1 (1) 1854 1d black Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), imperf, full margins to just touching in, unused, fine
Auction #136 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #136 - Public Auction
Hello fellow Collectors!,
Welcome to our 136th consecutive specialized British Colonial Public Auction featuring, as always, a marvelous range of rarities from all points of the compass.
An overview of some of what you will find in this catalogue:
Great Britain & British Europe:
GB commences with a strong section of scarce and key items and includes most of the “big square” Q Victoria high values – in unusually nice quality. Cypress shows several rare early plate numbers, and a £5. Gibraltar has £5 both mint and used plus Malta rare 10/- both mint and used.
British Africa (always a house favorite!):
British Central Africa has the first set, to the £10, and a rare 1895 £10 arms unwatermarked postally used! . Cape of Good Hope shows a mint 1/-yellow-green, 4d “wood block” with retouched corner, and the rare ½d on 3d Crown CC mint. East Africa and Uganda features K Edward VII 50R plus a K George V 100R mint. Gold Coast has a spectacular rare used £2 K George V. Kenya and Uganda has a 50R K George V (wmkd Script CA!). Madagascar shines with a spectacular range of “large ones” – 50 lots! Mauritius highlights include a 4a (8) 1849-54 used 2d – SUPERB, and the unissed 1876 ½d on 9d red surcharge! New Republic 18 lots! Niger Coast SG 2a – reversed overprint on a 1d mint! Rhodesia has 2 each £10 and £5 values. St. Helena is highlighted by the Tristan Relief set – mint and also used blocks! Sierra Leone has 2/- Postal Fiscal, K George V - both £5 values. Togo (British Occupation) shows values to the 1M. Zanzibar with strong provisional overprints, Dhows to the 200R, and a few rare Postage Dues.
British West Indies
Bahamas shines with a 1863 6d rose-lilac. Bermuda has a scarce 1873 3d orange and British Guiana with a nice 1853 deep blue 4¢, mint, an 1878 2¢ on 8¢, mint, and a $4 large “4” (Type II). Cayman Island shows wonderful examples of the 1908 2½d on 4d, mint and used. The large Falkland Islands section features the 1933 £1: Specimen, mint & used! Sprinkled among many never hinged items.
British Asia / Oceania:
New South Wales has a nice mint 1850 1d reddish rose Sydney View. Tasmania features a choice 1853 pale blue Van Diemen’s land (mint & VF). Australia highlights include six (!) £2 Kangaroos, as well as a 20/ “slash” Postage Due (the “key” stamp of the country!). Ceylon features a scarce used 1859 dull rose imperf QV plus an 1857 ½d on blue glazed paper, mint; India includes nice early items and a lovely 1909 K Edward VII 25R, mint. Iraq includes the rarest used stamp of the area: 1931 25R K Faisal Official! Jordan shows many nice items including a very rare SG 83b; used. Malacca has a nice NH Occupation overprint (SG JD16). A strong New Britain overprints including 3 Mark values. New Zealand shows a nice #2, mint, and a strong section of “O.P.S.O.”s (9 values!). Penrhyn Island features many scarce 1d varieties (many as pairs); Straits Settlements has a nice 1911 $25 K Edward VII, mint, and Tonga finishes off the area with a rare “hafl-“ typewritten error
Did I forget some other good stamps or sections? No doubt! As always:
Happy hunting and much success to all the bidders!
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Lot #170 - australia / western australia
3 (3) 1854 4d pale blue Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), imperf, four full to large margins, an exceptionally rich and fresh example, lightly canceled, XF
Lot #171 - australia / western australia
3b var (3b) 1854 4d deep dull blue Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), imperf, four margins, OG, VLH (slight tone spots), F-VF
Lot #172 - australia / western australia
6 (2) 1854 1d black Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), rouletted 7½ to 14 and compound showing on all four sides), significantly undercatalogued as it is 10-20 times more scarce than its imperf counterpart, ex-Pearson, with color photocopy of the RPSL certificate for the pair that this is the right-hand example, F-VF
Lot #173 - australia / western australia
24 var (43a) 1861 1' yellow-green Swan, wmkd Swan (upright), clean-cut perf 14 to 16, unused (as usual), VF-S
Lot #174 - australia / western australia
24B (44) 1861 1d rose-carmine Swan, wmkd Swan, perf 14 to 16 very rough, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #175 - australia / western australia
24D (46) 1861 1' deep green Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), perf 14 to 16 very rough, rare, Kallow noted only 1560 printed, the overwhelming majority of which were used postally! massively undercatalogued, rarely even offered (we do not recall ever having had a mint example in 45 years!), unused as usual, SUPERB
Lot #176 - australia / western australia
25 (38) 1861 1d rose Swan, wmkd Swan (sideways), perf 14 at Somerset House, an exceptional, perfectly centered example!, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #177 - australia / western australia
38 var (74y) 1881 4d carmine Swan, wmkd Crown to right of CC and reversed, perf 14, rare and massively undercatalogued, rich deep color, a choice example, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #178 - australia / western australia
103 var (172a "w" var) 1912 1d on 2d yellow Swan with provisional Melbourne surcharge in black, ERROR - wmk inverted, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, unrecorded, VF, with Brandon certificate
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