33 (H12) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Yacht, first (wide) setting with SG Type 2 surcharge, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, signed Grobe and Kosack, VF
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 #1593 - togo
34 (H13) 1914 1d on 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, first (wide) setting overprint SG Type 1 and surcharged SG Type 2, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, fresh, nice centering, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1594 - togo
36 (H2) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting of SG Type T1, only 1200 overprinted, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1595 - togo
43 (H9) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, scarce, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, VF
Lot #1596 - togo
44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, quite rare and undercatalogued, signed Bothe and Kilian, F-VF
Lot #1597 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Angle-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, light "Lome" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1598 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1599 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 50 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, ex-Gibbs, with "Lome" cds, XF
Lot #1600 - togo
54 (H20) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, per Gibbs only 25-30 examples printed, only 2 or 3 mint examples are known (one of which is in our reference collection), as such astronomically undercatalogued, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #1601 - togo
56 (H22) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Yacht, second (narrow) setting, very rare (only 25 printed--10 mint and 15 used known), extremely undercatalogued, light "Lome" cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1602 - togo
61 (H29) 1915 3pf brown Yacht overprinted SG Type 6, third setting (Anglo-French 15mm), rare (only 50 printed), tied to pice by "Lome" cds, signed Bühler and Calves, VF
Lot #1603 - togo
66 var-78 var footnoted (H34a-46a, H38ga) 1915 ½d-20' K George V stamps of Gold Coast, with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprints, each with VARIETY - small "F" in "French", wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13) with both 3d stamps, bright colors, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1604 - togo
67b (H35h) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - overprint inverted, only 240 printed, very scarce, fresh, signed by Holcombe, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1605 - togo
68 var footnoted, 68 (H36f, H36) 1915 2d grey K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 60 printed), in bottom sheet-margin strip of three, showing control #1 in circle, a nice specialist piece, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1606 - togo
69 var footnoted, 69 (H37c, H37) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted (row 1, pos 5), in horizontal pair with normal, exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1607 - togo
71 var footnoted (H40f) 1915 6d dull and bright purple K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 42 printed), in left-hand sheet margin (interpanneau) strip of three with two normals, a marvelous specialist piece, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1608 - togo
72 var footnoted (H41f) 1915 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 82 printed), undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1609 - togo
76 var footnoted (H46b) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - thin "G" in "TOGO" (pos 24), rare, this right-hand interpaneau single confirms the varieties position!, OG,LH, VF
Lot #1610 - togo
78 var footnoted (H44c) 1915 5' green and red on yellow (white back) K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - hyphen omitted after "ANGLO" (row 1, pos 5), with photocopy of Brandon certificate for the set this is from, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1611 - togo
86a (H53c) 1920 1' black on emerald-green K George V (emerald-green back) stamp of Gold Coast overprinted in London "TOGO ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION", scarce (probably only one pane of 60 was printed), bottom sheet-margin example, OG,NH, F-VF
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