1 (1) 1856 6d blue Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four margins, OG,HR, 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 #918 - st. helena
10 (5) 1863 4d on 6d carmine Q Victoria, surcharged "FOUR PENCE" (SG Type 3) with bar 15½-16½mm, wmkd CC, imperf, unused, F-VF
Lot #919 - st. helena
75-77 (89-91) 1922 1d-3d K George V, wmkd Script CA, cplt (3), all with light cds, very scarce used, seriously undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #920 - st. helena
79-93 (97-112) 1922-27 ½d-10' K George V and Badge of St. Helena, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #921 - st. helena
84 var (103a) 1927 5d green and deep carmine on green K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - broken mainmast (row 2, pos 1), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #922 - st. helena
85 var (104a) 1922 6d grey and bright purple K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, VARIETY - cleft rock (row 5, pos 1), wmkd Script CA, perf 14, bottom-left sheet margin example, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #923 - st. helena
88 var (107c) 1927 1'6d grey and green on green K George V and Badge of St. Helena on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - cleft rock (row 5, pos 1), OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #924 - st. helena
91 var (110a) 1927 5' grey and green on yellow K George V and Badge of St. Helena on ordinary paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - broken mainmast (row 2, pos 1), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #925 - st. helena
93 var (112b) 1922 10' grey and olive-green K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, VARIETY - torn flag (row 4, pos 6), OG, LH, VF
Lot #926 - st. helena
94 (113) 1922 15' grey and purple on blue K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, the key value to the issue, very scarce, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #927 - st. helena
95-99 (92-96) 1922 4d-£1 K George V and Badge of St. Helena set, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (5), select perfectly centered set, scarce thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #928 - st. helena
99 (96) 1922 £1 grey and purple on red K George V and Badge of St. Helena on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #929 - st. helena
101-110 (114-23) 1934 ½d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), a select, perfectly centered set -- rare thus!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
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