1 (2) 1871 4d pale brown Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four margins (close at left), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Auction #139 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #139 - Public Auction
Great Britain and British Europe: Great Britain features a 1848 10d four margins mint embossed; 1855 4d blue paper, mint, the unusual 1½d rosy mauve [31(53a)], 1857 5/- rare, mint, Plate 1, 1874 5/- Plate 2, mint, £5 orange mint, £1 green mint Sea Horses; Cyprus has a 30pa on 1pi, rare mint, Gibraltar is virtually complete including a £5 mint..
British Africa: Bechuanaland 27(23c) the rare 2d on 2d green overprint; British Central Africa has a good selection; East Africa and Uganda has values to the 50R; Gold Coast features the £2 used; Kenya Uganda to the £100 (specimen); Madagascar large Consular Mail, 34 lots; Natal to the £5, mint and used; Sierra Leone Postal Fiscal to 2½d on 1½d, later to the £5, Wilberforce – 3 sets!; Togo includes rare second settings; major Zanzibar “2½” overprints and a very rare used 200R.
British Asia: Bangkok highlight is 20(23) 24¢ mint; India has the rarest perforated 8a 25 (65) with probably the choicest example extent!, 25R mint K Edward VII, Perak shows a $25 mint.
British North America: British Columbia & Vancouver Island features 3 (11) the “key” 5¢ rose imperf, mint, V.G. Greene Foundation cert; Newfoundland has a #2 used and a#7 mint; Canada has a range of choice classics, Jubilees, 50¢ violet “jumbo”, K Edward VII, etc.
British Oceania: Cook Islands has a few rarities; Niue has a large block; New Britain up to the 3/- on 3M, mint; New Zealand really shines with many classics and Officials – 80+ lots; North West Pacific Islands features rare large blocks and key values plus overprint errors.
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Lot #614 - gambia
1a (1) 1869 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, OG, LH, XF
Lot #615 - gambia
2 (3a) 1869-72 6d blue Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, full to large margins, OG, LH, VF
Lot #616 - gambia
2 (3a) 1869-72 6d blue Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd - showing portion of papermaker's wmk "IA", imperf, four margins, light red cds, F-VF
Lot #617 - gambia
2a (3) 1869 6d deep blue Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four choice large margins, signed Senf, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #618 - gambia
3a (6) 1874 4d pale brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, imperf, four margins, with light red cds, F-VF
Lot #619 - gambia
4 (8) 1874 6d blue Q Victoria embossed, wmk CC, imperf, four margins (close at bottom), light red cds, F-VF
Lot #620 - gambia
4a (7) 1874 6d deep blue Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC, imperf, four large margins (sheet-margin at left?), OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #621 - gambia
5 var footnoted (10A) 1880 ½d orange Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CC sideways, perf 14, scarce, light red "Gambia" cds, perfectly centered, F-VF
Lot #622 - gambia
8 var footnoted (14A) 1880-81 3d bright ultramarine Q Victoria embossed, VARIETY - wmkd CC sideways, perf 14, rare, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #623 - gambia
9a var footnoted (15Aw) 1880-81 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC sideways, VARIETY - Crown to left of CC, perf 14, rare, OG, LH, XF
Lot #624 - gambia
11 var footnoted (19A) 1880-81 1' green Q Victoria embossed, VARIETY - wmkd CC sideways, perf 14 line, very rare, light "Gambia" cds in red, F-VF
Lot #625 - gambia
41-64, 41a, 42a (57-68, 72-85) 1904-09 ½d-3' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt per Stanley Gibbons (26), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #626 - gambia
74a var (90b) 1912-22 2½d bright blue K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, VARIETY - split "A" in "POSTAGE" (row 8, pos 3 of left pane), elusive!, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #627 - gambia
87-96 (108-17) 1921 ½d - 4' K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (10), a very rare and vastly undercatalogued used set, F-VF
Lot #628 - gambia
102-120 (122-42) 1922-29 ½d-10' K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, cplt (19), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #629 - gambia
190a (208a) 1963 1' Rufous-crowned Roller overprinted "SELF-GOVERNMENT 1963", ERROR - overprint double, with "BATHURST" cds, extremely rare, 1 of only 2 known examples (the other we sold privately), missing from the Royal Collection!, this is in all probability a rare opportunity to own this great rarity, VF, with Brandon certificate
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