1 var (1 var) 1874 1d lilac-mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "CANCELLED" overprint, straight-edge and shortish perfs, very rare, part OG, 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!
Sale Terms
Lot #840 - lagos
5 (6) 1874 6d blue-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "Lagos B" cds VARIETY - "B" inverted, only occurred in January 1875, rare, small faults, F-VF appearance
Lot #841 - lagos
10 var (14a) 1876 4d carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CC sideways, perf 14, "stepped L" cancel, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #842 - lagos
12 (16) 1879 1' orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, value 16½mm long, rare mint as the majority were postally used, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #843 - lagos
13 (21) 1885 ½d dull green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "BAOGAY - B" village cds, scarce, VF
Lot #844 - lagos
15 (22) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with very rare example of the small village "EPE" cds, few exist!, F-VF
Lot #845 - lagos
23 var (24 var) 1884 4d pale violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a rarely seen specialist piece, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #846 - lagos
26 var (25 var) 1884 6d olive-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a seldom seen item for the specialist, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #847 - lagos
33 (27) 1886 2'6d olive-black Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 900 issued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #848 - lagos
34 (39) 1887-1902 2'6d green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, undercatalogued, rich color, used, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #849 - lagos
38 (41) 1887 10' green and brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, a difficult, seldom used stamp which resulted in a huge mint remainder, undercatalogued as one encounters 50 mint examples against 1 used, light barred oval cancel, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #850 - lagos
40-49 (44-53) 1904 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), only 720 issued of high value, the scarce first K Edward VII issue (on sale for only 9 months), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #851 - lagos
47 (51) 1904 2'6d green and carmine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 1440 printed, but a very rare used stamp as it was only in use a few months, not 10% were used!, rarely seen and vastly undercatalogued used, light "Registered / Lagos" cds, SUPERB
Lot #852 - lagos
48 (52) 1904 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd CA, seldom seen, it saw only a few months of usage before it was replaced by the MCA wmk in December 1904, astonishingly rare and undercatalogued used, light "1904" cds, SUPERB
Lot #853 - lagos
49 (53) 1904 10' green and brown K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 720 issued, one of the greatest USED rarities of this Colony, as it was issued in November of 1904 and replaced less than a month later by the MCA wmk, easily 20 or 30-to-1 in favor of the mint, significantly undercatalogued, seldom ever offered, light "Lagos" cds, ex-"Nashville", VF
Lot #854 - lagos
50-59 (54-63) 1904-05 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #855 - lagos
58a (62a) 1906 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued used, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
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