Auction #140 - Public Auction

O1-7 (O1-7) 1894 ½d-5' Q Victoria Officials with "O S" overprints SG Type O1, wmkd CA, perf 14 (5' wmkd CC, perf 12½), cplt (7), OG, VLH, VF

2 var (150w) 1913-23 1d red Britannia, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, perf 14, very rare, listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, lightly canceled, F-VF

J5 (D22) 1944 5d black Postage Due, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very scarce and undercatalogued used as it saw very little use before the next issue, lightly canceled, SUPERB

J8 (D25) 1945 1' black Postage Due, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used high value that saw very little use before the next issue, lightly canceled, signed, VF

O2 (O12) 1914 ½d green Britannia Official with SG Type O4 overprint, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and vastly undercatalogued as very few were actually ever used!, well centered, tied by "San Fernando" cds to piece of OHMS envelope, VF, with Brandon certificate

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!, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, VF, with Brandon certificate

O5 (O15) 1917 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate

5 (5) 1895 50 (c) black Missionary typewritten, wide letters and format (20-26 mm), imperf, frame-line dashes showing on three sides, ex-Dunston and Dr. Gene Scott Gold Medal collections, unused as issued, F-VF

24 (24) 1895 50 (c) black Missionary typewritten, wide letters and narrow format (16-18mm), imperf, framel=lines showing on portions of all four sides, unused as issued, VF

61-68 (54-61) 1896 1a-5R black Type-set without overprint, unwmkd, imperf, cplt (8), unused as issued, F-VF

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, VF

(Z2) 1865 2a orange Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar with rhomboid of bars cancel (as noted in SG), rare and undercatalogued, includes a copy of the larger piece that this stamp is from showing the associated SG Type Z1 cancel, ex-Jeremy Lea, fine