9 (8) 1859 9d purple-brown Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, imperf, four large margins with part of adjoining stamps at top and left, with light diagonal oval-of-bars cancel, a very lovely example of this most difficult first issue, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Auction #135 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #135 - Public Auction
Hello Friends!,
Welcome to our 135th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring a marvelous collection of pristine high values from Ireland.
After conducting a very brisk 7-figure “want list” business (both selling and buying) from my wife’s kitchen table we are back to our offices. Want list work has always dwarfed our Auction business. Most of all, I have enjoyed working closely with our world-wide clientele in helping with the forming of excellent Colonial collections, A-Z, both big and small.
An overview of some of what is inside the catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB includes a lovely mint £5 orange and unusually nice high values including a 5/- mint I.R. Official, both mint £5 from Cypress and Gibraltar and the scarce Malta 10/- mint.
British Africa (always a personal favorite!):
£2 from Gold Coast – postally used! Kenya and Uganda £1-£10 mint and £50-£100 “SPECIMEN”. We offer 24 large Consular Mail issues of Madagascar and a used 50 Rupee Mauritius plus Natal £5 mint, Nyasaland £10 K George V. We have both mint £5s of Sierra Leone. There are also some rare Togo occupation issues (and errors) and a strong Zanzibar provisionals and later Sultan’s Palace through 200 Rupee. Nice Baden-Powell items from Mafeking round out this area.
British Oceania:
Australia highlights include £2 as well as 10/ - 20/ “slash” Postage Dues (the “key” stamps of the country!). Brunei features a rare $3 on 1 155 Japanese Occupation stamp; there are scarce New Britain overprints, a Fiji 9d "Times Express", and a Papua 39a pair showing “rift in clouds”. There is also some nice inverted centers from Cook Islands and Niue.
British America:
Highlights include a superb Bahamas SG 6 mint, a small but mighty range of mint perforated Ships from British Guiana, a Falkland Islands £1 Tercentenary mint plus mint NH, used and Specimen items. St. Vincent showcases scarce mint early issues and Turks Island #6 1/- mint. Almost forgot: Oh Canada! British Columbia has a lovely example of the very rare mint 5¢ imperf; strong Canadian items include a choice used #1, superb high value Jubilees and a lovely mint example of the pivotal rarity 1¢ on 3¢ Port Hood (ex Dale-Lichtenstein pair)!
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Best of Bidding Luck to you all!
Sale Terms
Lot #398 - Ceylon
19 (21) 1861 4d dull rose Q Victoria, wmkd Star, clean cut and intermediate perf 14 to 15½, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, VF-S
Lot #399 - Ceylon
101 (161) 1885 10¢ on 16¢ pale violet Q Victoria local surcharge SG Type 22, wmkd CC, perf 14, a very great Ceylon rarity - seldom offered, with "B" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #400 - Ceylon
104 (164) 1885 10¢ on 64¢ red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, provisionally surcharged SG Type 22, very scarce, lightly canceled, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #401 - Ceylon
166-77 (265-76) 1903-05 2¢-2R.25¢ K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #402 - Ceylon
178-96 (277-88, 294-300) 1904-10 2¢-10R K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt per Sc (19), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #403 - Ceylon
215 (320) 1912 50R dull purple K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #404 - Ceylon
216 (321) 1912 100R grey-black K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, a very fresh example, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #405 - Ceylon
225-47, 233a, 234a, 236a, 237a, 238a, 239a, 240a, 241a (338-57, 346b, 347a, 349a, 350b, 351b, 352a, 353b, 354a) 1921-32 1¢-20R K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (28) with all Die I and Die II, difficult to assemble, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #406 - Ceylon
246 (359) 1924 100R brownish grey K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Multiple Script CA, perf 14, corner crease, OG, NH, VF appearance, with Toselli certificate
Lot #407 - Ceylon
247 (360) 1927 100R dull purple and blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Multiple Script CA, perf 14, nicely centered, OG, LH, VF
Lot #408 - Ceylon
286c (394a) 1938 50¢ black and mauve K George VI and Wild Elephants, wmkd CA, perf 13x13½, the rarest of all the perf types, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #409 - Ceylon
O2 var (O1x) 1869 2d yellow Q Victoria overprinted "SERVICE" SG Type1 in black, perf 12½, VARIETY - wmk CC reversed, very rare as probably only one sheet was printed and per Norris "only 2 examples recorded", thus quite undercatalogued!, OG, LH, F-VF
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