29 (25) 1920 50R on 4K red Arms of Russia handstamped SG Type 4, perforated, scarce, well centered, OG, HR, XF
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Aug 28, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
Thursday Aug 28, 2025 12:00 America/Los_Angeles
British Colony Public Auction # 142
Enclosed is our current auction in which you can bid, as usual, directly with us (“on the book”), through an agent, or you can bid live online at Auction.ColonialStamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our new catalogue includes the first portion of 2 major seven-figure collections estates,
Great Britain includes the rare 1½d 1860 unissued “rosy mauve” as we;; as higher £1 and £5 values, and a strong “Official: selection including a mint 5/- Q Victoria I. R. Official.
Australia and States with scarce material South Australia to the £5 and strong Officials Australia to £2 ”roo” and better Postage Dues with a 10/- green.
Difficult Brunei Japanese Occupation items, out standing Bushire Coronation issues – 7 values including the 2c.
Canada “Jubilees” to the $5. Rare Cook Islands provisionals and values to £5. Cyprus provisionals and £5. Falklands Islands with most of the major key and popular high values to £1. Fiji strong in early provisionals and Postage Dues. Gibraltar to £5. Labuan includes the rare mint $5 172 (141). Madagascar with 35 different values! Strong Malay States with values to $500 and rare Japanese Occupation issues including the complete “Malacca” box overprint set. Malta with the key 10/-. Major Mesopotamia (Baghdad) of 11 different values. Natal to mint £5 K Edward VII, a fine range of New Britain G.R.I. overprints and New Zealand has strong “Chalons” commencing with a used #1 and 14 different “O.P.S.O.s”. Rare North Borneo and North West Pacific Islands issues. Samoa “G.R.I.s” witn 1M, 3M and 5M values. Sierra Leone to the £5 Elephant, Togo British Occupation to the 1 mark. As usual a major Zanzibar provisional section.
Wishing you all success with your bids.
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Showing 176 - 200 of 599
Lot #177 - batum
30 (26) 1920 50R on 5K brown-lilac Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp surcharge SG Type 4, only 300 printed, perforated, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #178 - batum
47-49 (38-40) 1920 50R on 2k-50R on 5k Arms of Russia, "British Occupation" handstamp SG Type 6, cplt (3), imperf, full to large margins, OG, HR, VF
Lot #179 - bechuanaland
4b (1b) 1885 (2 Dec) ½d grey-black Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, VARIETY - overprint double in lake and black, wmkd CA, perf 14, only one pane of 60 was overprinted in two colors, normal centering, a scarce and undercatalogued variety, OG, HR, F-VF, with BPA and Brandon certificate
Lot #180 - bechuanaland
5-9 (4-8) 1885-87 ½d-1' Cape of Good Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, wmkd Anchor, perf 14, cplt (5), lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #181 - bechuanaland
26 (25) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14, SG Type 6 red surcharge, OG, NH, VF
Lot #182 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, fresh, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #183 - bechuanaland
64 (44) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, overprinted "Protectorate", black surcharge, a very scarce key and significantly undercatalogued stamp, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #184 - bechuanaland
93 (84) 1914 5' rose-carmine K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain, Waterlow printing, overprinted "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" SG Type 21 by Waterlow, severely undercatalogued used, light double-ring cds, F-VF
Lot #185 - bechuanaland
94-95 (88-89) 1920-23 2'6d-5' K George V Sea Horses overprinted "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" SG Type 21 by Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, wmkd Single Cypher, perf 11x12, cplt (2), scarce used, 2'6d tied to piece, F-VF
Lot #186 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V, Baobab Tree and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #187 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #188 - bechuanaland
AR1 (F1) 1910 6d black and brown-orange K Edward VII of Transvaal Postal Fiscal overprinted, only 1500 printed, scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF
Lot #190 - Bermuda
14 (16) 1875 1d on 3d yellow-buff Q Victoria provisional, SG Type 8 "One Penny." surcharge (only 12,000 ptd), wmkd CC, perf 14, choice "Hamilton Bermuda" early cds - only 7 days after issue!, VF
Lot #191 - Bermuda
54 (55) 1918 £1 purple and black on red K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #192 - Bermuda
55-60, 67-69 (59-67) 1920-21 ¼d-1' K George V Tercentenary of Representative Institutions (first issue), cplt (9), scarce and substantially undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #193 - Bermuda
97 (93) 1932 12'6d grey and orange K George V Keyplate, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, fresh, well centered, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #194 - british central africa
31 var (31s) 1895 £25 black and blue-green Arms of the Protectorate, unwmkd, perf 14, "SPECIMEN" overprint, unlisted in Stanley Gibbons and appearancearently only 4 examples are recorded, very rare, vivid fresh color, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #195 - british central africa
43-55 (43-51, 57d, 57e, 58) 1897-1901 1d-£1 Arms of the Protectorate, wmkd CA or CC, perf 14, cplt (13) including the scarce 3', most of which were later overprinted for the 1d provisional, F-VF
Lot #196 - british central africa
57c (53c) 1897 1d on 3' black and sea-green Arms of the Protectorate surcharged "ONE PENNY" SG Type 9 in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, ERROR - surcharge double, normal traces of red interleaving on back, well centered, OG, VLH, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #197 - british east africa
88 var-93 var footnoted (80 var-85 var footnoted) 1897 ½a-7½a Zanzibar Sultan overprinted "British East Africa.", cplt (6), U.P.U. printing, with stop after "Africa", and 1a red overprint, fresh, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #198 - british guiana
10b (20) 1855 4¢ pale blue Seal of the Colony, white line above value, unwmkd, imperf, four large margins, light "Berbice" double-ring cds, a choice example, SUPERB
Lot #199 - british guiana
12 (21) 1860 4¢ blue Seal of the Colony, figures in corners framed, imperf, large to clear margins, "A 04" (Demerara) cancel, F-VF
Lot #200 - british guiana
85a (147) 1878 (1¢) on 4¢ blue Ship Official surcharged with one horizontal bar and one vertical bar, only one sheet was surcharged for postal use, extremely rare, and considerably undercatalogued, one of the great basic perforated Ship rarities in all of British Guiana, well centered, light numeral cancel, signed, VF
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