British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1

O62 (O52) 1903 6d pale dull purple K Edward VII overprinted ARMY OFFICIAL SG Type O6, quite scarce, especially mint, OG, LH, F-VF

O69 (O85) 1902 2½d ultramarine K Edward VII Board of Education overprint SG Type O8, well centered, lightly canceled, VF

O82 (O111) 1903 21/2d ultramarine K Edward VII Admiralty Official, overprinted SG Type O 11, perfectly centered, rare and vastly undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB

1-16 (1-17) 1917-21 1¢-$10 K George V stamps of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, cplt (16), the $3 is the rare "key" value to the set, and undercatalogued, OG, LH, F-VF

9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), OG, LH, VF

437 var (227a) 1936 ½d green K Edward VIII of Great Britain surcharged in French currency "MOROCCO AGENCIES \ 5 CENTIMES" with ERROR - bar through "POSTAGE" on top stamp, with a few perf tips with trivial toning not mentioned in the certificate, bottom-marginal strip of three, a striking ERROR of which only twelve examples show "POSTAGE" clearly obliterated with the bar, a copy of the 1936 Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal article explaining...

6c (7a) 1903 1' bright red New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (row 7, pos 12), seldom offered, undercatalogued error which only occurred once in a sheet of 120, only 74 examples were printed including all listed shades, well centered with fresh bright color, OG, HR, XF

6e (7ba var) 1903 1' orange-brown New Zealand Kea and Kaka overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without stop (row 7, pos 12), rarely offered under catalogued error which occurred once in a sheet of 120, 74 examples printed (including all SG listed shades), OG, LH, VF-S

17b, 18b (13b, 14c) 1916-17 6d-1' K George V of New Zealand, recess printing, overprinted "AITUTAKI" SG Type 8 in blue, each VARIETY - compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), fresh color, well centered, OG, HR, VF

18c, 18 (14bb, 14b) 1917 1' orange K George V of New Zealand overprinted SG Type 8, ERROR - "Tai" without dot on "i" on the upper left stamp in a block of four (rows 8 and 9, positions 9 and 10), only 105 printed of the error, fresh color, OG, HR, F-VF

18d (14bc) 1917 1' vermilion K George V of New Zealand overprinted, ERROR - "Tiringi" without dot on second "i" (row 8, pos 12 or row 10, pos 7), a very scarce stamp (only 70 printed), fresh color, OG,VLH, VF

33 var footnoted (29 var footnoted) 1920 1' black and purple Avatua Harbor VARIETY - frame printed double, a right margin example which displays both frames completely (and portion of adjoining stamp at left), unwmkd, perf 14, one of ten right marginal examples printed, fresh, bright colors, very rare in this right marginal format, OG, VLH, SUPERB