O5 (O15) 1917 ½d green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, rare and undercatalogued used, lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
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 501 - 525 of 555
Lot #1102 - trinidad and tobago
O5 var footnoted (O15a) 1917 ½d yellow-green Britannia overprinted "OFFICIAL" SG Type O6, wmkd MCA, perf 14, exceptionally rare and undercatalogued used, tied to piece by "Port of Spain" cds, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1103 - tristan da cunha
1946 1d Potato local typographed (value 4 potatoes), designed and produced by Allan Crawford, examples were attached to the May 10, 1946 Tristan da Cunha petition requesting own postage stamps, a complete sheet of 35, well centered, with fresh color, scarce and very seldom seen as a complete sheet, a nice addition to a topical Penguin or Bird exhibit, OG, NH, XF
Lot #1104 - tristan da cunha
1946 1d Potato local typographed (value 4 potatoes), designed and produced by Allan Crawford, examples were attached to the May 10, 1946 Tristan da Cunha petition requesting own postage stamps, a fresh upper left corner example, OG, LH, XF
Lot #1105 - turks islands
5 (5) 1879 1d dull red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12½x14½-15½, mint sheet-margin block of four, rich color, an unusual multiple, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1106 - turks islands
6 (6) 1879 1' lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12x14½-15½, rare, the Challis handbook estimates that only around 100 were issued without the later overprints - 13 different provisionals, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1107 - turks islands
6 (6) 1879 1' lilac Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11-12x14½-15½, rare, the Challis handbook estimates that only around 100 were issued without the later overprints - 13 different provisionals, very well centered, VF
Lot #1108 - turks and caicos islands
MR6a (145a) 1918 3d purple on yellow K George V with SG Type 40 overprint in red "WAR TAX", ERROR - overprint double, wmkd MCA, perf 14, centered as normal for this error, very fresh block of four with full error "WAR TAX" overlappearanceing each horizontal row, scarce as a multiple, OG, NH, VF
Lot #1109 - uganda
5 (5) 1895 50c black Missionary, wide letters and format (20-26 mm), with frame-line dashes showing on three sides, inused as issued, VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1110 - uganda
35 (35) 1895 5c violet Missionary typewritten, narrow letters and format (16-18mm), frame-lines showing on top and left, inused as issued, F-VF
Lot #1111 - uganda
58a (74a) 1896 8a black Type-set, handstamped "L" (local overprint), VARIETY - small "o" in "PoSTAGE" (row 3, pos 1), imperf, left-hand positional sheet-margin example, quite scarce, SUPERB
Lot #1112 - uganda
58a (74a) 1896 8a black Type-set, handstamped "L" (local overprint), VARIETY - small "o" in "PoSTAGE" (row 3, pos1), imperf, left-hand sheet margin example, used, quite scarce, SUPERB
Lot #1113 - uganda
59a (75a) 1896 1R black Type-set, overprinted "L", VARIETY - small "o" in "PoSTAGE" (row 3, pos 1), imperf, left-hand sheet-margin copy, elusive and undercatalogued, very seldom seen, inused as issued, SUPERB
Lot #1114 - uganda
61-68 (54-61) 1896 1a-5R black Type-set without overprint, unwmkd, imperf, cplt (8), scarce, inused as issued, F-VF
Lot #1115 - uganda
67a (60a) 1896 1R black Type-set, VARIETY - small "o" in "PoSTAGE" (row 3, pos 1), left sheet margin example, inused as issued, VF
Lot #1116 - Virgin Islands
4a, 6a, 7a (12-14) 1867-70 1d-1' St. Ursula on toned or greyish paper, unwmkd, perf 15, cplt (3) per Stanley Gibbons, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #1117 - Virgin Islands
24a (46a) 1899 4d chocolate St. Ursula, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - "FOURPENCF" (row 10, pos 3), only 298 printed, a very fresh and bright example of this scarce stamp, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #1118 - Virgin Islands
47 (80) 1921 ½d green K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, we have traced usage for only 120 days!, block of four with light "Road Town" cds, an extremely rare used multiple!, F-VF
Lot #1119 - Virgin Islands
48 (81) 1921 1d scarlet and deep carmine K George V, Die II, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, of considerable rarity used as it was issued in November and replaced the next year, thus in postal usage for a very short period - we have traced usage to only 120 days, well centered, light "Tortola" cds, VF
Lot #1120 - zanzibar
2 var footnoted (2D) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, VARIETY - small second "z", exceptionally well centered -- very rare thus!, OG, HR, SUPERB
Lot #1121 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), small "z"s and inverted "q" for "b" scattered throughout, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1122 - zanzibar
3a (3jD) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar", also with small second "z" raised, row 4, pos 6, slightly stained, part OG, fine
Lot #1123 - zanzibar
3b (3k) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - overprinted "Zanibar" in black (row 7, pos 2), lightly canceled, very scarce, VF, with Rendon certificate
Lot #1124 - zanzibar
5e (5m) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, VARIETY - diaeresis over last "a" (row 10, pos 5), a very scarce and seldom offered variety, fresh and bright color, OG, HR, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1125 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black (row 7, pos 2), lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
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