5 (4) 1859 4d dull rose Q Victoria on white paper, wmkd Star, rare -- they key value to the first issue, imperf, four margins (touching at top), lightly canceled, signed Senf, F-VF
Auction #141 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #141 - Public Auction
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The Auction:
Great Britain with strength in rarer 19th Century and key items, values to the £5.
British Oceania is strong in high value Australian Kangaroos to the £2 (several!). Fiji has £1 high values.
British West Indies is where Antigua features the rare 2½ red brown #9 (SG 19). Bahamas shows a wide range of classic issues while British Honduras has all the £1 high values. Cayman Islands includes K Edward VII 2½ on 4d and Falkland Islands has the “Centenary” set complete.
British Africa is strongly represented, as usual, with Bechuanaland and an unusual range of the difficult used K George V high value “Sea Horses”. Cape of Good Hope features a very rare SG #1 mint, the 1/- yellow-green, 4d “Wood Blocks” and the rare ½d mint Crown CC provisional #39 (SG 46) – the key to the provisional issues. East Africa & Uganda has a 50R mint K Edward VII, Egypt has the “Port Fouad” set while Gambia has a range of 9 imperf cameos. Madagascar weights in with 13 different large stamps and Rhodesia shows values to the £10.
British Europe features Cypress virtually complete to the £5, Gibraltar has the £5 mint and a rarer still used example. Malta includes the rare 10/- K George V.
Happy hunting!
George Holschauer
Sale Terms
Lot #259 - Ceylon
15 (16) 1857 ½d reddish lilac Q Victoria on blued glazed paper, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, a choice and very rare mint stamp, undercatalogued, seldom seen, OG, LH, VF
Lot #260 - Ceylon
40 (40) 1862 5d lake-brown Q Victoria on smooth paper, unwmkd, perf 13, very rare (missing from both the Caspary and Dale Lichtenstein collections, only 13 mint examples are recorded, exceptionally well centered, OG, LH, XF
Lot #261 - Ceylon
178-96 (277-88, 294-300) 1904-10 2¢-10R K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt per Sc (19), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #262 - Ceylon
215 (320) 1912 50R dull purple K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #263 - Ceylon
258 (367) 1927 20R dull purple and blue K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued, a high value seldom offered as a single, OG, LH, VF
Lot #264 - Ceylon
O1-7 (O1-7) 1869 1d-2' Q Victoria overprinted "SERVICE" SG Types O1 and O2 in black or red, cplt (7), prepared for use but not issued, rare, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF










