2 (2) 1890 1a on 2d grey-green and carmine Q Victoria of Great Britain, surcharged and overprinted "BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY" SG Type 2, only 1440 surcharged, tied to a very small piece, 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 #324 - british east africa
14-30 (4-9, 11-19, 29-30) 1890-95 ½a-5R Sun and Crown, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (17) per Scott, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #325 - british east africa
17f (7cd) 1891 2½a black on yellow-buff Sun and Crown, VARIETY - imperf between vertical pair, used, VF
Lot #326 - british east africa
24 (13) 1890 8a grey Sun and Crown, perf 14, key value of set, only 1500 printed,with "Lamu - A" squared circle cancel, F-VF
Lot #327 - british east africa
45 (40) 1895 5a black on grey-blue Sun and Crown handstamped "British East Africa" SG Type 6, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #328 - british east africa
54-59, 62-71 (49-64) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "British East Africa", cplt (16), scarce used, F-VF
Lot #329 - british east africa
95-97 (86-88) 1897 2½d on 1a indigo and red stamps of Zanzibar overprinted "British East Africa" SG Type 8 further surcharged locally, cplt (3) with all 3 SG surcharge types 12-14, only 500 cplt sets were issued, rare and undercatalogued as the difficult Type 13 only occurred 10 times in the whole sheet, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #330 - british east africa
102b (92b) 1903 1R bright ultramarine Q Victoria and Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, the very rare shade from the later printing, undercatalogued, signed Senf, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #331 - british east africa
106 (96) 1897-1903 5R deep sepia Q Victoria and Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, signed Richter, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #332 - british east africa
107 (97) 1897-1903 10R yellow-bistre Q Victoria and Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #333 - british east africa
108 (98) 1897-1903 20R pale green Q Victoria and Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, rarely seen used, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #334 - british east africa
109 var listed (99s) 1897 50R mauve Q Victoria Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, overprinted "SPECIMEN", OG, LH, F-VF
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