British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2

101c (101c) 1914 ½d on 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13, VARIETY - comma after "I", tied by "Apia" cds to piece, perfectly centered, SUPERB

107 var (107 var footnoted) 1914 5d on 40pf lake and black Yacht overprinted ""G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 13, ERROR - no stop after "I", unwmkd, perf 14, with color photocopy of the Kilian certificate this is from, SUPERB

112 (113) 1914 3' on 3M violet-black Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged, only 458 printed, tied by "Apia" cds to piece, VF, with Brandon certificate

1 (1) 1869 3¢ brown on yellow Sir James Brooke, unwatermarked, perf 11, massively undercatalogued used, SUPERB

24 (26) 1891 5¢ on 12¢ green and blue Sir Charles Brooke, unwmkd, perf 14, SG Type 9 surcharge, a very rare and elusive stamp - the most difficult and "key" stamp in the whole colony, severely undercatalogued considering how seldom it is seen!, OG, HR, SUPERB

N11 var (J13a) 1942 12¢ blue Sir Charles Vyner Brooke with Japanese Occupation handstamp (SG Type 1), VARIETY - black handstamp, a scarce and seldom seen variety, with a photocopy of BPA certificate for the block of four that this is from ("pos 4"), OG, VLH, F-VF

A36 (Z43) 1878 38¢ on 9d pale violet Q Victoria of Mauritius surcharged used in the Seychelles, wmkd CC, with partial "B 64" cancel, exceedingly rare and vastly undercatalogued as it took us more than 25 years to find an example for our reference collection, with RPSL certificate for the Mauritius stamp (SG 89) as used, F-VF

A45 (Z52) 1879-80 38¢ bright purple Q Victoria of Mauritius, wmkd CC, perf 14, used in Seychelles with "B 64" cancel, in 50 years this is only the second example we have seen (and we were vigorously out-bid for that first one--however decades later we have acquired this example), monumentally undercatalogued--to say the least, trace of red mark at bottom, an outstanding rarity of this issue!, F-VF, with BPA certificate

33c (39ba) 1893 ½d on 1½d pale violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, SG Type 3 local surcharge, ERROR - surcharge inverted and "PFNNY" (row 3, pos 1), perf 14,rare as only two other examples are in private hands (one of which we hold!), missing from the Royal Philatelic Collection, well centered, fresh, signed T.A (Allen), Bloch and Theodore Champion, OG,LH, VF

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

52-55 (59-62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty surcharged SG Types 8, 10-12, cplt (4) in bottom-right sheet-margin strip, rare as only 196 were printed of Type 12, undercatalogued, OG, NH, SUPERB

55 (62) 1897 2½d on 6d dull purple and green Q Victoria Stamp Duty, Sc Type d (SG Type 12), only 196 printed, very scarce, fresh with rich color, a "GEM", OG,VLH, SUPERB