1 (1) 1875 1d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, a marvelous, perfectly centered example of this scarce stamp!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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 #536 - gold coast
1-3 (1-3) 1875 1d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, cplt (3), a "matched set" of numeral "554" (Accra) cancels, F-VF
Lot #537 - gold coast
2 (2) 1875 4d magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #538 - gold coast
4-8 (4-8) 1876-79 ½d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #539 - gold coast
8 (8) 1876 6d orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, line perf 14, a choice, perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #540 - gold coast
25 (25) 1894 20' dull mauve and black on red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Lot #541 - gold coast
26-35 (26-34) 1898-1902 ½d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), undercatalogued mint as an unusually large percentage of the top values (5'-10') were postally used, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #542 - gold coast
28 (27b) 1902 2d dull mauve and orange-red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, extremely rare used (in use for only 3 months), before being replaced by the K Edward VII issue, seriously undercatalogued!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #543 - gold coast
38-48 (38-48) 1902 ½d-20' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #544 - gold coast
55 (57) 1906 2'6d green and yellow K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce used high value from the later printing, lovely centered "Obuassi" cds, fine
Lot #545 - gold coast
56-65 (59-68) 1907-13 ½d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #546 - gold coast
56-65 (59-68) 1907-13 ½d-5' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), quite scarce and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #547 - gold coast
64 (67) 1911 2'6d black and red on blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and considerably undercatalogued used stamp given what actually appears on the market, seldom seen used, easily 20-30 times more difficult than its mint counterpart, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #548 - gold coast
65 (68) 1913 5' green and red on yellow K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, issued in 1913 by October of which it had already been replaced by the K George V 5' as such it saw very little postal usage and is hardly ever seen which accounts for its appearance on most advanced serious used want lists, light "Victoriabourg" cds, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #549 - gold coast
unlisted (69s) 1907 10' green and red on green K Edward VII overprinted "SPECIMEN", unissued but sent to the UPU and member countries, rarely seen, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #550 - gold coast
69-82 (71-84, 77b, 82b) 1913-21 ½d-20' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (14) with both 1913 "white backs", OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #551 - gold coast
73a, 75c, 76a, 77a, 78a, (77e, 79e, 80b, 81a, 82f) 1921 3d-5' K George V Die II's, wmkd MCA, a rarely offered and undercatalogued group, especially the scarce 2', OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #552 - gold coast
94 (100) 1921 15' dull purple and green K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, perfectly centered, light "1928" cds, SUPERB
Lot #553 - gold coast
95 (102) 1921 £2 green and orange K George V, Die I, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied by "Accra" registry oval cancel to piece, with color photocopy of Brandon certificate for the strip of three that this is from (the right-hand example), VF
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