1 var (1 var) 1874 1d lilac-mauve Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "CANCELLED" overprint, straight-edge and shortish perfs, very rare, part OG, fine
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
British Colony Public Auction # 142
Enclosed is our current auction in which you can bid, as usual, directly with us (“on the book”), through an agent, or you can bid live online at Auction.ColonialStamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our new catalogue includes the first portion of 2 major seven-figure collections estates,
Great Britain includes the rare 1½d 1860 unissued “rosy mauve” as we;; as higher £1 and £5 values, and a strong “Official: selection including a mint 5/- Q Victoria I. R. Official.
Australia and States with scarce material South Australia to the £5 and strong Officials Australia to £2 ”roo” and better Postage Dues with a 10/- green.
Difficult Brunei Japanese Occupation items, out standing Bushire Coronation issues – 7 values including the 2c.
Canada “Jubilees” to the $5. Rare Cook Islands provisionals and values to £5. Cyprus provisionals and £5. Falklands Islands with most of the major key and popular high values to £1. Fiji strong in early provisionals and Postage Dues. Gibraltar to £5. Labuan includes the rare mint $5 172 (141). Madagascar with 35 different values! Strong Malay States with values to $500 and rare Japanese Occupation issues including the complete “Malacca” box overprint set. Malta with the key 10/-. Major Mesopotamia (Baghdad) of 11 different values. Natal to mint £5 K Edward VII, a fine range of New Britain G.R.I. overprints and New Zealand has strong “Chalons” commencing with a used #1 and 14 different “O.P.S.O.s”. Rare North Borneo and North West Pacific Islands issues. Samoa “G.R.I.s” witn 1M, 3M and 5M values. Sierra Leone to the £5 Elephant, Togo British Occupation to the 1 mark. As usual a major Zanzibar provisional section.
Wishing you all success with your bids.
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Lot #440 - lagos
5 (6) 1874 6d blue-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with "Lagos B" cds VARIETY - "B" inverted, only occurred in January 1875, rare, small faults, F-VF appearance
Lot #441 - lagos
10 var (14a) 1876 4d carmine Q Victoria, VARIETY - wmk CC sideways, perf 14, "stepped L" cancel, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #442 - lagos
12 (16) 1879 1' orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, value 16½mm long, rare mint as the majority were postally used, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #443 - lagos
13 (21) 1885 ½d dull green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "BAOGAY - B" village cds, scarce, VF
Lot #444 - lagos
15 (22) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with very rare example of the small village "EPE" cds, few exist!, F-VF
Lot #445 - lagos
23 var (24 var) 1884 4d pale violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a rarely seen specialist piece, OG,LH, SUPERB
Lot #446 - lagos
26 var (25 var) 1884 6d olive-green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, very rare imperf plate proof color trial in the issued shade, four margins, a seldom seen item for the specialist, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #447 - lagos
33 (27) 1886 2'6d olive-black Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 900 issued, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #448 - lagos
34 (39) 1887-1902 2'6d green and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, undercatalogued, rich color, used, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #449 - lagos
36 (40) 1887 5' green and blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, sizeably undercatalogued used as the ratio of what is seen is easily 50:1 in favor of the mint!, light cds, SUPERB
Lot #450 - lagos
38 (41) 1887 10' green and brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, a difficult, seldom used stamp which resulted in a huge mint remainder, undercatalogued as one encounters 50 mint examples against 1 used, light barred oval cancel, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #451 - lagos
47 (51) 1904 2'6d green and carmine K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 1440 printed, but a very rare used stamp as it was only in use a few months, not 10% were used!, rarely seen and vastly undercatalogued used, light "Lagos" 1904 cds, F-VF
Lot #452 - lagos
48 (52) 1904 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd CA, seldom seen, it saw only a few months of usage before it was replaced by the MCA wmk in December 1904, astonishingly rare and undercatalogued used, light "1904" cds, SUPERB
Lot #453 - lagos
49 (53) 1904 10' green and brown K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 720 issued, one of the greatest USED rarities of this Colony, as it was issued in November of 1904 and replaced less than a month later by the MCA wmk, easily 20 or 30-to-1 in favor of the mint, significantly undercatalogued, seldom ever offered, light "Lagos" cds, ex-"Nashville", VF
Lot #454 - lagos
58a (62a) 1906 5' green and blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, quite scarce and undercatalogued used, ex-Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #455 - lagos
59 (63) 1904 10' green and brown K Edward VII on ordinary paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued used as the ratio of what is seen is easily 20:1 in favor of the mint!, well centered, lightly canceled, VF




















