5 (20) 1880 9d orange-brown Express 4th state of the Die (spot of color under middle stroke of "M"), perf 12, bottom row imperf margin example, nice "Apia" cds, VF
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”.
Sale Terms
Lot #956 - samoa
101-09 (101-09) 1914 ½d on 3pf-9d on 80pf Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13 and overprinted "G.R.I.", cplt (9), light "Apia" cancels, several tied to piece, F-VF
Lot #957 - samoa
101c (101c) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13, VARIETY - comma after "I", tied by "Apia" cds to piece, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #958 - samoa
101 var (101d) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13, VARIETY - "1" to left of "2" in "½" (from the top row--Gibbs 1b), two examples tied by "Apia" cds to picture postcard addressed to Germany, also bearing a boxed "Passed by Censor" handstamp, a scarce commercial usage of this issue, SUPERB
Lot #959 - samoa
110 (110) 1914 1' on 1M carmine Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 14, unwmkd, perf 14½x14, a key rarity (only 100 issued), signed Diena, OG, VLH, VF, with RPS of New Zealand certificate
Lot #960 - samoa
112 (113) 1914 3' on 3M violet-black Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged, only 458 printed, a right-hand sheet-margin example tied by "Apia" cds to piece, VF
Lot #961 - samoa
113 (114) 1914 5' on 5M carmine and black Kaiser's Yacht surcharged and overprinted "G.R.I." SG Type 14, only 535 printed, tied by "Apia" cds to piece, perfectly centered, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #962 - samoa
126 (132 var footnoted) 1925 £2 violet Q Victoria of New Zealand Postal Fiscal overprinted "SAMOA." SG Type 15 in red, on chalk-surfaced De La Rue paper, wmkd NZ and Star sideways, perf 14½x14, comb, formerly listed as SG 133, undercatalogued, rather scarce and seldom seen, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #963 - samoa
195-202 (207-214) 1945-48 2'6d-£5 Coats of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue or red, on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, cplt (8), scarce, OG,VLH, VF-S
Lot #964 - samoa
199 (211) 1948 30' brown Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, well centered, light cancel, SUPERB
Lot #965 - samoa
200 (212) 1945 £2 violet Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in red on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd multiple N.Z. and Star, well centered, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #966 - samoa
201 (213) 1948 £3 green Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, scarce as only 2,491 were overprinted, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #967 - samoa
201 (213) 1948 £3 green Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, scarce as only 2,491 were overprinted, well centered, light "Apia" cancel, XF
Lot #968 - samoa
202 (214) 1946 £5 indigo-blue New Zealand Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, OG, NH, F-VF
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