Auction #140 - Public Auction

75 var footnoted (H45a) 1915 10' green and red on green K George V of Gold Coast overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" locally, VARIETY - small "F" in "French", very rare used, tied by "LOME" cds to piece, signed Bister F-VF

76 var footnoted (H46f) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", ERROR - first "O" of "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 30 printed), usual perf faults caused by removal from the sheet by the Post Office before issue (they used a knife or scissors), seldom seen, seriously undercatalogued as this is one of the two key values to this very difficult set of errors, OG,LH, F-VF...

8-9 (7-8) 1891 1d-2d K George I with "star" overprints in upper right and lower left corners,tied to cover by two different "Vavau" barred-oval cancels, posted to New Zealand, an attractive and rare cover! backstamped with "Nukuala / Tonga" receiver, VF, with BPA certificate

38-52 (38a-53a, 55) 1897-1934 ½d-5' Pictorials, wmkd Tortoises sideways, perf 14, cplt (15), a very attractive and popular issue, 2d is type (no sword hilt), OG, LH, F-VF

26 (31) 1872 6d ultramarine Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, a choice, perfectly centered example, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB

60 (99) 1877 1d bright red Coat of Arms overprinted "V.R. Transvaal" SG Type 4, fine roulette, stout hard-surfaced paper, position 4, very rare mint (our reference example cost us well over Stanley Gibbons at the time!), with photocopy of RPSL certificate for the block of four that this is the upper right example, OG, HR, VF

108 (141a) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria, type f (SG Type 11), red surcharge, well centered, lightly canceled, elusive and undercatalogued considering how seldom examples are offered, F-VF

(T5) 1902 5' on £2 red-brown "V.R.I." Fiscal overprinted "Transvaal Telegraphs. FIVE Shillings." SG Type T3, lightly canceled, F-VF

65 (102) 1882 4d bluish grey Brittania, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used, ex-Burris block of four, OG, LH, F-VF

74-90 (114-24, 116, 127-32) 1896-1906 ½-£1 Britannia set, wmkd CA or CA over Crown, cplt (17) per Scott, includes the scarce 1d SG Type II (oval "O"), OG, LH, F-VF

89 (123) 1896 10' green and ultramarine Britannia on ordinary paper, wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, by far the key used value to the set, undercatalogued, SUPERB

90 var footnoted (124a) 1906 £1 green and carmine Britannia on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd CA over Crown, perf 14, from a small late printing released shortly before the change of watermark to MCA!, elusive and rarely met with, OG, VLH, XF