1-14 (1-14) 1924-29 ½d-5' K George V Admiral set, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (14), including several quite scarce and undercatalogued used stamps, lightly canceled, F-VF
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
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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Lot #862 - southern rhodesia
2b (2d) 1929 1d bright rose K George V Admiral, perf 12½ coil, vastly undercatalogued as it is by far the Colony's rarest used stamp, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #863 - straits settlements
1 (1) 1867 1½¢ on ½a blue Q Victoria stamp of India surcharged SG Type 1, wmkd Elephant's head, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, lart part of "B 122" octagonal cancel, F-VF
Lot #864 - straits settlements
1-9 (1-9) 1867 1½¢ on ½a-32¢ on 2a Q Victoria stamp of India surcharged SG Type 1 or 2, wmkd Elephant's head, cplt (9), perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, especially the 1½¢ on ½a blue, F-VF
Lot #865 - straits settlements
10-18 (11-19) 1867-72 2¢-96¢ Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (9), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #866 - straits settlements
10-18, 10a-b, 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, 15a (11-19, 11a-b, 12a, 13a, 14a, 15a, 16a) 1867-72 2¢-96¢ Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (16) with all Scott and Stanley Gibbons shades (which took years to gather together!), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #867 - straits settlements
30 (43) 1880 5¢ on 8¢ orange Q Victoria, SG Type 15 surcharge, wmkd CC, perf 14, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #868 - straits settlements
71 (84) 1886 3¢ on 5¢ purple-brown Q Victoria surcharged SG Typed 17, wmkd CC, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used!, F-VF
Lot #869 - straits settlements
104A var listed (122s) 1903 $100 purple and green on yellow K Edward VII overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black, OG-HR, VF-S
Lot #870 - straits settlements
109-28, 129-30, 132-34, 147-48 (127-38a, 153-67) 1904-12 1¢-$5 K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, cplt through the $5 (27 stamps), used, F-VF
Lot #871 - straits settlements
134A-44 (141-51) 1907 1¢-$1 Coat of Arms of Labuan overprinted "Straits Settlements", unwmkd, perf 13½-14, cplt (11), used, F-VF
Lot #872 - straits settlements
138a (145a) 1906 4¢ on 16¢ green and brown stamp of Labuan overprinted and surcharged SG Types 43 and 45 at Singapore, VARIETY - surcharge in both brown-red and black, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #873 - straits settlements
167d (249) 1922 $5 green and red on blue-green with olive back K George V overprinted "MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION", wmkd MCA, a scarce and undercatalogued used stamp, VF
Lot #874 - straits settlements
202 (240b) 1923 $25 purple and blue on blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, vivid rich fresh color, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #875 - straits settlements
238-52, 239c, 240a, 241a (278//98) 1937-41 1¢-$5 K George VI, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, cplt (21) with all Die I and Die II values, difficult to assemble, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #876 - straits settlements
B1a (216a) 1917 3¢+2¢ scarlet K George V semi-postal with "Red Cross" surcharge SG Type 55, VARIETY - no stop (row 2, pos 3),very rare and undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #877 - sudan
MO15 (A16) 1906 10pi black and mauve Army Service Arab Postman Official overprint SG Type A3, wmkd Quatrefoil, perf 14, scarce and elusive, undercatalogued as only 400 were printed!, scarce used, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #878 - swaziland
143 var (142a) 1968 ½c black and yellow-brown Q Elizabeth II "Independence 1968" overprint, ERROR - brown omitted on basic stamp, rare as only one sheet was printed, OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #879 - tanganyika
1-7 (63-68) 1921 12¢-5R K George V of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika, overprinted "G.E.A." in black, wmkd Script CA, cplt (6), scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF
Lot #880 - tanganyika
3 (65) 1921 50¢ black and dull purple K George V of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 1, wmkd Script CA, exceedingly rare and seldom seen used, severely undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #881 - tanganyika
4 (66) 1921 2R red and black on blue K George V of East Africa and Uganda overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 2, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued used, nice light "Dar-es-Salaam" cds, F-VF
Lot #882 - tanganyika
5 (67) 1921 3R gray green and violet K George V of East Africa and Uganda overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 2, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, considerably undercatalogued - much rarer used than mint, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #883 - tanganyika
10-22, 23a, 24a, 25, 26a, 27, 28a (74-92) 1922-25 5¢-£1 K George V Giraffes, wmkd MSCA, cplt (19) per Stanley Gibbons, a popular and attractive issue, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #884 - tanganyika
10-28, 23a, 24a, 26a, 27a, 28a (74-92, 83a, 84a, 86a, 87a, 88a) 1922-25 5¢-£1 K George V Giraffes, wmkd MSCA, cplt (24) wmkd both upright and sideways, a popular and attractive issue, used, F-VF
Lot #885 - tanganyika
29-44 (93-107) 1927-31 5¢-£1 K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, cplt (16), OG, LH, F-VF




























