8a (7a) 1891 1d carmine K George I, perf 12½, overprinted by lithography with stars on upper right and lower left corners, ERROR - three stars overprinted (7 per pane) caused by 6 x 5 pane overprinted twice, once sideways, almost all of the stars errors are damaged due to local climate conditions where stamps were stored before overprinting, a rare error seldom offered, severely undercatalogued, for the Specialist or advanced Exhibitor,...
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Aug 29, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
Friday Aug 29, 2025 12:00 America/Los_Angeles
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.
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Lot #1063 - tonga
8b (7b) 1891 1d carmine K George I marginal strip of three (positions 1 through 3 on pane of 30), perf 12½, overprinted by lithography with stars in upper right and lower left corners, ERRORS - four stars overprinted on each stamp caused by 6x5 pane overprinted twice, once sideways, small perf thin on middle perf between left two stamps caused by normal paper adhesion on backs of double overprinted stamps of which multiples are very rare,...
Lot #1064 - tonga
8c (7c) 1891 1d carmine K George I, perf 12½, overprinted by lithography with stars on upper right and lower left corners, ERROR - five stars overprinted (7 per pane) caused by 6 x 5 pane overprinted twice, once sideways, some color and paper adhesions on backas is normal with these, error is not mentioned on the certificate, an undercatalogued error with exceptional appearanceearance for the issue, part OG, VF appearance, with BPA...
Lot #1065 - tonga
8e (7d) 1891 1d carmine K George I, perf 12x11½, block of four with stars in the upper right and lower left corners, bright fresh color and very scarce as a block of four, ex-Burrus with photocopy of Burrus' lot sheet and a copy of the Burrus auction catalogue, OG, HR, VF-S
Lot #1066 - tonga
9b (8a) 1891 2d violet K George I, perf 12x11½, block of four with star overprint in upper right and lower left corners, bright fresh color and very scarce as a block of four, ex-Burrus with the original Burrus lot sheet and a copy of the Burrus auction catalogue, OG, HR, XF
Lot #1067 - tonga
10a, 10 (10b, 10) 1892 half of 1d pale rose Arms of Tonga, bisect (½d) on piece with 2x 1d (2½d rate), very scarce, with bar oval cancels, F-VF
Lot #1068 - tonga
36a (36B) 1896 ½d on 1½d on 2d pale blue K George I, the scarce typewritten provisional with Tongan surcharges SG Types 12 reading upward (left panes) and Type 14, perf 12x11, undercatalogued, bottom sheet-margin example, part OG, VF
Lot #1069 - tonga
CO1-6 (O11-16) 1962 2d-£1 Century of Emancipation "OFFICIAL AIRMAIL" overprinted SG Type O3 in red, cplt (6) in margin blocks of four, traces of toning as normal on 10' inscription block and in margin on £1 lower right marginal inscription block, rare in blocks as only 510 sets sold to the public, OG,NH, SUPERB
Lot #1070 - tonga
O8 (O8) 1893 5d on 4d ultramarine Arms of Tonga overprinted "G.F.B." on red and surcharged SG Type O 2 in black, in a used vertical strip of three, such a multiple is rarely ever seen!, F-VF
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