1 (3) 1853 1d brick-red Cape Triangle on slightly blued paper, Perkins Bacon printing, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins (close at top), a lovely shade, OG, HR, 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 #485 - cape of good hope
1b (1a) 1853 1d deep brick-red Cape Triangle on deeply blued paper, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three full margins, rich color, used, VF
Lot #486 - cape of good hope
2a (2) 1853 4d deep blue Cape Triangle on deeply blued paper, Perkins, Bacon printing, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three clear margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #487 - cape of good hope
3a (5b) 1855 1d deep rose-red Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins Bacon ptg, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three margins, rich color, unused, VF
Lot #488 - cape of good hope
5 (7) 1858 6d pale rose-lilac Cape Triangle, white paper, Perkins, Bacon ptg, imperf, full margins, VF
Lot #489 - cape of good hope
5a (7b) 1858 6d deep rose-lilac Cape Triangle, white paper, imperf, massive margins (with portion of adjoining stamps at left and bottom), rich color, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #490 - cape of good hope
6 (8) 1858 1' bright yellow-green Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins, Bacon ptg, a comparatively rare and definitely undercatalogued mint stamp, as the largest portion of this printing was used (only 1 mint multiple - a pair - is known), imperf, full margins, fresh rich color, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #491 - cape of good hope
6 (8) 1858 1' bright yellow-green Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins, Bacon ptg, imperf, three margins, used, VF
Lot #492 - cape of good hope
9 (14) 1861 4d pale milky blue Wood-block, laid paper, imperf, full margins, an attractive example, tied to piece by light triangular grid cancel, signed Sismondo, VF
Lot #493 - cape of good hope
9b (14d) 1861 4d blue Wood-block, laid paper, imperf, cut-in top left corner to full margins, natural pre-printing paper crease at left, lightly canceled, rich color, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #494 - cape of good hope
9d (14aa) 1861 4d pale milky blue Wood-block on laid paper with right-hand corner re-touched, very rare, imperf, margins close to just touching, used, rare, fine, with RPSL certificate
Lot #495 - cape of good hope
12a (18b) 1863-64 1d deep brown-red Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, three full margins, used, VF
Lot #496 - cape of good hope
13b (19c) 1863-64 4d steel-blue Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, scarce de la Rue printing, imperf, three margins, numeral "2" grid cancel, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #497 - cape of good hope
14 (20) 1864 6d bright mauve Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, de la Rue printing, imperf, massive margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at left), lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #498 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins, rich color, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #499 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, full margins, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #500 - cape of good hope
21 (32) 1874 1d on 6d deep lilac Hope surcharged in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce mint as the majority of this provisional printing was used postally, large part OG, fine
Lot #501 - cape of good hope
22 (33) 1876 1d on 1' green Hope seated surcharged SG Type 7, wmkd CC, perf 14, an astonishingly well centered example, which as a rule, is notoriously off center!, as anyone who ever tried to find one can attest, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #502 - cape of good hope
25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #503 - cape of good hope
33-38 (40-45) 1882-83 ½d-5' Hope, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (6), F-VF
Lot #504 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, the greatest mint perforated Cape rarity, it was missing from many great Cape collections of the past including General Smuts, Caspary, Isleham, Somas, Maximus, etc., rarely seen and seriously undercatalogued, signed, OG,VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #505 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, scarce and undercatalogued used, light "Cape Town" cancel, F-VF
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