2 (3) 1861 6d rose Q Victoria, unwmkd, wove paper, rough perf 14 to 16, OG, VLH, 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 #521 - Grenada
7 (12) 1873 6d vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, intermediate perf 15, rare, very well centered, rich bright color, OG,LH, VF
Lot #522 - Grenada
16 (27) 1883 1d orange Q Victoria with green surcharge, wmkd Small Star, perf 14½, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #523 - Grenada
32 (41) 1888 4d on 2' orange Q Victoria revenue stamp surcharged SG Type 16 - 4mm between value and "POSTAGE", block of four, OG, NH, VF
Lot #524 - Grenada
32, 33 (41, 41a) 1888-91 4d on 2' orange Q Victoria revenue stamp, wmkd Small Star, perf 14, surcharged "4d POSTAGE" (SG Type 16), VARIETY - upright "d" (row 5, pos 6), rare as it occurred only once in each pane of 60 (of SG 41), a very difficult stamp, quite undercatalogued, in horizontal pair with normal, OG, LH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #525 - Grenada
48-57 (57-66) 1902 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), an exceptionally well centered, hand-picked set, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #526 - Grenada
58-67 (67-76) 1904-06 ½d-10' K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), quite scarce, seldom seen, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #527 - Grenada
72-78 (82-88) 1908-11 3d-10' Seal of the Colony on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd CA or MCA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG, LH, VF
Lot #528 - Grenada
78 (83) 1908 10' green and red on green Badge of the Colony, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite rare and undercatalogued used, light "G.P.O. Grenada" cds, F-VF
Lot #529 - Grenada
199 (218) 1966 March 21 O.H.M.S. oversize cover to Ohio, U.S., franked with block of 12 of the scarce 6¢ black and olive-green Q Elizabeth II, wmkd Sc Type 314 (SG Type 12), extremely scarce stamp, an exceptional commercial usage, a rare and spectacular franking and probably the largest existing used multiple of this stamp, VF
Lot #530 - Grenada
J4-7 (D4-7) 1892 1d on 6d-2d on 8d Q Victoria Postage Dues, cplt (4), an incredibly rare set, nearly impossible to find, massively undercatalogued, of the 2d on 8d, Herendeen noted that less than 10 mint examples exist, this is only the fourth set we have had in 50 years!, ex-Boucher & Foxley (Freeland), OG, LH, F-VF
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