British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1

19E (14) 1891 ½d on half of 1d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA upright, perf 14,14½, scarce provisional bisect with handstamped overprint, undercatalogued, difficult, and much undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used, OG-HR, F-VF

21 (42) 1898 5' red Q Victoria, wmkd Crown CC, perf 14,14½, only 6000 printed, scarce, block of four, bottom two NH, top two VLH, OG, NH, VF

29 (50) 1904 5' red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, block of four with violet "Crown Post Office Falkland Islands" cancel, a very rare multiple, F-VF

39 (68) 1914 10' red on green K George V, wmkd MCA, line perf 14, OG, NH, VF

44a (76 var footnoted, formerly 76c) 1929 2½d Prussian blue K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, block of four, formerly listed as SG 76c which was part of the October 1928 second printing, it was also listed as SG 110 before the catalogue was revised, fresh bright color, OG, NH, F-VF

52 (115) 1928 2½d on 2d purple-brown K George V South Georgia Provisional surcharge (SG Type 12), only 1179 surcharged, a scarce key stamp, seldom seen, undercatalogued, OG-HR, F-VF, with Holcombe certificate

54-64 (116-26) 1929-36 ½d-£1 K George V Fin Whale and Gentoo Penguins definitives, wmkd Script CA and MCA (£1), comb perf 14, cplt (11), a fairly scarce set, OG-HR, F-VF

74 (136) 1933 5' black and yellow King Penguin, wmkd MCA, perf 12, only 6221 issued, OG, NH, F-VF

74a (136a) 1933 (Apr) 5' black and yellow-orange King Penguin, wmkd MSCA, perf 12, the scarce shade from the later printing of only 1320, OG, NH, SUPERB

75 (137) 1933 10' black and chestnut Coat of Arms (1925 "Desire the Right"), wmkd MCA, perf 12, only 3688 issued, OG-HR, F-VF

76 (138) 1933 £1 rose and black K George V Centenary high value, wmkd MSCA, perf 12, only 3128 issued, one of the Empire's most beautiful and sought-after stamps, OG, VLH, F-VF