1-6 (1-6) 1880 ½d-1' Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", cplt (6), fresh, 6d and 1' are signed, OG, LH, VF
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.
Sale Terms
Lot #300 - Cyprus
9 (8) 1881 ½d on 1d red Q Victoria of Great Britain overprinted "CYPRUS", surcharged "HALF PENNY" 16mm long (SG Type 4), Plate 216, the scarce plate, a very scarce and drastically undercatalogued basic stamp that is seldom seen!, very often on the want lists of advanced collectors, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #301 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), a very rare and seldom seen mint set, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #302 - Cyprus
11-15 (11-15) 1881 ½pi-6pi Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), used, F-VF
Lot #303 - Cyprus
15 (15) 1881 6pi olive-grey Q Victoria, Die I, wmkd CC, perf 14, quite rare, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #304 - Cyprus
16 (23) 1882 ½pi on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #305 - Cyprus
26 (29) 1886 ½pi on ½pi green Q Victoria , wmkd CA, SG Type 10, SC Type I surcharge (8mm), scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, XF, with Kneitschel certificate
Lot #306 - Cyprus
27 (28) 1886 ½ on ½pi emerald-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, SG Type 10 surcharge (8mm), perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #307 - Cyprus
28-37 (40-49) 1894-96 ½pi-45pi Q Victoria Die II, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (10), including the scarce and undercatalogued used 12pi, bright colors, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #308 - Cyprus
38-47 (50-59) 1903 ½pi-45pi K Edward VII, wmkd CA, cplt (10), only 2640 printed of the 45pi, OG, LH, VF
Lot #309 - Cyprus
72-86 (85-99) 1921-23 10pa-45pi K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), cplt (15), of the 45pi only 2584 were printed (a difficult and undercatalogued stamp), OG, LH, VF
Lot #310 - Cyprus
72-86 (85-99) 1921-23 10pa-45pi K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), a rate and undercatalogued complete used set of 15, which includes several very difficult stamps, of the 45pi only 2584 were printed, and few were used, F-VF
Lot #311 - Cyprus
87-88 (100-01) 1923 10'-£1 K George V, wmkd MCA, perf 14, originally only 1682 were printed of the £1, however it is important to note that a sizeable remainder of which were burned in 1924, quite scarce, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #312 - Cyprus
108 (117) 1924 90pi green and red on yellow K George V, wmkd Script CA, as there seems to have been very little postal usage for this denomination, consequently it is unusually difficult, undercatalogued and seldom seen used, tied to piece by oval "Limassol" registry cancel, extremely well centered, SUPERB
Lot #313 - Cyprus
109s (117as) 1928 £5 black on yellow K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, overprinted "SPECIMEN", OG, LH, VF
Lot #314 - Cyprus
110 (102) 1923 £1 purple and black on red K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, fresh, OG, LH, VF
Lot #315 - Cyprus
114-23 (123-32) 1928 ¾pi-£1 K George V Fiftieth Anniversary set, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, cplt (10), £1 is a nice bottom-left corner-margin example, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #316 - Cyprus
125-35 (133-43) 1934 ¼pi-45pi K George V pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF





















