15 (24) 1869 10¢ on 3d lake Seal of British Columbia, surcharged SG Type 6 in blue, wmkd CC, perf 12½, scarce, OG, HR, VF-S
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
Welcome to Colonial Stamp Company's 144th consecutive British Colony Auction. Enclosed for your philatelic enjoyment, is our current auction in which I am reasonably sure will yield a fair number of items which have "languished" on your personal wantlist for a while! You can, as usual, mail, fax, call or email any bids, or you can wait and bid online at auction.colonialstamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our current catalog includes the second portion of two Malaya State collections including several major five figure rarities! Among the highlights of the auction are: Great Britain 1848 10d brown embossed, the 4d mint SC#22(SG 62a), 1882 £1 brown lilac. South Australia Victorian £5 and £10 mint high values, Victoria SC#156a (SG306b) used (only 8 recorded!), Australia roos mint to £2 and, 20 shilling postage due (the key major number of the country). Barbados mint SC#56a (SG82), Bechuanaland, the second rarest stamp of the colony SC#27 (SG23c) – missing in 99.9% of all collections. Strong British Guiana early “ships” Nova Scotia 1 shilling imperf unused. British Columbia & Vancouver Island, mint SC#3 (SG4) and others. The Canada contains many exceptional quality classics. Cape of Good Hope includes SC#39 (SG46), Falkland Islands with all the key later high values. Gold Coast with one of the few known postally used £2, strong early Jordan overprints, a run of Madagascar counselor mails and great run of Penrhyn Island overprints as well as a fine range of Zanzibar provisionals which serves to round out the sale.
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Lot #228 - Canada / British Columbia and Vancouver Island
18 (27) 1869 $1 on 3d green Seal of British Columbia, surcharged SG Type 6 in green, wmkd CC, perf 12½, part OG, VF
Lot #229 - canada / newfoundland
87-97, 92A (95-105, 100a) 1910 1¢-15¢ lithographed Pictorials, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (12) with types of the 6¢ ("z" both normal and reversed), extremely well centered, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #230 - canada / newfoundland
98-103 (111-16) 1911 6¢-15¢ Guy issue, engraved, perf 14, cplt (6), perfectly centered, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #231 - canada / newfoundland
100a (113a) 1911 9¢ olive-green Logging Camp, VARIETY - imperf pair, large marginal horizontal pair, scarce, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #232 - canada / newfoundland
104-14, 104b, 105b, 110a (117-27, 117a, 118a, 123a) 1911 1¢-15¢ K George V Coronation, perf 13½x14 (comb) or 14 (line), cplt (14) with all listed shades, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #233 - canada / newfoundland
C12 (221) 1932 $1.50 on $1 deep blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail surcharged SG Type 119 in red, 8000 issued, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #234 - canada / newfoundland
C17 var (234w) 1933 75¢ yellow-brown Labrador Air Mail, VARIETY - wmk Coat of Arms with top of shield to left, perf 14, quite scarce and significantly undercatalogued, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #235 - canada / newfoundland
C18 (235) 1933 $4.50 on 75¢ yellow-brown Labrador surcharged "1933 Gen. Balbo Flight. $4.50" SG Type 129 in black, wmkd Coat of Arms, perf 14, complete setting (pos 1-4) on block of four, only 1970 blocks of four were surcharged, P.O. fresh, bright color, nicely centered, bottom two are OG, NH, top two OG, LH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #236 - canada / nova scotia
6b var footnoted (7d) 1851 1' deep purple Heraldic Flowers on bluish paper, imperf, three full to clear margins touches at right, wmkd with letter "E" from the papermaker's name of "T.H.SAUNDERS", very rare, unused, fine, with Rendon certificate
Lot #237 - Canada / Prince Edward Island
2 (3) 1861 3d blue Q Victoria on yellowish toned paper, unwmkd, perf 9, scarce, OG-HR, F-VF, with Rendon certificate
Lot #238 - Canada / Prince Edward Island
3 (4) 1861 6d yellow-green Q Victoria on yellowish toned paper, perf 9, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #240 - Canada
2 (2) 1851 6d slate-violet Prince Albert on laid paper, unwmkd, imperf, F-VF
Lot #241 - Canada
4 var (18) 1857 3d red Beaver, on machine-made wove paper, imperf, four full margins, centered 6-ring black target cancel, VF
Lot #242 - Canada
5 (9) 1852 6d slate-violet Prince Albert on handmade wove paper, imperf, an astonishing example with massive margins and bearing a light RED straight-line "PAID" cancel, a gold-medal caliber example, signed Bloch, SUPERB, with Friedl certificate
Lot #243 - Canada
5b (10) 1852 6d greenish grey Prince Albert on handmade wove paper, imperf, exceptionally large margins, showing a portion of adjoining copy at top, light centered black 7-ring target cancel, a gem!, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #244 - Canada
7 var (15) 1852-57 10d blue to deep blue Cartier on thin handmade wove paper, imperf, four full margins, light cancel, VF
Lot #245 - Canada
10 (23) 1857 6d reddish purple Prince Albert on very thick soft wove paper, imperf, four margins, 4-ring target cancel, fine
Lot #246 - Canada
12 (26) 1859 3d red Beaver, on machine-made wove paper, perf 11¾, an exceptionally rare well centered example (of this otherwise notoriously poorly centered stamp!), centered black 7-ring target cancel, SUPERB
Lot #247 - Canada
22a (55b) 1868 1¢ brown red Large Queen, Ottawa ptg on Bothwell paper with VARIETY - inverted "UTH" of "CLUTHA MILLS" papermakers watermark, well centered, rich color, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #248 - Canada
31 (55a) 1868 1¢ red-brown Large Queen on laid paper, perf 12, light cds, a very rare stamp, F-VF, with V.G. Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #249 - Canada
37d (79a) 1870 3¢ Indian red Small Queen, Ottawa printing, VARIETY - perf 12½, exceptionally well centered, lightly canceled, rare thus, XF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #250 - Canada
50-60 (121//134) 1897 ½¢-50¢ Q Victoria Jubilees, perf 12, cplt (11), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #251 - Canada
53 (126) 1897 3¢ bright rose Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, exceptional centering, huge "jumbo" margined example, OG, VLH, SUPERB




























