O4 (O13) 1914-17 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (without stop), wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued as very few were actually ever used!, lightly canceled, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Auction #130 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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May 23, 2019 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #130 - Public Auction
Thursday May 23, 2019 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
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 #1127 - trinidad and tobago
O4 (O13) 1914-17 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" (SG Type O5), horizontal pair tied to "O.H.M.S." cover by Port of Spain cds, sent locally, irrespectively of it's absurdly humble catalogue value, this issue is amazingly difficult to find even as loose singles, which makes this cover an enormous rarity, VF
Lot #1128 - trinidad and tobago
O4 var (O13 var) 1914-17 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (without stop), unlisted VARIETY - double overprint, wmkd MCA, perf 14, a great rarity, ex-Ramkisson collection (which held all three known examples), OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1129 - trinidad and tobago
O5 (O15) 1917 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1130 - trinidad and tobago
O5 var footnoted (O15a) 1917 ½d yellow-green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1131 - turks islands
6 (6) 1879 1' lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12x14½-15½, rare, the Challis handbook estimates that only around 100 were issued without the later overprints - 13 different provisionals, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1132 - turks islands
6 (6) 1879 1' lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12x14½-15½, rare, the Challis handbook estimates that only around 100 were issued without the later overprints - 13 different provisionals, very well centered, VF
Lot #1133 - turks islands
19 (28) 1881 2½d on 6d black Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 18, unwmkd, perf 11-12½, scarce, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1134 - turks islands
26 (38) 1881 2½d on 1' dull blue Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 25, setting 9, scarce, a perfectly centered example--exceptionally rare in this condition!, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1135 - turks islands
35 (42) 1881 4d on 6d black Q Victoria surcharged, SG Type 28 (Scott Type r), Setting 1, scarce, light grid cancel, VF
Lot #1136 - turks islands
36 (48) 1881 4d on 1d dull red Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 28 (Scott Type r), wmkd Small Star, perf 11-12x14½-15½, scarce, very rare and undercatalogued used, barred-oval numeral cancel, VF
Lot #1137 - turks and caicos islands
60-70 (176-86) 1928 ½d-10' K George V "Postage & Revenue", wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (11), a rare and undercatalogued used set, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1138 - uganda
5 (5) 1895 50c black Missionary typewritten, wide letters and format (20-26 mm), imperf, frame-line dashes showing on three sides, ex-Dunston and Dr. Gene Scott collections, unu iss, F-VF
Lot #1139 - uganda
38 (38) 1895 20c violet Missionary typewritten, narrow letters and format (16-18mm), scarce, imperf, frame-lines showing on three sides, unu iss, VF
Lot #1140 - uganda
47 (47) 1896 20c violet "VR" Missionary typewritten, narrow format, narrow letters (16-18mm), imperf, frame-line showing at left, unu iss, VF
Lot #1141 - uganda
52 (52) 1896 60c violet "VR" Missionary typewritten, narrow format, narrow letters (16-18mm), imperf, frame-lines showing on three sides, unu iss, VF
Lot #1142 - uganda
53 (53) 1896 100c violet "VR" Missionary typewritten, narrow format, narrow letters (16-18mm), imperf, frame-lines (or portions thereof) on all four sides, unu iss, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1143 - united arab emirates
1-12 (84-95) 1972 5f-1D Abu Dhabi Pictorials overprinted "U A E", cplt (12), exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued, this is one of the first sets we have ever had!, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1144 - Virgin Islands
21-28 (43-50) ½d-5' St. Ursula, cplt (8), tied to 1899 registered cover to Germany, a rare and attractive franking, small part of backflap removed, F-VF
Lot #1145 - Virgin Islands
47-48 (80-81) 1921 ½d-1d K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, we have traced usage for only 120 days!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1146 - zanzibar
(Z27, Z29) 1884 (Apr 14) ½a blue and 4a blue-green Q Victoria of India, both Die II, tied to fragile cover (with slight faults) by Zanzibar and "B" grid cancels (SG Type Z3) posted to England, with Aden and Cardiff receivers on reverse, scarce early usage,
Lot #1147 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2E) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, wmkd Star, perf 14, VARIETY - small second "z" and inverted "q" for "b", scarce, with Zanzibar 14 January 1896 cancel, F-VF
Lot #1148 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), some small second "z" varieties, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1149 - zanzibar
3d (3m) 1895 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, well centered, rich color, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1150 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black (row 7, pos 2), perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
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