1 (3) 1863 ½d buff Q Victoria on thin, hard white paper, unwmkd, perf 14, barred oval numeral cancel, F-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!
Sale Terms
Lot #990 - Malta
2 (1) 1860 ½d buff Q Victoria on blued paper, unwmkd, perf 14, a rare and key stamp to all of Malta, seldom seen, signed, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #991 - Malta
3b (6) 1867 ½d orange-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #992 - Malta
38 var (55c) 1911 4d black and red on yellow K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - broken crown (lower right pane, row 7, pos 3), scarce as it only occurs once in each sheet of 240, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #993 - Malta
49-62, 64 (69-78, 80-88) 1914-21 ¼d-5' K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (12), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #994 - Malta
65 (96) 1919 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare (only 1530 issued in error on the wrong watermarked paper), the great "key" rarity of Malta, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #995 - Malta
65 (96) 1919 10' black Shipwreck of St. Paul, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare (only 1530 issued in error on the wrong watermarked paper), the great "key" rarity of Malta, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #996 - Malta
66-73 (97-104) 1921-22 ¼d-10' K George V and St. Paul Shipwreck set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (8), the majority of the values in this set are very rare, vastly undercatalogued and seldom seen used!, F-VF
Lot #997 - Malta
77-84 (106-13) 1922 ½d-5' K George V "SELF-GOVERNMENT" overprints, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (8), a difficult set, undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #998 - Malta
77-85 (105-13) 1922 ½d-10' K George V "SELF-GOVERNMENT" overprints, wmkd MCA, cplt (9), black overprints (2' and 10' in red), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #999 - Malta
82 (111) 1922 2' purple and blue on blue K George V overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT", wmkd MCA, fresh, scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1000 - Malta
84 var (113a) 1922 5' green and red on yellow K George V overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT", wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - break in scroll (row 1, pos 12), scarce, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1001 - Malta
86-93 (114-21) 1922 ¼d-10' K George V "SELF-GOVERNMENT" overprints, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1002 - Malta
86-93 (114-21) 1922 ¼d-10' K George V "SELF-GOVERNMENT" overprints, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (8), especially scarce used!, 10' is top sheet-margin example, tied to piece by cds and signed Diena, F-VF
Lot #1003 - Malta
91 (119) 1922 6d dull and bright purple K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT" in black, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued as it was replaced about 100 days later by the following issue!, SUPERB
Lot #1004 - Malta
98-114 (123-40) 1922-26 ¼d-£1 Malta Allegories, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1005 - Malta
98-114, 98 var, 105a, 114a (123-40, 123a, 130a) 1922-26 ¼d-£1 Malta Allegories, wmkd Script CA, cplt (20) with all Stanley Gibbons shades and both £1, several values, especially the 2½d, 3d and 10' are rare and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #1006 - Malta
114 (140) 1925 £1 black and bright carmine Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA upright, perf 14, vivid color, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1007 - Malta
114a (139) 1922 £1 black and carmine-red Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA sideways, perf 14, left-hand sheet-margin example, vivid color, OG,NH, F-VF
Lot #1008 - Malta
114a (139) 1922 £1 black and carmine-red Allegory of Malta, wmkd Script CA sideways, perf 14, rarely seen used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1009 - Malta
116-29 (143-56) 1926 ¼d-10' Allegories overprinted "POSTAGE" SG Type 25, cplt (14), the 2' is especially scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #1010 - Malta
131-47 (157-72) 1926-27 ¼d-10' K George V and St. Paul "POSTAGE" set, wmkd Script CA, cplt (17), scarce used, F-VF
Lot #1011 - Malta
148-66 (174-92) 1928 ¼d-10' St. Paul "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" overprints, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (19), scarce used, F-VF
Lot #1012 - Malta
167-83 (193-209) 1930 ¼d-10' St. Paul inscribed "POSTAGE AND REVENUE" set, wmkd Script CA multiple, perf 14, cplt (17), especially scarce used!, F-VF
Lot #1013 - Malta
J1 (D1) 1925 ½d black Typeset Postage Due, imperf, horizontal pair with large margins, right-hand stamp with unlisted VARIETY - "1" of "½" shifted 2mm to the left, unusual, OG, NH, SUPERB
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