British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1

10-12 (10-12) 1882-83 ½(d) in half of 1d Q Victoria, cplt (3) with all surcharges, in red or black, in horizontal pairs, scarce, and the ½ is especially scarce as most were used!, OG, LH, VF

24 (26) 1890 1' dull magenta Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, a rare used stamp, many times more difficult than its mint counterpart and as such undercatalogued, well centered, light "A 07" cancel, VF-S

56-63 (62-70) 1921-22 ½d-2'6 Roseau, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (8), most values of this set are rare and undercatalogued used, especially the 2' and 2'6d, lightly canceled, F-VF

40-54 (44-58) 1912-21 1¢-10R K George V, wmkd MCA, cplt (15), lightly canceled, F-VF

55 (59) 1912 20R black and purple on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB

62c, 62 (64d, 64) 1919 "4 cents" on 6¢ scarlet K George V, surcharged SG Type 5, ERROR - one stamp without surcharge in a vertical strip of four, rare as it occurred on only one row of 10 stamps (and this is one of very few examples we have offered), as such undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF

121-24 (141-44) 1926 5m-50pi Inauguration of Port Fouad overprints, cplt (4), key set of the country, as only 1500 of the 50pi were printed and the whole issue sold out on the opening day of sale in a matter of hours, each signed, OG, HR, SUPERB

177-90 (219-32) 1934 1m-£1 Khedive Ismail Pasha (10th Congress of U.P.U.), cplt (14), imperf proofs handstamped "Cancelled" on reverse, ex-Kink Farouk, SUPERB

19E (14) 1891 ½d on half of 1d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA upright, perf 14,14½, scarce provisional bisect with handstamped overprint, undercatalogued, difficult, and much undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used, OG-HR, F-VF

21 (42) 1898 5' red Q Victoria, wmkd Crown CC, perf 14,14½, only 6000 printed, scarce, block of four, bottom two NH, top two VLH, OG, NH, VF

29 (50) 1904 5' red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, block of four with violet "Crown Post Office Falkland Islands" cancel, a very rare multiple, F-VF

39 (68) 1914 10' red on green K George V, wmkd MCA, line perf 14, OG, NH, VF