1 (1) 1879 2¢ blue-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA over Crown sideways, perf 14, scarce--only 1520 printed, OG, VLH, SUPERB
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
Aste Attive
Jul 10, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
Friday Jul 10, 2026 12:00 to 22:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
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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Price: $ 920.00
Lot #511 - Labuan
J1-9 (D1-9) 1901 2¢-24¢ Pictorials of North Borneo overprinted "LABUAN" and further overprinted "POSTAGE DUE" SG Type D1 reading vertically upwards, cplt (9), difficult and undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were canceled to order, seldom seen, OG,HR, F-VF
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #512 - lagos
4 var (5 var) 1874 4d carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, overprinted "CANCELLED", fresh, well centered, very scarce, as few exist, unused, VF
Price: $ 960.00
Lot #513 - lagos
15 var (22w) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, very seldom seen, OG, HR, SUPERB
Price: $ 180.00
Lot #514 - lagos
22 (20) 1882 4d carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with extremely rare "Lagos" cds, in practice over 99% of the used 4d carmines were canceled with the normal oval bar grid cancel, an astonishingly difficult usage!, VF
Price: $ 180.00
Lot #515 - lagos
47 (51) 1904 2'6d green and carmine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 1440 printed, but a very rare used stamp as it was only in use a few months, not 10% were used!, rarely seen and vastly undercatalogued used, light "Calabar" cds, VF
Price: $ 320.00
Lot #516 - lagos
50-59 (54-63) 1904-05 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), very rare used as the high values in actuality are 10-20 times more difficult used than their relatively common mint counterparts, and as such significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF
Price: $ 440.00
Lot #517 - leeward islands
9-16 (9-16) 1897 ½d-5' Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee overprint issue with SG Type 3 handstamps, wmkd Crown CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #518 - leeward islands
16 (16) 1897 5' green and blue Q Victoria with Diamond Jubilee handstamp SG Type 3, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare (only 784 issued), scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 210.00
Lot #519 - leeward islands
58-60 (51a, 54a, 57a) 1913 3d-5' K George V surface-colored paper (whitebacks), wmkd MCA, cplt (3), the 3d and 5' are extremely rare and undercatalogued used as they saw very limited usage mostly in Montserrat (the 3d was sold only in Montserrat), lightly canceled, VF
Price: $ 640.00
Lot #520 - leeward islands
83 (80) 1928 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
Price: $ 220.00
Lot #521 - long island
(11) 1916 1d blue (carbon), typewritten on thin horiz laid paper, initialled "HPG" (Civil Administrator) in red, scarce (300 printed), imperf, large margins, signed Holcombe, unused as issued, VF-S
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #522 - long island
(12) 1916 1d mauve, typewritten on thin horiz laid paper, initialed "HPG" (Civil Administrator) in red, imperf, four margins, on piece, scarce, F-VF
Price: $ 360.00
Lot #523 - madagascar
2 (6) 1884 2d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, sound, OG, LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 440.00
Lot #524 - madagascar
4a (8) 1884 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", black handstamp, 1 oz corrected to 4 oz in manuscript, hollow stop after "B", with red diagonal control line, OG, HR, VF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #525 - madagascar
11 (11) 1884 6d rose-red B.C.M. with hollow stop after "B", inscribed "LETTER", black handstamp, red diagonal control line, scarce and undercatalogued, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #526 - madagascar
12 (8ab) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., violet handstamp, with hollow stop after "B", sound, very scarce, signed by Holcombe, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Price: $ 2,300.00
Lot #527 - madagascar
14 (12) 1886 4d magenta B.C.M., "POSTAL PACKET", hollow stop after "B", black handstamp, OG, LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 1,600.00
Lot #528 - madagascar
16a (28) 1886 1d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, HR, SUPERB
Price: $ 1,300.00
Lot #529 - madagascar
19a (30) 1886 3d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II, pos. 4, sound and very scarce thus, unused, XF, with Brandon certificate
Price: $ 1,700.00
Lot #530 - madagascar
22 (32) 1886 6d rose, violet Vice-Consulate Seal, Type II, corner OG, sound fine
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #531 - madagascar
23a (40) 1886 8d rose, violet Vice-Consulate seal, Type III ("POSTAGE" 24½mm, no stop, but stop after value), OG, LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #532 - madagascar
26 (14) 1886 1d rose, black Vice-Consulate Seal, Type I (stops after "POSTAGE" and value), pos 2, sound, OG,LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 180.00
Lot #533 - madagascar
33 (33b) 1886 1d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type II (no stops after "POSTAGE" or value), OG, LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 180.00
Lot #534 - madagascar
37 (43b) 1886 4d rose, violet British Consular Mail seal, Type III, pos 1, sound, VF
Price: $ 620.00
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