British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1

422 var, 422 (212 var, 212) 1935 (8 May) 5c on ½d green K George V Silver Jubilee of Great Britain surcharged in French currency (SG Type 17), block of 9 with center stamp showing the "ghost 5" where the overprint was defectively printed (row 5, pos 5) and listed in Ainscough's book, also note defective overprint at row 4, pos 6, a seldom offered constant variety occurring at the end of the overprinting run, OG, NH, F-VF

9a (3a) 1903 2½d deep blue Lake Wakapitu of New Zealand, perf 14, overprinted in red with VARIETY - "Ava" without stop, only 128 overprinted with this variety, fresh and bright, seldom offered, OG, HR, VF

18c (14bb) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tai" without dot on "i", a scarce stamp (only 105 of this variety were printed), bright fresh color, OG,HR, F-VF

18d, 18e, 18 (14bd, 14bc, 14b) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted, block of four with ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on third "i" (row 8, pos 11 - 35 printed) thinned, and ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (70 printed -- this is row 8, pos 12), fresh, better-than-normal centered examples of these scarce stamps, errors are OG, NH, rest HR, VF

33 var footnoted (29 var footnoted) 1920 1' black and purple Avatua Harbor VARIETY - frame printed double, a right margin example which displays both frames completely (and portion of adjoining stamp at left), unwmkd, perf 14, one of ten marginal examples printed, fresh and bright color, very rare in this marginal format, OG, NH, SUPERB

4c (9) 1863 6d dark green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, rough perf 14 to 16, fresh, rich deep vivid color, OG, LH, F-VF, with BPA certificate

8-11 (16, 18-20) 1876-79 1d-6d Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (4) per Scott, OG, HR, F-VF

16 var (15da) 1927 5d purple and olive-green K George V Badge of St. Helena, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - broken mainmast, OG, LH, VF

2c (11) 1850 1d dull carmine Sydney View on hard greyish paper, Plate II (with clouds), imperf, four margins (close at left), lightly canceled, F-VF

44b (174) 1861 5' dull violet Q Victoria, wmkd double-lined 5/-, rare perf 12, perfectly centered, very rare, OG,LH, SUPERB

O14f var (O22c "w" var) 1885 3d yellow-green Q Victoria, "O S" overprint (7mm wide), VARIETY - wmkd Crown NSW inverted, rare perf 12x10, well centered, used, very rare, unlisted variety in Stanley Gibbons, F-VF, with Brandon certificate