7a (13a) 1861 1d carmine Wood-block on laid paper, imperf, full margins, tiny closed tear at right - virtually unnoticeable, used, VF app, with RPSL 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 276 - 300 of 508
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #278 - cape of good hope
9a var (14b) 1861 4d pale bright blue Wood-block on laid paper, imperf, huge to clear margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #279 - cape of good hope
9d (14aa) 1861 4d pale milky blue Wood-block on laid paper with right-hand corner re-touched, very rare, imperf, margins close to just touching, used, rare, fine, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #280 - cape of good hope
14 (20) 1864 6d bright mauve Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, de la Rue printing, imperf, massive margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at left), lightly canceled, SUPERB
Price: $ 540.00
Lot #281 - cape of good hope
15 (21) 1863 1' bright emerald-green Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, imperf, large margins, lightly canceled, XF
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #282 - cape of good hope
21 (32) 1874 1d on 6d deep lilac Hope surcharged in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce mint as the majority of this provisional printing was used postally, exceptional color and centering, OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 380.00
Lot #283 - cape of good hope
25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, NH, F-VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #284 - cape of good hope
25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 600.00
Lot #285 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, the greatest mint perforated Cape rarity, it was missing from many great Cape collections of the past including General Smuts, Caspary, Isleham, Somas, Maximus, etc., rarely seen and seriously undercatalogued, perfectly centered, signed Sismondo and Diena, OG, HR, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Price: $ 10,000.00
Lot #286 - cape of good hope
39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, scarce and undercatalogued used, numeral "1" barred-oval cancel, VF
Price: $ 220.00
Lot #287 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
172 (11) 1900 1' on 4d green and purple-brown Q Victoria of British Bechuanaland surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", scarce, only 2320 surcharged, of which 95% were used, signed Bloch, OG,LH, VF, with Friedl certificate
Price: $ 720.00
Lot #288 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
174 (13) 1900 6d on 2d green and carmine Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED." SG Type 2 (sans-serif), only 1200 surcharged, rare, as the vast majority were used, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 680.00
Lot #289 - Cape of Good Hope / Mafeking
180a (22) 1900 3d deep blue on blue Gen. Baden-Powell, wide (21mm) format, rare (only 3036 issued), with a choice, centered "Mafeking Ap 14" cds - a very early usage!, VF
Price: $ 620.00
Lot #290 - Cape of Good Hope / Vryburg
N4 (4) 1899 2½d on 2½d blue Hope overprinted "Z.A.R." (10mm high), rare, only 480 printed, the key value in the set, well centered, signed Bloch and A. Diena, OG,NH, F-VF
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #291 - cayman islands
10a (10a) 1905 2½d bright blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, "Glover flaw" VARIETY - dented frame (under "A", row 1, pos 6 of left pane), only 244 examples printed, well centered, OG,LH, VF
Price: $ 180.00
Lot #292 - cayman islands
20 (35) 1908 2½d on 4d brown and blue K Edward VII handstamp provisional (SG Type 10), rare as only 480 surcharged, an exceptional, perfectly centered example, very rare and undercatalogued as such!, signed Holcombe, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Holcombe certificate
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #293 - cayman islands
30 (34) 1908 10' green and red on green K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, tied to piece by light cds, F-VF
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #294 - cayman islands
32-44 (40-52b) 1912-20 ¼d-10' K George V Keyplates, Die I, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13), scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 220.00
Lot #295 - cayman islands
69-80 (84-95) 1932 ¼d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), a select, hand-picked, perfectly centered set, OG,LH, SUPERB
Price: $ 250.00
Lot #296 - cayman islands
85-96 (96-107) 1935-36 ¼d-10' K George V engraved Pictorials, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), OG, NH, VF
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #297 - cayman islands
MR3 (55) 1917 1½d on 2½d deep blue K George V "War Tax" overprint (SG Type 16), rare (only 420 issued), a scarce key stamp, the most difficult of the major War Tax stamps, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #298 - Ceylon
5 (4) 1859 4d dull rose Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, rare -- they key value to the first issue, imperf, four full margins, rich color, lightly canceled, scarce thus!, VF
Price: $ 1,900.00
Lot #299 - Ceylon
7b (6c) 1857 6d light brown Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, imperf, four margins, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 740.00
Lot #300 - Ceylon
82 (138) 1879 2R50c dull rose Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½x14, very scarce and undercatalogued, a remarkable perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 840.00
Lot #301 - Ceylon
104 (164) 1885 10¢ on 64¢ red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, provisionally surcharged SG Type 22, very scarce, and considerably undercatalogued used, F-VF
Price: $ 360.00
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