Auction #141 - Public Auction

Enclosed is our current auction catalog, it is our first auction catalog that utilizes a live online bidding feature. You can still bid all the ways you have previously such as via phone, email, mail bids, fax, agent, whatever is easiest for you, however you now have the additional option of bidding online in real time if you wish to. The sale is smaller than usual, as it will be our first that utilizes this feature. We very much want to have your feedback after the sale as we are always keen to improve our customer experience.

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