3 (5) 1878-79 3d bright scarlet EXPRESS, perf 12½, second state of the die, F-VF
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
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 #966 - samoa
101-09 (101-09) 1914 ½d on 3pf-9d on 80pf Kaiser's Yacht surcharged SG Type 13 and overprinted "G.R.I.", cplt (9), light "Apia" cancels, several tied to piece, F-VF
Lot #967 - samoa
107 (107) 1914 5d on 40pf lake and black Kaiser's Yacht overprinted ""G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 13, unwmkd, perf 14, very difficult mint as a disproportionate number of the 5d value were used!, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #968 - samoa
110 (110) 1914 1' on 1M carmine Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged SG Type 14, unwmkd, perf 14½x14, a key rarity (only 100 issued), signed Diena, OG, VLH, VF, with RPS of New Zealand certificate
Lot #969 - samoa
112 (113) 1914 3' on 3M violet-black Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "G.R.I." and surcharged, only 458 printed, tied by "Apia" cds to piece, signed Bothe, SUPERB
Lot #970 - samoa
113 (114) 1914 5' on 5M carmine and black Kaiser's Yacht surcharged and overprinted "G.R.I." SG Type 14, only 535 printed, lightly canceled, trivial soiling, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #971 - samoa
161 (176) 1932 £5 dark blue Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "SAMOA" (SG Type 15) in red, on thick, opaque, white chalk-surfaced "Cowan" paper, perf 14, signed by several, very rare and undercatalogued, OG, LH, XF
Lot #972 - samoa
201 (213) 1948 £3 green Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal of New Zealand overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 in blue on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, scarce as only 2,491 were overprinted, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #973 - samoa
202 (214) 1946 £5 indigo-blue New Zealand Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal overprinted "WESTERN SAMOA." SG Type 27 on thin hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper, wmkd Multiple N.Z. and Star, perf 14, OG, NH, F-VF












