typewritten, narrow format, narrow letters (16-18mm), imperf, frame-lines showing on three sides, unused as issued, VF
Lot #1285 - Virgin Islands
16a var (37 var) 1887 4d brown-rose St. Ursula on white paper, Waterlow lithographed imperf plate proof, brilliant color and freshness, almost perfectly centered, rare, without gum, SUPERB
Lot #1286 - Virgin Islands
47-48 (80-81) 1921 ½d-1d K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, we have traced usage for only 120 days!, each with light "Tortola" cds, VF
Lot #1287 - zanzibar
(Z2) 1865 2a orange Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar with rhomboid of bars cancel (as noted in SG), very rare and undercatalogued, includes a copy of the larger piece that this stamp is from showing the associated SG Type Z1 cancel, ex-Jeremy Lea, fine
Lot #1288 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1289 - zanzibar
3a (3j) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, wmkd Star, perf 14, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar" (row 4 pos 6 or row 8, pos 5), double-ring "Zanzibar" cds, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1290 - zanzibar
3d (3m) 1895 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, well centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1291 - zanzibar
4b, 4 var footnoted (4k, 4D) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" for "Zanzibar" (row 7, pos 2), in pair with normal, fresh and scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1292 - zanzibar
5e (5m) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, VARIETY - diaeresis over last "a" (row 10, pos 5), a very scarce and seldom offered variety, fresh and bright color, OG, HR, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1293 - zanzibar
7a (8j) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar" overprint in black (row 4, pos 6 or row 8, pos 5), wmkd Star, perf 14, rare as this only occurred twice in each setting of 120, registered cds, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1294 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, overprint ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black, scarce, signed by Bloch, regummed, fine, with BPA certificate
Lot #1295 - zanzibar
18-20 (23-25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Stanley Gibbons surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt, undercatalogued as SG 24 (Scott 19) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, F-VF
Lot #1296 - zanzibar
18 var-20 var footnoted (23D-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Type 3-5) cplt, matched set of 3, each with the VARIETY - small second "z" raised, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1297 - zanzibar
19 (24) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1298 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, good color, very well centered, with neat "Zanzibar" date stamp, VF
Lot #1299 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 5 surcharge (Scott Type c), VARIETY - small second "z" raised, scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1300 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Scott surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), VARIETY - small second "z", lower, fresh, signed "E D" (Diena), OG,VLH, F-VF
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