162-66 (1-5) 1900 1d on ½d-1' on 4d Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 840 sets printed, F-VF
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 #377 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
170 (9) 1900 6d on 3d purple on yellow Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 1440 surcharged, only 10 mint examples thought to exist (per Rossi), a massively undercatalogued mint rarity, missing from the landmark Sir Maxwell Joseph and Maria de le Quellerie collections, it took us decades to find the mint example in our reference collection!, this is only the second mint example we have...
Lot #378 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
174 (13) 1900 6d on 2d green and carmine Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED.", SG Type 2 (sans-serif), only 1200 surcharged, rare, as the vast majority were used, OG, LH, F-VF, with Diena certificate
Lot #379 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
178 (17) 1900 1d pale blue on blue Sgt. Major Goodyear on horiz. laid paper, perf 12, only 9476 issued, tied by cds to piece, F-VF
Lot #380 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
178 var footnoted (18) 1900 1d deep blue on blue Sgt. Major Goodyear on horiz. laid paper, perf 12, only 9476 issued, most of which were used, margin thin at right, small scuff, a useful space-filler, OG, HR, VG
Lot #381 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
179 (19) 1900 3d pale blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell on horizontally laid paper, narrow (18½mm) format, unwmkd, perf 12, only 6060 issued, slight gum crease, brown tone spot on reverse, OG, HR, fine
Lot #382 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
179 var (20) 1900 3d deep blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, perf 12, narrow (18½mm) format, only 6060 issued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #383 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
179 var (20) 1900 3d deep blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, perf 12, narrow (18½mm) format, only 6060 issued, lovely socked-on-the-nose "Mafeking" cds, fine
Lot #384 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
180 (21) 1900 3d pale blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, large (21mm) format, rare (only 3036 issued), a lovely and well centered example of this "key" Boy Scout rarity!, OG, HR, VF
Lot #385 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
180 (21) 1900 3d pale blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, large (21mm) format, rare (only 3036 issued), tied to signed piece by "Mafeking" cds, F-VF
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