J3 var (D3w) 1885 2d slate-black Postage Due, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, until this discovery of this example it was thought not to exist in the mint state!, a major Postage Due rarity, fresh, OG,VLH, VF-S
Auction #127 - Public Auction
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Sep 28, 2017 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #127 - Public Auction
Thursday Sep 28, 2017 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
This new Public Auction contains many interesting and valuable stamps from all parts of the Empire!
• Great Britain includes high value 10/- large squares, Sea Horses to the £1 and a good Officials section.
• British West Indies has key Antigua stamps; Bahamas shows an 1865 1/- in unusual “superb” quality; Barbados features a unique ½d double overprint (both in black) ex-Ferrary; a Bermuda highlight is a KGV 2/6d in bright orange-vermilion; British Guiana features classic perforated issues; Grenada has the all-but-impossible second issue Postage Due set, mint (a different set than last time!); Turks Island shows a nice range of overprints.
• British Africa is very well represented, including Bechuanaland 4d on 4d, 26 (25), a great used rarity; Cape of Good Hope shows a nice 1/- yellow-green Triangle, mint, and the scarce ½d on 3d overprint, wmkd CC, mint; Egypt weighs in with 50pi Port Fouad, mint and used; there are over two dozen large Madagascar Consular Mail stamps; Natal features a 1/- green “Postage.”, used, 25 (43); Niger Coast features a very scarce mint 27 (336) ½d on 2½d; many rare Togo overprints to the 1M; and a large range of Zanzibar overprints finishes the continent.
A careful review should reveal many useful items!
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Showing 1351 - 1375 of 1501
Lot #1352 - trinidad
J12 var (D12w) 1905-06 3d slate-black Postage Due, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, 1 of only 3 mint examples recorded (per Herendeen), OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #1353 - trinidad
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
Lot #1354 - trinidad
O9 (O9) 1909 1d rose-red Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" (SG Type O2), an excessively rare and undercatalogued used stamp, a perennial challenge!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #1355 - trinidad
O9b (O9c) 1909 1d rose-red Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O2, ERROR - overprint inverted, with red pen mark, wmkd MCA, perf 14, fresh example of this seldom offered scarce error, ex-Kanai, ex-Gilbert, OG, HR, XF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1356 - trinidad
O10 (O10) 1910 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O2 on ordinary paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, especially used, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1357 - trinidad and tobago
1//20 (149-156) 1913-14 ½d-£1 Britannia, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1358 - trinidad and tobago
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
Lot #1359 - trinidad and tobago
20 (215) 1921 £1 green and carmine seated Britannia, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, very rare and hardly ever seen used, undercatalogued as in practice what is seen is 50 to 1 in favor of the mint!, with light "Port of Spain" cds, VF
Lot #1360 - trinidad and tobago
J5 (D22) 1944 5¢ 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, F-VF
Lot #1361 - trinidad and tobago
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, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1362 - trinidad and tobago
O1 (O11) 1913 ½d green Britannia Official with SG Type O3 overprint, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare and seldom seen used, severely undercatalogued, tied to piece, ex-gold medal Ramkissoon collection, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1363 - trinidad and tobago
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 used, tied to piece, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1364 - trinidad and tobago
O3 (O14) 1916 ½d yellow-green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O5 (with stop), wmkd MCA, perf 14, vastly undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1365 - trinidad and tobago
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
Lot #1366 - trinidad and tobago
O5 (O15) 1917 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1367 - 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, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1368 - tristan da cunha
1946 1d Potato local typographed (value 4 potatoes), designed and produced by Allan Crawford, examples were attached to the May 10, 1946 Tristan da Cunha petition requesting own postage stamps, fresh, OG, NH, XF
Lot #1369 - tristan da cunha
1946 1d Potato local typographed (value 4 potatoes), designed and produced by Allan Crawford, examples were attached to the May 10, 1946 Tristan da Cunha petition requesting own postage stamps, a fresh, well centered example, OG, LH, XF
Lot #1370 - tristan da cunha
1946 1d Potato local typographed (value 4 potatoes), designed and produced by Allan Crawford, examples were attached to the May 10, 1946 Tristan da Cunha petition requesting own postage stamps, a complete sheet of 35 (pos 17, 18, 19, and 34 are thinned), well centered with fresh color, scarce and very seldom seen as a complete sheet, XF
Lot #1371 - turks islands
5 (5) 1879 1d dull red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12½x14½-15½, mint sheet-margin block of four, rich color, an unusual multiple, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1372 - 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 #1373 - 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, numeral "1" barred-oval cancel, F-VF
Lot #1374 - turks islands
8 var (11c) 1881 ½d on 1' slate blue Q Victoria, SG type 6 (SC type b) local surcharge in black, OG, NH, VF, with BPB certificate
Lot #1375 - turks islands
12a (23) 1881 ½ on 1d dull red Q Victoria, SG Type 13 (Scott Type d) local surcharge in black, VARIETY - no fraction bar, scarce, OG, HR, VF
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