164 (179) 1933 10' black and sage-green K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, OG, NH, VF
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
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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.
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Showing 401 - 425 of 555
Lot #1002 - singapore
1-20 (1-15) 1948 1¢-$5 K George VI definitives, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), OG,VLH, VF
Lot #1003 - somaliland protectorate
14-26 (18-30) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria and K Edward VII stamps of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at bottom, cplt (13), scarce as only 1644 were sold of the 3R, few were used as the issue was replaced in 5 months, undercatalogued, mostly light cancels, 5R with RPSL certificate, F-VF
Lot #1004 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), OG, LH, VF
Lot #1005 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), many times more rare used than mint and as such, undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1006 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 var listed (32s-44s) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII overprinted "SPECIMEN", wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), very rarely seen as OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #1007 - somaliland protectorate
O6b (O6a) 1903 ½a green K Edward VII of India overprinted SG Type O2 in Calcutta, prepared for use but not issued, VARIETY - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 7, pos 12 of the upper pane), surprisingly rare and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1008 - somaliland protectorate
O13 (O12) 1904 2a dull and bright purple K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S." SG Type O3, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 960 ptd, the "key" stamp to the Colony, a seriously undercatalogued mint stamp as the vast majority were used!, a very challenging stamp, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1009 - somaliland protectorate
O14a (O13a) 1904 8a grey-black and pale blue K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S." SG Type O3, ERROR - no stop after "M", perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1010 - somaliland protectorate
O15 (O15) 1904 1R green K Edward VII overprinted "O.H.M.S." Official SG Type O3, wmkd CC, scarce, only 960 printed, and only 554 were sold, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1011 - south africa
16 (17) 1916 £1 green and red K George V, wmkd Springbok's Head, perf 14, scarce high value, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1012 - south africa
26-32 (34-39) 1927-28 2d-10' K George V and Views, engraved, wmkd Springbok's Head, perf 14, cplt (7) in horizontal pairs, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1013 - south africa
J1-7 (D1-7) 1915 ½d-1' Postage Dues, wmkd Springbok's Head, cplt (7), De La Rue printing, the 1' is very rare and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #1014 - south africa
O1-4 (O1-4) 1926 ½d-6d Officials with bilingual overprints, cplt (4), a scarce set, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1015 - south africa
O20j var (O19b, O19) 1947 2'6d blue and brown Ox-wagon bi-lingual block of four, overprinted "OFFICIAL" and "OFFISEEL" reading downwards (19½-20mm) SG Type O2, VARIETY - diaeresis over second "E" of "OFFISIEEL" on Afrikaans inscribed stamp (row 6, pos 2), very scarce, seldom offered, fresh with bright colors, OG,HR, VF
Lot #1016 - south africa
O30 var (O24a) 1937 6d green and vermilion Orange Tree bilingual pair overprinted "OFFICIAL OFFISIEEL" SG Types O 3 and O 4 (12-13mm), VARIEY - "Falling Ladder" flaw (row 5, pos 10) on South Africa stamp of the pair, very well centered with fresh bright color, seldom offered, OG, LH, XF
Lot #1017 - south-west africa
40 (40) 1926 £1 green and red K George V of South Africa overprinted, setting VI, wmkd Springbok, perf 14, bilingual horizontal pair, "Windhoek" double-ring cds, VF
Lot #1018 - south-west africa
108-20, C5, C6 (74-87, 96) 1931-37 ½d-20' Pictorials, wmkd Multiple Springboks, perf 14x13½, cplt (15) in horizontal pairs, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #1019 - south-west africa
108-20, C5, C6 (74-87, 96) 1931-37 ½d-20' Pictorials, wmkd Multiple Springboks, perf 14x13½, cplt (15) in horizontal pairs, used, ½d with bottom sheet-margin, F-VF
Lot #1020 - south-west africa
O21 (O21) 1947 2d blue and brown Bogenfels Official overprint (Types 013-014) in red, horizontal pair, rare and undercatalogued, especially used, perfectly centered, light "Gobabis" double-ring cds, SUPERB
Lot #1021 - southern rhodesia
1-14 (1-14) 1924-29 ½d-5' K George V Admiral set, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (14), used, F-VF
Lot #1022 - straits settlements
1 (1) 1867 1½¢ on ½a blue Q Victoria stamp of India surcharged SG Type 1, wmkd Elephant's head, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF
Lot #1023 - straits settlements
2 (2) 1867 2¢ on 1a deep brown Q Victoria of India surcharged SG Type 1, an exceptional, perfectly centered example, with "D 17" (Penang) cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1024 - straits settlements
25A (37) 1880 10¢ on 30¢ claret Q Victoria, surcharged SG Type i (without "cents"), wmkd CC, perf 14, F-VF
Lot #1025 - straits settlements
43, 46-47, 50, 53, 83-88 (95-105) 1892-99 1¢-$5 Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11) per Stanley Gibbons, OG, LH, F-VF
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