6 (5) 1871 1d black on rose Fiji Times Express on laid Batonne paper (thin, vertically ribbed), only 2400 printed, large margins, a choice example, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Auction #130 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #130 - Public Auction
We welcome you to our exciting first Public Auction of 2019
Packed with great material, including a portion of the exceptional Roy Sass specialized Australia collection featuring some amazing assemblages of North West Pacific Islands.
British African “gems” include: Bechuanaland 2d overprint in green; an ancient British Central Africa £25 from 1895; Kenya & Uganda’s 50R – mint with script CA wmk; Uganda typewritten 20¢-100¢ - including some “V. R.”s and many Togo overprints highlighted by a 1M first setting.
British West Indies “nuggets” feature a used “Cotton Reel” from British Guiana 1850 12¢ blue and a Trinidad 1857 (1d) rose-red, mint.
British Asia has a few “pearls” such as a Selangor 1897 $25 postally used plus a Perak #1, used. Ceylon brings an 1860 1/- slate-purple – perf 13x13.
British Europe “shines” with superb Q Victoria Great Britain. Used: an 1878 10/- (Plate 1) and an 1882 £1; mint: an 1867 5/- plus Officials. The “Kings” are also well represented.
British North America “sparkles” with superb Canada QV Jubilees ($3 never hindged!) and an early used Newfoundland 1857 2¢ scarlet-vermilion and a mint 1860 6¢ orange-vermilion.
But the “jewels” of this Public Auction lie in Oceania! Australia features nine mint £2 Kangaroos; rare Postage Dues – including a 1907 4d dull green perf 11. There is a wonderful 1871 Fiji Times Express 9d mint and seven New Zealand “O.P.S.O.”s plus a Papua 1909 6d perf 12½ mint and Samoa 1/- on 1M “G.R.I.” also mint. That said, North West Pacific Islands features all three sets of “S”s (Types a-c) including the elusive 5/- (this took many years to form – I know as I helped Roy build it!), plus the rare £1 – 38 (118), mint.
P.S. if you do not find all you are looking for (! ? !) here, we encourage you to visit our web site (www.ColonialStamps.com) as we have put up the first few million dollars of our retail stock, with more to follow. There is sure to be something of interest, plus “want lists” are always welcome for us to fill from our 50 volumes of stock – mint and used, by Scott and Stanley Gibbons, and all available as “singles”.
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Lot #454 - fiji
9a (8a) 1871 9d black on pink Fiji Times Express on laid paper, VARIETY - comma after "EXPRESS" (row 4, pos 4), only 400 printed, OG, HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #455 - fiji
21 (19) 1874 2¢ on 1d blue Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4 (in Sydney) and local V.R. overprint SG Type 6, light cancel, trace of pressed out crease, F-VF app, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #456 - fiji
22 (16) 1874 2¢ on 1d blue Crown and CR surcharged, with local V.R. overprint SG Type 5, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #457 - fiji
24 (17) 1874 6¢ on 3d green Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 5), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #458 - fiji
25 (21) 1874 12¢ on 6d rose Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local "V.R." overprint (SG Type 6), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #459 - fiji
26 (18) 1874 12¢ on 6d rose Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 4, with local V.R. overprint SG Type 5, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #460 - fiji
28 (23) 1875 (April) 2d red surcharge on 6¢ on 3d green Crown and CR surcharged SG Type 7, with V.R. overprint SG Type 6, nicely centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #461 - fiji
30 (22) 1875 2d on 6¢ on 3d green Cypher surcharged SG Type 4, with V.R. overprint SG Type 5, additional red 2d surcharge SG Type 7, used, F-VF
Lot #462 - fiji
43e, 47 (41, 45) 1890 4d on 1d plus 6d Q Victoria, perf 10, tied to legal-sized cover to "Levuka" by cds, paying a rare 10d rate to Melbourne, Australia, F-VF
Lot #463 - fiji
40 var (46) 1882 1d ultramarine Crown and VR, wove paper, perf 10x12½, bottom sheet-margin example, OG, HR, VF
Lot #464 - fiji
59-69 (104-14) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (11), rich colors, a choice hand-picked, perfectly centered set, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #465 - fiji
69 (114) 1903 £1 grey-black and ultramarine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, light "Suva" cds, F-VF
Lot #466 - fiji
78 (124) 1912 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #467 - fiji
91a (137a) 1921 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, Die II, perf 14, a perfectly centered, top sheet-margin example, vivid color, choice, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #468 - fiji
91a (137a) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V, Die II, wmkd MCA, perf 14, light double-ring cds, XF
Lot #469 - fiji
J5 (D4) 1917 3d black Postage Due on laid paper, wider setting SG and Sc Type D1, perf 11, scarce and undercatalogued, light L"AUTOKA" cds -- a rare cancel on this first issue and the first we have ever seen, F-VF
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