1 (1) 1862 6d blue-green Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, part OG, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Auction #141 - Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. 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
Sale Terms
Lot #34 - antigua
1 (1) 1862 6d blue-green Q Victoria, unwmkd, rough perf 14 to 16, in our experience scarcer used than mint, lovely "A 02" grid cancel, VF
Lot #35 - antigua
4 (8) 1863 6d green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), rough perf 14 to 16, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #36 - antigua
9 (19) 1879 2½d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, a rare and substantially undercatalogued key stamp of the Colony, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #37 - antigua
21-30 (31-40) 1903 ½d-5' K Edward VII Seal of the Colony, wmkd CC, cplt (10), OG, HR, VF
Lot #38 - antigua
31-41 (41//51) 1908-15 ½d-5' K Edward VII Seal of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (9), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #39 - antigua
31-41 (41//51) 1908-15 ½d-5' K Edward VII Seal of the Colony, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (9), the 2' is very scarce used, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #40 - antigua
42-57, 43a, 49a (62-80) 1921-29 ½d-4' St John's Harbor, wmkd Script MCA, perf 14, cplt (18) with all Stanley Gibbons major numbers, this set includes several rare and undercatalogued used stamps, a difficult set, F-VF
Lot #41 - antigua
58-64 (55-61) 1921-29 3d-£1 K George V and St John's Harbor, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (7), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #42 - antigua
58-64 (55-61) 1921-29 3d-£1 K George V and St John's Harbor, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (7), an exceptional and perfectly centered set, lightly canceled - rare thus!, SUPERB
Lot #43 - antigua
67-76 (81-90) 1932 ½d-5' Antigua Tercentenary, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (10), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #44 - antigua
67-76 (81-90) 1932 ½d-5' Antigua Tercentenary, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (10), F-VF















