4 var (18) 1853 3d red Beaver on handmade thin wove paper, imperf, a spectacular bottom-left corner example, absolutely brilliant color and impression, on cover bearing "Post Hope U.C." cds, backstamped on receipt in Kingston, a magnificent exhibition item, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
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 #289 - Canada
8 (17) 1857 ½d deep rose Q Victoria on machine-made wove paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full to clear margins (showing portion of adjoining stamp at bottom), VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #290 - Canada
12 (26) 1859 3d red Beaver, on machine-made wove paper, perf 11¾, an exceptionally rare well centered example (of this otherwise notoriously poorly centered stamp!), centered black 7-ring target cancel, SUPERB
Lot #291 - Canada
20a (44) 1864 2¢ rose-red Q Victoria, perf 12, very well centered, rich color, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #292 - Canada
46 (115) 1893 20¢ vermilion Widowed Queen, perfectly centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #293 - Canada
47 (116) 1893 50¢ blue Q Victoria "Widowed Queen", Ottawa printing on thinnish paper of poor quality, perf 12, rich fresh color, perfectly centered, choice, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #294 - Canada
55 (129) 1897 6¢ brown Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, vivid color, large, perfectly centered margins, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #295 - Canada
56 (130) 1897 8¢ slate-violet Q Victoria Jubilee, unwmkd, perf 12, massive centered margins!, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #296 - Canada
57 (131) 1897 10¢ purple Q Victoria Jubilee, jumbo margins, perfect centering, an impressive example, OG,LH, VF-S
Lot #297 - Canada
61 (136) 1897 $1 lake Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, remarkably well centered!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #298 - Canada
62 (137) 1897 $2 deep violet Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, exceptional vivid color!, OG, VLH, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #299 - Canada
63 (138) 1897 $3 bistre Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 13,500 printed, OG, NH, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #300 - Canada
64 (139) 1897 $4 violet Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 14,500 printed, a remarkable perfectly centered example!, "graded XF-S 95 XQ", OG, LH, SUPERB, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #301 - Canada
65 (140) 1897 $5 olive-green Q Victoria Jubilee, perf 12, 15,500 ptd, rich original color, fresh and perfectly centered with huge even margins, a real gem!, OG,LH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #302 - Canada
66-73 (141//149) 1897-98 ½¢-10¢ Q Victoria Maple Leaves, perf 12, cplt (8), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #303 - Canada
67 (143) 1897 1¢ blue-green Q Victoria Maple Leaves, perf 12, an incomparable mint example, fresh in all respects, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #304 - Canada
73 (149) 1898 10¢ brownish purple Q Victoria Maple Leaves, unwmkd, perf 12, a phenomenal, massive-margined and centered example!, a gem, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #305 - Canada
74-84 (150//165) 1898-1902 ½¢-20¢ Q Victoria numerals, perf 12, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #306 - Canada
89-95 (173//187) 1903-12 1¢-50¢ K Edward VII, perf 12, cplt (7), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #307 - Canada
92 (180) 1903 7¢ yellow-olive K Edward VII, perf 12, an absolutely superb example of this difficult issue, OG, LH, SUPERB
Lot #308 - Canada
93 (182) 1903 10¢ brown-lilac K Edward VII, perf 12, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with V. G. Greene Foundation certificate
Lot #309 - Canada
95 (187) 1908 50¢ deep violet K Edward VII, perf 12, deep bright color, large margins, exceptional centering, a "gem"!, OG,LH, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #310 - Canada
96-103 (188-95) 1908 ½¢-20¢ Quebec Tercentenary, perf 12, cplt (8), OG, HR, fine
Lot #311 - Canada
97 (189) 1908 1¢ blue-green Cartier and Champlain Quebec Tercentenary issue, unwmkd, perf 12, huge perfectly centered jumbo margins, vivid color, a gem, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #312 - Canada
103 (195) 1908 20¢ dull brown Cartier's Arrival Quebec Tercentenary Issue, perf 12 on wove paper, a phenominal, perfectly centered, "jumbo margin" example, OG,VLH, SUPERB
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