90-101 (135-44, 163-169) 1904-10 1f-2'6d Badge of Colony, wmkd MCA, cplt (12), scarce used, 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!
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Lot #202 - barbados
102-108 vars (145s-51s) 1906 1f-1' Nelson Monument, overprinted "SPECIMEN", wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (7), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #203 - barbados
B1e, B1c (153c, 153ea) 1907 1d on 2d slate-black and orange Seal of the Colony surcharged "Kingston Relief Fund. 1d." SG Type 10, ERROR - surcharge double, both inverted, in red, wmkd CA, perf 14, includes a "normal inverted" for comparison, OG, NH, VF
Lot #204 - batum
7-10 (7-10) 1919 10R on 1K-10R on 10 on 7K Arms of Russia handstamped SG Type 2, cplt (4), only 240 sets were made, rare and undercatalogued, 3 high values signed (10 on 3k by Mikulski {NH!}, 10 on 5k by A Brun and Dr R J Ceresa, 10 on 10 on 7k signed by Dr R J Ceresa and another), also the 10 on 3k and 10 on 5k are large margin imperfs, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #205 - batum
25 (21) 1920 50r on 1K orange Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp SG Type 4 in black, only 400 printed, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins, nice double-ring cds, signed Ross, SUPERB
Lot #206 - batum
29 (25) 50R on 4K red Arms of Russia handstamped SG Type 4, perforated, scarce, tied to piece by Batum double-ring cds, signed Economist, VF
Lot #207 - batum
32 (28) 1920 50R on 15K blue and red-brown Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp surcharge SG Type 4, only 300 printed, perforated, signed, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #208 - batum
45 (36) 1920 50r on 4k red Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp overprint SG Type 6, scarce and undercatalogued (only 750 printed), perforated, tied to piece, XF
Lot #209 - batum
47 (38) 1920 50r on 2k yellow-green Arms of Russia (Romanov) with provisional handstamp overprint SG Type 6, only 400 printed, imperf, four large margins, tied to piece, VF
Lot #210 - batum
48 (39) 1920 50r on 3K carmine-red Arms of Russia with British Occupation provisional handstamp (SG Type 6), very scarce (only 354 printed), undercatalogued, imperf, four margins, signed Holcombe, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #211 - batum
48 (39) 1920 50r on 3K carmine-red Arms of Russia with British Occupation provisional handstamp SG Type 6, very scarce as only 354 were printed, undercatalogued, imperf, four large margins, tied to piece, SUPERB
Lot #212 - bechuanaland
4b (1b) 1885 (2 Dec) ½d grey-black Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, VARIETY - overprint double in lake and black, wmkd CA, perf 14, only one pane of 60 was overprinted in two colors, normal centering, a scarce and undercatalogued variety, OG, HR, F-VF, with BPA and Brandon certificate
Lot #213 - bechuanaland
5-9 (4-8) 1885-87 ½d-1' Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland", wmkd Anchor, perf 14, cplt (5), F-VF
Lot #214 - bechuanaland
9 (8) 1886 1' green Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, scarce and undercatalogued mint as most were used!, signed Thier, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #215 - bechuanaland
11-20 (10-19) 1888 1d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14 or wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, cplt (10), F-VF
Lot #216 - bechuanaland
21 (20) 1887 £1 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #217 - bechuanaland
25a (23b) 1888 2d on 2d lilac and black Q Victoria, surcharged in red, wmkd Orb, perf 14, VARIETY - curved foot to "2", scarce, well centered, fresh, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #218 - bechuanaland
26 (25) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14, SG Type 6 red surcharge, an exceptional USED rarity, hardly ever offered and considerably more difficult than either a £5 first issue or even a 2d on 2d green surcharge, vastly undercatalogued (as any serious collector who has tried to find one will attest), VF
Lot #219 - bechuanaland
27 (23c) 1888 2d on 2d lilac and black Q Victoria, green surcharge, a great rarity of which perhaps a dozen examples are recorded, seldom seen and undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #220 - bechuanaland
41 (58) 1897 ½d yellow-green Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 18 (narrower - 10½mm apart and 15mm long), excessively rare and undercatalogued used, scarce "Kanye" cds, F-VF
Lot #221 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #222 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, less than 1% were used, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #223 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, perfectly centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #224 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, fresh, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #225 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 2, and subsequently overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued used as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
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