1a (1) 1859 6d dull purple Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, HR, F-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 #973 - sierra leone
1b (2) 1865 6d grey-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #974 - sierra leone
12 (17) 1877 May Domestic cover from Freetown to "SHERBRO" (BONTHE) franked by 1d rose-red Q Victoria and tied by "B31" bar-oval cancel, an additional red "Paid \ AT \ Sierra \ Leone \ JY 2 \ 1877" on back, fine
Lot #975 - sierra leone
16 (21) 1876 4d blue Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare mint as the majority of the printing was used postally, as such habitually undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #976 - sierra leone
32 (38) 1893 ½d on 1½d lilac Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 3 local "HALF PENNY" surcharge, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #977 - sierra leone
45 (52) 1896-97 5' green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite rare used (it took me years to find a used example for the great Cooper collection!), undercatalogued, light "Freetown" cds, VF
Lot #978 - sierra leone
46 (53) 1896 £1 purple on red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, seldom offered as a single, quite scarce used, undercatalogued, well centered, very lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #979 - sierra leone
48-51 (55-58) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 148 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, with Philatelic Foundation certificate for the scarce key value, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #980 - sierra leone
50 (57) 1897 2½d on 3d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, surcharged SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, only 296 printed, quite scarce used, very well centered, light "Freetown" cds, SUPERB
Lot #981 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, OG, LH, VF
Lot #982 - sierra leone
52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4), rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #983 - sierra leone
54 (61) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty overprinted SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), only 392 printed, signed Holcombe and Diena, OG, NH, VF
Lot #984 - sierra leone
55 (62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Stamp Duty, Scott Type d (SG Type 12) surcharge, only 196 printed, fresh color, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #985 - sierra leone
58 (66) 1897 2½d on 1' dull lilac Q Victoria Stamp Duty, SG Type 11 (Scott Type c), rare and undercatalogued considering only 284 were printed, OG, VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #986 - sierra leone
64-76, 79 (73-85) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (13) per Stanley Gibbons, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #987 - sierra leone
69 (78) 1903 Dec 14 Registered internal cover to Moyamba franked with 3d dull purple and grey K Edward VII and tied with Sierra Leone registry cancel, with "Moyamba" scarce village cds on back, fine
Lot #988 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perfectly centered, fresh, rare never hinged!, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #989 - sierra leone
76 (85) 1903 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, an exceedingly difficult, and seldom seen, used stamp -- easily 20 times more rare than the mint, well centered, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #990 - sierra leone
77-89 (86-98) 1904-05 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #991 - sierra leone
89 (98) 1905 £1 purple on red K Edward VII, perf 14, wmkd MCA, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #992 - sierra leone
90-102 (99-111) 1907-12 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), used, F-VF
Lot #993 - sierra leone
102 (111) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, tied to piece by light cds, F-VF
Lot #994 - sierra leone
1917 1d red K George V red Postal Stationery Reply card, tied by Freetown cds, also bearing single-line "Passed by Censor" handstamp, sent to Switzerland, VF
Lot #995 - sierra leone
119 (128) 1912 £1 black and purple on red K George V and Elephant on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, with perfect 'socked-on-the-nose' "Freetown" cds, VF
Lot #996 - sierra leone
120 (129) 1912 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd MCA, perf 14, lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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