5 (5) 1870 6d bright ultramarine Cost of Arms, Otto printing on thin unwmkd paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, ex-Drysdall, OG, LH, VF, with RPSL certificate
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 #1075 - transvaal
6a (6a) 1870 1' yellow-green Coat of Arms, Otto printing on thin unwmkd paper, fine roulette 15½ to16, trivial stain at top, ex-Drysdall, OG, LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1076 - transvaal
7 (24) 1871 3d pale reddish lilac Coat of Arms, Otto printing on thin paper, clear and distinct impression, unwmkd, fine roulette 15½-16, ex-Drysdall, part OG, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1077 - transvaal
12 (11) 1870 6d dull ultramarine Coat of Arms, Viljoen local printing, fine roulette 15½-16, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1078 - transvaal
18 (20) 1870 1' deep green Coat of Arms on medium paper with whitish gum, fine roulette 15½ to 16, choice, massive margins, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1079 - transvaal
23 (25) 1872-74 1d black Coat of Arms, Borrius printing, fine roulette 15½-16 (very visible on left!), thin transparent paper, scarce, lrg OG, VF
Lot #1080 - transvaal
25 (30) 1872 3d grey-lilac Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, ex-Drysdall, OG, LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1081 - transvaal
26 (31) 1872 6d ultramarine Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, imperf, four large even margins, ex-Drysdall, unused, SUPERB
Lot #1082 - transvaal
26 (31) 1872 6d ultramarine Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, a choice, perfectly centered example, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1083 - transvaal
27 (32) 1872 1' yellow-green Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, small faults, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1084 - transvaal
27a (28) 1872-74 1' green Coat of Arms, Borrius printing, fine roulette 15½-16, thin transparent paper, well centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, LH, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1085 - transvaal
29 (34a) 1873-74 6d deep dull blue Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thickish wove paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, four huge margins, small faults, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1086 - transvaal
33a (43) 1975 1d orange-red Coat of Arms, Stamp Commission printing in Pretoria on very thin, soft opaque (semi-pelure) paper, imperf, four full margins, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1087 - transvaal
33a (52a) 1875-76 1d orange-red Coat of Arms on very thin, hard transparent (perlure) paper, imperf, full to close margins, gum crease, ex-Drysdall, signed Schlesinger, OG, HR, F-VF app
Lot #1088 - transvaal
35 (45) 1875 6d blue Coat of Arms, Stamp Commission printing in Pretoria on very thin, soft opaque (semi-pelure) paper, imperf, four margins, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1089 - transvaal
36 var footnoted (46) 1875-77 1d orange-red Coat of Arms on very thin, soft opaque (semi-perlure) paper, fine roulette - 15½ to 16 (showing on all four sides!), very rare, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1090 - transvaal
38 (48) 1875-77 6d blue Coat of Arms on very thin, soft opaque (semi-pelure) oaoer, fine roulette 15½ to 16, four massive margins, certainly one of the choicest examples extent, ex-Drysdall collection, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1091 - transvaal
41a var (63b) 1876 6d pale blue Coat of Arms on stout hard-surfaced paper with smooth, nearly white, gum, imperf, four large margins, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1092 - transvaal
44 var (79) 1876-77 1d brick-red Coat of Arms, Stamp Commission printing on hard, thick, coarse yellowish paper, imperf, four large to huge margins, numeral "14" cancel, ex-Drysdall, very rare, VF-S, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1093 - transvaal
59 var (98b) 1877 1d bright red Coat of Arms on stout hard-surfaced paper with smooth, nearly white, gum, overprinted "V.R. Transvaal" in black - VARIETY SG Type 5 overprint, imperf, four margins, slight hinge thin, very rare, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, VF app
Lot #1094 - transvaal
81 (126) 1977 6d blue on green Coat of Arms overprinted "V.R. Transvaal" SG Type 6, fine roulette 15½-16, four full to close (at right) margins, ex-Drysdall, unused, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1095 - transvaal
82 (127) 1878 6d blue on blue Coat of Arms with "V.R. Transvaal" overprint SG Type 6, fine roulette, 15½-16 - showing on all four sides, perfectly centered, hinge thin, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, XF app
Lot #1096 - transvaal
108 (141a) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria, type f (SG Type 11), red surcharge, scarce, undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1097 - transvaal
110 (143b) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria provisional overprint VARIETY - SG Type 13 in red, this Type occurred only 9 times in the setting of 60, scarce, F-VF
Lot #1098 - transvaal
201 var (30, 30c vars) 1901 2d black on orange Pietersburg issue with Controller's initials in black, perf 11½, VARIETY - imperf vertical (horizontal pair) pair with left-hand stamp with dropped "P" in "PENCE" (row 4, pos 5), imperf bottom and right (large margins) perfed at top and left, very rare if not unique!, OG, HR, F-VF
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