Auction #139 - Public Auction

162-77 (288-303) 1930-31 1¢-$1 Mt. Cavell set, perf 11, cplt (16), OG, LH, F-VF

C1a (274 var footnoted) 1928 5¢ olive-brown Air Mail, VARIETY - imperf horizontal pair, four full to large margins, OG, VLH, VF

F3 (R9) 1875 8¢ dull blue Registration stamp on unwmkd white wove paper, perf 12, a magnificent, perfectly centered and lightly canceled example!, SUPERB

1 (3) 1853 1d brick-red Cape Triangle on slightly blued paper, Perkins Bacon printing, wmkd Anchor, imperf, large margins (with portion of adjoining stamp at left), barred triangle cancel, SUPERB

6 (8) 1858 1' bright yellow-green Cape Triangle, white paper, wmkd Anchor, Perkins, Bacon ptg, a comparatively rare and definitely undercatalogued mint stamp, as the largest portion of this printing was used (only 1 mint multiple - a pair - is known), imperf, full margins, signed M. Galvez, OG, HR, VF

9a (14a) 1861 4d pale grey-blue Wood-block, laid paper, imperf, three margins (large at left), a lightly canceled "choice" example, XF, with Sismondo certificate

14 (20) 1864 6d bright mauve Cape Triangle, wmkd Anchor, de la Rue printing, imperf, full margins, numeral "1" barred-oval cancel, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate

21 (32) 1874 1d on 6d deep lilac Hope surcharged in red, wmkd CC, perf 14, very rare in this quality!, SUPERB

25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, HR, SUPERB

39 (46) 1882 ½d on 3d deep claret Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, surcharged "One Half-penny" SG Type 12 in black, scarce and undercatalogued used, numeral "1" barred-oval cancel, VF

170 (9) 1900 6d on 3d purple on yellow Q Victoria of Bechuanaland Protectorate surcharged and overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", only 1440 surcharged, only 10 mint examples thought to exist (per Rossi), a massively undercatalogued mint rarity, missing from the landmark Sir Maxwell Joseph and Maria de le Quellerie collections, it took us decades to find the mint example in our reference collection!, this is only the second mint example we have...

178 (17) 1900 1d pale blue on blue Sgt. Major Goodyear on horiz. laid paper, perf 12, only 9476 issued, tied by cds to piece, F-VF