5-9 (4-8) 1885-87 ½d-1' Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 1, wmkd Anchor, perf 14, cplt (5), elusive mint, with the 1' specially scarce and undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Jul 09, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 1
Thursday Jul 09, 2026 12:00 to 22:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
Welcome to Colonial Stamp Company's 144th consecutive British Colony Auction. Enclosed for your philatelic enjoyment, is our current auction in which I am reasonably sure will yield a fair number of items which have "languished" on your personal wantlist for a while! You can, as usual, mail, fax, call or email any bids, or you can wait and bid online at auction.colonialstamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our current catalog includes the second portion of two Malaya State collections including several major five figure rarities! Among the highlights of the auction are: Great Britain 1848 10d brown embossed, the 4d mint SC#22(SG 62a), 1882 £1 brown lilac. South Australia Victorian £5 and £10 mint high values, Victoria SC#156a (SG306b) used (only 8 recorded!), Australia roos mint to £2 and, 20 shilling postage due (the key major number of the country). Barbados mint SC#56a (SG82), Bechuanaland, the second rarest stamp of the colony SC#27 (SG23c) – missing in 99.9% of all collections. Strong British Guiana early “ships” Nova Scotia 1 shilling imperf unused. British Columbia & Vancouver Island, mint SC#3 (SG4) and others. The Canada contains many exceptional quality classics. Cape of Good Hope includes SC#39 (SG46), Falkland Islands with all the key later high values. Gold Coast with one of the few known postally used £2, strong early Jordan overprints, a run of Madagascar counselor mails and great run of Penrhyn Island overprints as well as a fine range of Zanzibar provisionals which serves to round out the sale.
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Price: $ 300.00
Lot #145 - bechuanaland
11-20 (10-19) 1888 1d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd Orb, perf 14 or wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, cplt (10), OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #146 - bechuanaland
21 (20) 1888 £1 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 460.00
Lot #147 - bechuanaland
22 (21) 1887 £5 lilac and black Q Victoria, wmkd Two Orbs (sideways), perf 14x13½, scarce high value, OG-HR, XF
Price: $ 1,120.00
Lot #148 - bechuanaland
27 (23c) 1888 2d on 2d lilac and black Q Victoria, green surcharge, a great rarity of which perhaps a dozen examples are recorded, seldom seen and undercatalogued, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Price: $ 4,000.00
Lot #149 - bechuanaland
39 (39) 1895 2d bistre Hope overprinted "British Bechuanaland" SG Type 10 reading downwards, wmkd Cabled Anchor, perf 14, this is the UNIQUE example of the "MOSITA BB" cds from the Bechuanaland period, F-VF
Price: $ 1,040.00
Lot #150 - bechuanaland
51 (55) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 17) 19mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only 840 were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate, as it was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a shortage, less than 1% were used, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #151 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, OG, NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 560.00
Lot #152 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, OG,VLH, F-VF
Price: $ 280.00
Lot #153 - bechuanaland
53 (54) 1890 ½d vermilion Q Victoria of Great Britain, overprinted "Protectorate" (SG Type 16) 15mm long, rare and undercatalogued as only a few sheets were printed, this stamp is difficult to locate as this was an essay overprint that was pressed into service during a stamp shortage, in addition to which it bears a strike of the scarce "KANYE" Bechuanaland cds, SUPERB
Price: $ 920.00
Lot #154 - bechuanaland
55 (47) 1888 2' green and black Q Victoria overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 13, wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 320.00
Lot #155 - bechuanaland
56 (48) 1888 2'6d green and black Q Victoria overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 12, wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 290.00
Lot #156 - bechuanaland
56 (48) 1888 2'6d green and black Q Victoria overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 12, wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, used examples are vastly rare (1 to 10 at least), seldom ever offered, as such significantly undercatalogued!, F-VF
Price: $ 1,080.00
Lot #157 - bechuanaland
57 (49) 1888 5' green and black Q Victoria overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 13, wmkd Script VR (sideways), perf 13½, OG-HR, VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #158 - bechuanaland
64 (44) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, overprinted "Protectorate" SG Type 12, black surcharge SG Type 13, a very scarce key and significantly undercatalogued stamp, OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 460.00
Lot #159 - bechuanaland
64 (44) 1888 4d on 4d lilac and black Q Victoria, overprinted "Protectorate", black surcharge, a very scarce key and significantly undercatalogued stamp, light "Vryburg" cds, F-VF
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #160 - bechuanaland
92-93 (83-84) 1914-15 2'6d-5' K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain overprinted "BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" SG Type 21 by Waterlow, wmkd Single Cypher, perf 11x12, cplt (2), scarce used, VF
Price: $ 640.00
Lot #161 - bechuanaland
92a, 93a (86, 87) 1917-19 2'6d-5' K George V Sea Horses of Great Britain overprinted SG Type 21, de la Rue printing, each with "Francistown" cds, F-VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #162 - bechuanaland
92b (86) 1917 2'6d sepia K George V Sea Horses, De La Rue printing, overprinted SG Type 1, scarce and undercatalogued used (the normal ratio is 10 or 20 to 1 against used!), lightly canceled, VF
Price: $ 220.00
Lot #163 - bechuanaland
95 (89) 1920 5' rose-red K George V Sea Horses overprinted SG Type 21, Bradbury Wilkinson printing, scarce and undercatalogued used, light double-ring cds, VF
Price: $ 270.00
Lot #164 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), a remarkably centered, hand-picked set!, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #165 - bechuanaland
105-16 (99-110) 1932 ½d-10' K George V and Cattle drinking, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (12), scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 250.00
Lot #166 - bechuanaland
AR1 (F1) 1910 6d black and brown-orange K Edward VII of Transvaal Postal Fiscal overprinted, only 1500 printed, scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #167 - bechuanaland
AR1 (F1) 1910 6d black and brown-orange K Edward VII of Transvaal Postal Fiscal overprinted, only 1500 printed, and less than 150 were postally used, as such both rare and undercatalogued, with "Lobatsi" cds, F-VF
Price: $ 560.00
Lot #168 - bechuanaland
AR3a (F3a) 1921 1d scarlet K George V of South Africa overprinted "Bechuanaland Protectorate." (SG Type F3) Postal Fiscal, ERROR - overprint double, one albino, in top marginal block of four, vivid color, well centered, very scarce as only one pane of this error was printed, OG,NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 720.00
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