12 (16) 1860 (½d) yellow-green Britannia, unwmkd, pin-perf 12½, numeral "1" cancel, unusually nice in that it shows the pin-perf on all four sides, scarce, VF, with Brandon certificate
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Jul 09, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
Thursday Jul 09, 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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Showing 126 - 150 of 508
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #128 - barbados
12A (16a) 1860 (1d) blue Britannia, unwmkd, pin-perf 12½, lightly canceled, a very rare stamp!, F-VF
Price: $ 760.00
Lot #129 - barbados
23 (37) 1861 (1d) blue Britannia, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, prepared for use but not issued, rare, undercatalogued and seldom seen, OG, HR, VF
Price: $ 920.00
Lot #130 - barbados
25 (44) 1870 (1d) blue Britannia, wmkd Large Star, rough perf 14 to 16, signed, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 1,040.00
Lot #131 - barbados
33-35 (52-54) 1872 (1d)-1' Britannia, wmkd Small Star, clean-cut perf 14½-15½, cplt (3), OG, HR, VF
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #132 - barbados
38 (63) 1873 3d brown-purple Britannia, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 14, fresh, extremely well centered for this issue -- very rare thus!, part OG, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Price: $ 460.00
Lot #133 - barbados
56a (82) 1877 1' violet (aniline) Britannia, wmkd CC (sideways), perf 14, a great rarity, seldom offered, significantly undercatalogued, OG, LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 4,200.00
Lot #134 - barbados
59a (88a) 1878 1d on half of 5' dull rose Britannia, VARIETY - unsevered pair, with value tablet removed before issue, smaller 6mm surcharge (SG Type 3c), wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 15½x15, scarce, light "Barbados" cds, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 2,100.00
Lot #135 - barbados
60-68, 60a, 61a, 62a, 63a, 65a (89-103) 1882-86 ½d-5' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (14) with all listed shades, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 540.00
Lot #136 - barbados
64 (97) 1882 4d grey Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rich color, well centered, a difficult and undercatalogued mint stamp, OG,VLH, VF
Price: $ 260.00
Lot #137 - barbados
81, 85, 87 (116, 120, 122) 1897 1f, 5d, 8d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, white paper, wmkd CC, perf 14, in used blocks of four with "Barbados" cds, scarce thus! F-VF
Price: $ 210.00
Lot #138 - barbados
81a-89a (125-33) 1897 1f-2'6d Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee issue, paper blued, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), remarkably rare and vastly undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF
Price: $ 1,300.00
Lot #139 - batum
10 (10) 1919 10R on 10 on 7k deep blue Arms of Russia handstamped SG Type 2, perforated, only 298 printed, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #140 - batum
29 (25) 1920 50R on 4K red Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp (SG Type 4), well centered, only 250 printed, undercatalogued, signed by Mikulski, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 740.00
Lot #141 - batum
29 (25) 1920 50R on 4K red Arms of Russia handstamped SG Type 4, perforated, scarce, tied to piece by Batum double-ring cds, signed Economist, VF
Price: $ 1,080.00
Lot #142 - batum
32 (28) 1920 50R on 15K blue and red-brown Arms of Russia with provisional handstamp surcharge SG Type 4, only 300 printed, perforated, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 880.00
Lot #143 - batum
47-49 (38-40) 1920 50R on 2k-50R on 5k Arms of Russia, "British Occupation" handstamp SG Type 6, cplt (3), imperf, each with large margins, each signed (50 on 2k and 50 on 3k are signed A Diena, 50 on 5k signed Dr R J Ceresa {NH!}), scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Price: $ 2,800.00
Lot #144 - bechuanaland
5-9 (4-8) 1885-87 ½d-1' Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, wmkd Anchor, perf 14, cplt (5), elusive mint, with the 1' specially scarce and undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #145 - bechuanaland
11-20 (10-19) 1888 1d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14 or wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, cplt (10), OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #146 - bechuanaland
21 (20) 1888 £1 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 460.00
Lot #147 - bechuanaland
22 (21) 1887 £5 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, scarce high value, OG-HR, XF
Price: $ 1,120.00
Lot #148 - bechuanaland
27 (23c) 1888 2d on 2d lilac and black Q Victoria, green surcharge, a great rarity of which perhaps a dozen examples are recorded, seldom seen and undercatalogued, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Price: $ 4,000.00
Lot #149 - bechuanaland
39 (39) 1895 2d bistre Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 10 reading downwards, wmkd Cabled Anchor, perf 14, this is the UNIQUE example of the "MOSITA BB" cds from the Bechuanaland period, F-VF
Price: $ 1,040.00
Lot #150 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, less than 1% were used, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #151 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, OG, NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 560.00
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