88 (105) 1898 $5 orange and carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, used, F-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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Lot #1027 - straits settlements
145 (168) 1911 $25 purple and blue on blue K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #1028 - straits settlements
N6b, N7b, N8b (J146a, J148a-49a) 1942 1¢ black, 2¢ orange and 3¢ green K George VI Japanese Occupation overprint in black (SG Type 1), all fresh and very scarce, undercatalogued, one certificate for all three, OG,LH, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1029 - straits settlements
N13c (J154a) 1942 15¢ ultramarine K George VI with Japanese Occupation handstamp SG Type, VARIETY - violet handstamp, scarce, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1030 - tanganyika
3 (65) 1921 50¢ black and dull purple K George V of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 1, wmkd Script CA, exceedingly rare and seldom seen used, severely undercatalogued, light cancel, F-VF
Lot #1031 - tanganyika
5 (67) 1921 3R gray green and violet K George V of East Africa and Uganda overprinted "G.E.A." SG Type 2, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, considerably undercatalogued - much rarer used than mint, with "Tanga" cds, F-VF
Lot #1032 - tanganyika
29-44 (93-107) 1927-31 5¢-£1 K George V, wmkd MSCA, perf 14, cplt (16), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1033 - tanganyika
NL9 (M1A) 1915 2½h brown Yacht of German East Africa handstamped "G.R. MAFIA" SG Type M1 in blackish lilac, the most difficult heller value of the set, much undercatalogued!, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1034 - tanganyika
NL10 (M2A) 1915 4h green Yacht of German East Africa handstamped "G.R. MAFIA" SG Type M1 in blackish lilac, OG, HR, VF
Lot #1035 - tanganyika
NL12 (M4A) 1915 15 heller ultramarine Yacht of German East Africa with "G.R. MAFIA" handstamp in blackish lilac, scarce, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #1036 - tanganyika
NL45 (M14) 1915 6¢ on 15h ultramarine Kaiser's Yacht handstamped "G.R. POST 6 CENTS MAFIA" in violet, a significent rarity as very few examples known! - thus vastly undercatalogued, seldom seen at all, signed, OG, HR, VF, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #1037 - tanganyika
NL48 (M17) 1915 6¢ on 45h black and carmine Kaiser's Yacht handstamped "G.R. POST 6 CENTS MAFIA" , an extreme rarity and massively undercatalogued, OG, HR, VF, with Gibbs certificate
Lot #1038 - tobago
4 (4) 1879 1' green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, perfectly centered, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1039 - tobago
5 (5) 1879 5' slate Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued, rarely met with a genuine cancel!, perfectly centered, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1040 - tobago
12 (12) 1860 1' yellow-ochre Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, in spite of its modest catalogue value this is one of the Colony's rarest used stamps, phenomenally undercatalogued!, light numeral "A 14" cancel, VF
Lot #1041 - tobago
24 (24c) 1896 1' orange-red Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, this stamp was printed in the color of the 6d by mistake, extremely rare and undercatalogued used as this was the last issued stamp-almost immediately replaced by a T&T stamp and there was a mint remainder of 6000 copies of this issue sold after the fact by the Crown Agents in London, F-VF
Lot #1042 - tobago
28 (28) 1887 ½d on 6d orange-brown Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 4, wmkd CA, perf 14, quite scarce, undercatalogued used, ex-Dr. Dunlop, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1043 - togo
34 (H13) 1914 1d on 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht, first (wide) setting overprint SG Type 1 and surcharged SG Type 2, only 688 issued, undercatalogued, fresh, nice centering, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1044 - togo
43 (H9) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Kaiser's Yacht, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (wide) setting, only 550 overprinted, scarce, light "Lome" cds, VF
Lot #1045 - togo
44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, quite rare, tied by light "Lome" cds to piece, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #1046 - togo
48 (H14) 1914 3pf brown Kaiser's Yacht, second (narrow) setting of the "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation" overprint, rare and undervalued as only 25 copies were printed, light "Lome" cds, well centered, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1047 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, signed Diena, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Lot #1048 - togo
49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, only 50 copies were printed, of which about 30 were used, tied by "Lome" cds to piece, rare, with color photocopy of BPA certificate for the larger piece this is from, VF-S
Lot #1049 - togo
56 (H22) 1914 80pf black and carmine on rose Yacht, second (narrow) setting, very rare (only 25 printed--10 mint and 15 used known), extremely undercatalogued, light "Lome" cds, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #1050 - togo
61 (H29) 1915 3pf brown Yacht overprinted SG Type 6, third setting (Anglo-French 15mm), rare (only 50 printed), a perfectly centered example, tied by blue "Lome" cds to piece, SUPERB
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