2 (2) 1890 1a on 2d grey-green and carmine Q Victoria of Great Britain, surcharged and overprinted "BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY" SG Type 2, only 1440 surcharged, used, F-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”.
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Lot #218 - british east africa
14-30 (4-9, 11-19, 29-30) 1890-95 ½a-5R Sun and Crown set, cplt per Scott (17), of the 8a grey and the 1R grey only 1500 and 2100 respectively were ptd, F-VF
Lot #219 - british east africa
24 (13) 1890 8a grey Sun and Crown, perf 14, key value of set, only 1500 printed, an exceptional, perfectly centered example!, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #220 - british east africa
54-59, 62-71 (49-64) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "British East Africa", cplt (16), used, F-VF
Lot #221 - british east africa
58b (53e) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria of India, overprinted "British East Africa", ERROR - "1" for first "i" in "British" (row 10, pos 12), fresh, well centered, scarce, unused, F-VF
Lot #222 - british east africa
59 vars footnoted (64 vars footnoted) 1895 2½ on 1½a sepia Q Victoria of India overprinted "British East Africa" and surcharged SG Types 10, 13, and 14 on piece, the rare unissued UPU varieties with the overprint in brown-red, possibly from an original postal archive sent from the UPU, F-VF
Lot #223 - british east africa
59 var footnoted (64 var footnoted) 1895 2½ on 1½a sepia Q Victoria, brown-red surcharge (Sc Type c, SG Type 14), the rare unissued value sent to the UPU, formerly Scott 59c, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #224 - british east africa
67 (60) 1896 1R green and aniline carmine Q Victoria of India, SG Type 8 overprint, by far, both the rarest and most undercatalogued used stamp in the whole set!, partial "Mombasa" squared-circle cds, VF
Lot #225 - 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 #226 - british east africa
89 var footnoted (81 var footnoted) 1897 1a indigo and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain of Zanzibar overprinted "British East Africa." in red (showing stop after "Africa"), unissued (but sent to the U.P.U.), formerly Sc # 94, signed, OG,HR, fine
Lot #227 - british east africa
97 (88) 1897 2½ on 1a indigo and red Sultan of Zanzibar surcharged SG Type 14 (Sc Type c) and overprinted "British East Africa", tied to cover by Mombasa "A" cds, posted locally, receiving cancel on reverse, F-VF
Lot #228 - british east africa
98 var footnoted (89 var footnoted) 1897 2½ on 3a grey and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain of Zanzibar overprinted "British East Africa." in black and surcharged SG Type 8 in red, special U.P.U. printing with stop after "Africa.", unlisted ERROR - double surcharge, one albino, very rare as only 26 were printed, perfectly centered, OG,HR, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #229 - british east africa
100 var footnoted (91 var footnoted) 1897 2½ on 3a grey and red Sultan of Zanzibar surcharged SG Type 14 and overprinted "British East Africa." (UPU printing) VARIETY - double overprint, one albino, only one pane printed, missing from the Krieger collection, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #230 - british east africa
108 (98) 1897-1903 20R pale green Q Victoria and Large Lions, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG, LH, VF
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