1 (1 var footnoted) 1862 1d dull lake Medicinal Spring on bluish wove paper, unwmkd, perf 13, significantly undercatalogued and very seldom seen, OG, LH, XF
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.
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30 (34) 1890 1' pale violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare used as it was the last stamp issued and only saw 7 months of usage, substantially undercatalogued, ex-Col. Harvey, light "A 09" numeral cancel, seldom seen used, signed Diena, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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