3a (3jD) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar", also with small second "z" raised, row 4, pos 6, slightly stained, part OG, 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 #1157 - zanzibar
18-20 var footnoted (23-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Types 3-5) cplt, undercatalogued, Type c (5) is also a small second "z" variety, F-VF
Lot #1158 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1159 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, crisp 1898 cancel, undercatalogued, a choice example, VF
Lot #1160 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", black Scott surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), VARIETY - small second "z", raised, well centered OG, LH, VF
Lot #1161 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 3 (Scott Type a), VARIETY - small second "z" lower, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1162 - zanzibar
22 (33) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), key value in the set of 3, scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #1163 - zanzibar
23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 5 surcharge (Scott Type c), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1164 - zanzibar
23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), an extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, well centered, light "Zanzibar" cds, VF
Lot #1165 - zanzibar
24C var footnoted (36D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), small second "z", very scarce and undercatalogued used as it only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1166 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, well centered, fresh, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1167 - zanzibar
28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1168 - zanzibar
30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, with "Zanzibar" cds, F-VF
Lot #1169 - zanzibar
30b var footnoted (26kD) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red Sc surcharge Type d (SG Type 6), ERROR - Roman "I" in "½", with footnoted VARIETY - small second "z" raised, fresh and bright, OG, LH, fine, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #1170 - zanzibar
31 (27) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 384 printed, rare and undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1171 - zanzibar
38-52 (156-74) 1896 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain issue, wmkd Rosette, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1172 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), the vast majority were used, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1173 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), F-VF
Lot #1174 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1175 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), used, VF-S
Lot #1176 - zanzibar
116 (242) 1908-09 40R black and orange-brown View of Port, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, signed, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1177 - zanzibar
119 (245) 1908-09 200R brown and greenish black View of Port, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, rare, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #1178 - zanzibar
134 (260) 1913 10R green and brown Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, scarce used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1179 - zanzibar
135 (260b) 1913 20R black and green Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used, light "Zanzibar" squared-circle cancel, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #1180 - zanzibar
156-77 (276-97) 1921-29 1¢-30R Sultan Khalif bin Harub, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (22), OG, LH, VF
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