Auction #138 - Public Auction

O80 (O109) 1904 1½d dull purple and green K Edward VII overprinted ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL SG Type O 11, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, the higher values of the second Admiralty set are conspicuously undercatalogued by Stanley Gibbons and Scott, a perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB

O83 (O112) 1903 3d dull purple on orange-yellow K Edward VII ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a difficult and seriously undercatalogued stamp, lightly canceled, F-VF

14 (15) 1917 $3 green and purple K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, perf 14, this is the key mint value, rarer than the $10 as most were used, vastly undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF

16 (17) 1917 $10 purple and black on red K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", undercatalogued mint as a high percentage were used postally, OG, NH, VF

9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), OG, LH, F-VF

25 (22) 1905 1pe black and carmine K Edward VII of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" (SG Type 2), rare and undercatalogued used, light "Tangier" cds, F-VF

34-45 (112-23) 1907-10 5¢ on ½d-12pe on 10' K Edward VII, cplt (12), OG, HR, F-VF

66 var (148a) 1930 40c on 4d grey-green K George V overprinted "MOROCCO AGENCIES" and surcharged, ERROR - surcharge double, one albino, rare, OG,HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate

437 var (227a) 1936 ½d green K Edward VIII of Great Britain surcharged in French currency "MOROCCO AGENCIES \ 5 CENTIMES" with ERROR - bar through "POSTAGE" on top stamp of a bottom marginal vertical strip if three, a striking variety of which only twelve examples show "POSTAGE" clearly obliterated with a line, a copy of the 1936 Stanley Gibbons Monthly journal article explaining and offering the error for £10 is included, very well centered...

unlisted (S1-S8) 1916 (end of Feb.-9 Mar.) ½d-1' K George V stamps of Great Britain overprinted "LEVANT" SG Type S1 by Army Printing Office in Salonica, cplt (8), only 360 of the 9d and 1' were overprinted (each with BPA certificate), sets are seldom offered, OG, HR, XF

unlisted (S2a) 1916 (end of Feb.-9 Mar.) 1d scarlet K George V of Great Britain overprinted "Levant" SG Type S1 by Army Printing Office in Salonica, vertical pair with top stamp ERROR - overprint double, wmkd Simple Cypher, perf 15x14, a rarely offered error, OG, HR, VF-S

6d, 6a (7ba, 7b) 1903 1' orange-red New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (row 7, pos 12), rarely offered under catalogued error which occurred once in a sheet of 120, 74 examples printed (including all SG listed shades), in horizontal pair with normal, fresh, bright color, OG, VLH, VF-S