6 (12) 1857 (1d) rose-red Britannia on white paper, imperf, a very rare Classic issue, rare, undercatalogued, and seldom seen!, OG, VLH, VF, with Philatelic Foundation 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 #1102 - trinidad
10 (14) 1853 1d blue lithographed Britannia on bluish cartridge paper (first issue), fine impression, imperf, four margins, used, VF
Lot #1103 - trinidad
11 (18) 1858 (1d) slate-blue lithographed Britannia, worn impression, imperf, four full margins, light numeral "1" cancel, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1104 - trinidad
15 (25) 1859 4d grey-lilac Britannia, imperf, four full margins, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1105 - trinidad
16 (28) 1859 6d deep green Britannia, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, numeral cancel, VF
Lot #1106 - trinidad
25 var (42) 1859 6d yellow-green Britannia, unwmkd, pin-perf 13½-14, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1107 - trinidad
29 (47) 1860 4d brownish lilac Britannia, unwmkd, clean-cut perf 14 to 16½, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1108 - trinidad
40 (61) 1863 4d deep purple Britannia on thick paper, unwmkd, perf 11½, 12, well centered, signed, OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #1109 - trinidad
47 (67) 1863 1' bright mauve Britannia, unwmkd, perf 13, scarce, numeral cancel, VF
Lot #1110 - trinidad
74-90 (114-24, 116, 127-32) 1896-1906 ½-£1 Britannia set, wmkd CA or CA over Crown, cplt (17) per Scott, includes the scarce 1d SG Type II (oval "O"), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1111 - trinidad
77 (116) 1900 1d dull purple and rose Britannia, SG Type II (oval "O"), wmkd CA, perf 14, a scarce and extremely difficult mint stamp, considerably undercatalogued as the vast majority were postally used, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1112 - trinidad
79, 83 (117, 119) 1896 Rare registered confirmation cover to St. Thomas franked with 2½d and 5d Britannia and with Tobago 18 (16), tied with registry cancels, with "St. Thomas" receiver on back, from the Franklin D. Roosevelt collection handstamped in red on back, opened at right, fine
Lot #1113 - trinidad
89 (123) 1896 10' green and ultramarine Britannia on ordinary paper, wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1114 - trinidad
90 var footnoted (124a) 1906 £1 green and carmine Britannia on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, from a small late printing released shortly before the change of watermark to MCA!, elusive and rarely met with, OG, VLH, XF
Lot #1115 - trinidad
92-104, 92a + var, 93a, 95 var (133-45, 133a-b, 134a, 138a) 1904-09 ½d-£1 Britannia, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (17) with all Stanley Gibbons papers and shades, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1116 - trinidad
J1-9 (D1-9) 1885 ½d-1' slate black Postage Dues, wmkd CA, rarely seen cplt set, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1117 - trinidad
O1-7 (O1-7) 1894 ½d-5' Q Victoria Officials with "O S" overprints SG Type O1, wmkd CA, perf 14 (5' wmkd CC, perf 12½), cplt (7), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1118 - trinidad
O10 (O10) 1910 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O2 on ordinary paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially used, lightly canceled, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
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