1 (1) 1862 2¢ brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, LH, fine
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!
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Lot #569 - Hong Kong
1a (1a) 1863 2¢ deep brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, catalogue values not withstanding, this is the scarcest used stamp in the set, grossly undercatalogued, with attractive blue "B 62" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #570 - Hong Kong
2 (2) 1862 8¢ yellow-buff Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, LH, fine
Lot #571 - Hong Kong
4 (4) 1862 18¢ lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
Lot #572 - Hong Kong
5 (5) 1862 24¢ green Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #573 - Hong Kong
6 (6) 1862 48¢ rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, light blue "B62" cancel, well centered, VF
Lot #574 - Hong Kong
7 (7) 1862 96¢ brownish grey Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, a fresh example with slight traces of OG, a scarce stamp, part OG, VF
Lot #575 - Hong Kong
11 (29) 1880 5¢ blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, part OG, F-VF
Lot #576 - Hong Kong
12 (10) 1863 6¢ lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #577 - Hong Kong
16 (22) 1877 16¢ yellow Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, extremely scare and seldom seen mint, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #578 - Hong Kong
19a (15a) 1863 30¢ orange-vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #579 - Hong Kong
23 (18) 1865 96¢ olive-bistre Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14,light "B 62" cancel in blue, a nice example of this scarce key value to the set, F-VF
Lot #580 - Hong Kong
25 (9f) 1870 4¢ slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, exceptionally well centered for this difficult stamp, with black "B 62" cancel, VF-S
Lot #581 - Hong Kong
27 (F2) 1874 $3 dull violet Q Victoria Postal Fiscal, wmkd CC, perf 15½ x 15, very well centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #582 - Hong Kong
33 (25) 1879 10¢ on 12¢ pale blue Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 7, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #583 - Hong Kong
42 (36) 1882 10¢ dull mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, part OG, F-VF
Lot #584 - Hong Kong
46 (60) 1901 12¢ blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, surprisingly rare and undercatalogued used as it was one of the last Victorian stamps issued and saw comparatively little usage, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #585 - Hong Kong
50 (F7) 1880 12¢ on $10 rose-carmine Q Victoria Postal Fiscal surcharged SG Type F4, wmkd CC, perf 15½x15, part OG, F-VF
Lot #586 - Hong Kong
56 (47) 1891 $1 surcharged on 96¢ purple on red Q Victoria, SG Type 10 surcharge, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued as most were later overprinted to create the more common provisional, VF
Lot #587 - Hong Kong
57 (F4) 1897 $2 dull bluish green Q Victoria Postal Fiscal, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
Lot #588 - Hong Kong
60 (F9) 1891 $5 on $10 purple on red Q Victoria Postal Fiscal with SG Type F6 surcharge, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #589 - Hong Kong
60C (S3) 1891 10¢ purple on red Q Victoria Stamp Office "S. O." overprint SG Type S1, wmkd CA, perf 14, scarce, light cds, F-VF
Lot #590 - Hong Kong
66 (51) 1891 2¢ carmine Q Victoria with "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" overprint (Yang no. C1), only on sale for 3 days, OG, HR, VF
Lot #591 - Hong Kong
66c (51a) 1891 2¢ carmine Hong Kong Jubilee overprint SG Type 16, VARIETY - short "J" in "jUBILEE" (row 1, pos 6), (Yang no. C1a), very well centered, OG, HR, VF
Lot #592 - Hong Kong
71-84 (62-75) 1903 1¢-$5 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (14) to the $5, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
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