Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

72 var footnoted (H41f) 1915 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 82 printed), perfectly centered, OG,LH, SUPERB
Net Est $1020

76 var footnoted (H46a) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - small "F" in "FRENCH", lightly canceled, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, so it is quite rare used!, VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $1575

86a (H53c) 1920 1' black on emerald-green K George V^ (emerald-green back) stamp of Gold Coast overprinted in London "TOGO ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION", scarce (probably only one pane of 60 was printed), bottom sheet-margin example, OG,NH, F-VF
Net Est $1800

30 (33) 1895 2½d rose K George II^, upper-left margin block of 12, with "NUKUALOFA" cds, scarce multiple, fine
Net Est $325

36a (36B) 1896 ½d on 1½d on 2d pale blue K George I^, the scarce typewritten provisional with Tongan surcharges SG Types 12 reading upward and Type 14, perf 12x11, the rarest, key stamp! undercatalogued, with left sheet-margin, with photocopy of RPSL certificate for the block of 4 that this example is from, OG, VLH, VF
Net Est $1350

CO1-6 (O11-16) 1962 2d-£1 Century of Emancipation^ "OFFICIAL AIRMAIL" overprinted SG Type O3 in red, cplt (6) in margin blocks of four, traces of toning as normal on 10' inscription block and in margin on £1 lower right marginal inscription block, rare in blocks as only 510 sets sold to the public, OG,NH, SUPERB
Net Est $4195

75b (120f) 1877 6d blue on green Coat of Arms^ overprinted "V.R. Transvaal" in black (SG Type 6), ERROR - overprint inverted (pos 25 on R pane), light 3-ring cancel, thins, VG app, with RPSL certificate
SG $2100

97-103 (133-139) 1878-80 ½d-2' Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 14, 14½, cplt (7), lightly canceled, F-VF
SG $375

108 (141a) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria, type f (SG Type 11), red surcharge, scarce, top sheet-margin example, fresh and well centered, OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $2400

114 (140a) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria, surcharged in red (SG Type 10), remarkably well centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Net Est $540

135 (187) 1892 £5 deep green Coat of Arms^, unwmkd, perf 12½, rare, as most existing examples are reprints or outright forgeries, with choice "Barberton" cds, SUPERB
SG $285

177b var footnoted (3c) 1901 ½d black on green "Pietersburg" issue^, SG Type P3 with Controller's initials in black, imperf, full margins -- sheet-margin at bottom, rare unrecorded VARIETY - "AER" for "AFR" at left and 'POSTZE"C"EL' (row 4, pos 5, third printing), OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate
Net Est $900