C46-59 (212-25) 1939 ½d-£1 Bulolo Goldfields Air Mails, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (14), OG, HR, SUPERB
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 #727 - new guinea
O12-22 (O31-41) 1931 1d-5' Bird of Paradise Officials, dated scrolls, overprinted "OS", cplt (11), undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #728 - new guinea
O22 (O41) 1931 5' olive-brown Bird of Paradise Official, dated scrolls, overprinted "OS", perf 11, light "Rabaul" cds, preposterously undercatalogued used!, VF
Lot #729 - new guinea
O23-35 (O42-54) 1932-34 1d-5' Bird of Paradise Officials, undated scrolls, overprinted "OS", perf 11, cplt (13), bright colors, unusually well centered, most lightly hinged, others with light remnants, undercatalogued, OG,HR, VF
Lot #730 - new guinea
O23-35 (O42-54) 1932-34 1d-5' Bird of Paradise Officials, undated scrolls, overprinted "OS", cplt (13), hopelessly undercatalogued as in practice one encounters 20-30 mint sets against one used set!, lightly canceled, F-VF
Lot #731 - new hebrides
1-6 (4-9) 1908 ½d-1' K Edward VII of Fiji overprinted SG Type 1, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (6), of the 1' only 1440 were printed, undercatalogued, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #732 - new hebrides
31 (35) 1921 2d on 40c red on yellow Weapons and Idols (French issue) surcharge, wmkd RF in Sheet, perf 14, seriously undercatalogued as only 40 sheets (1200 stamps) were originally printed, a right-hand sheet-margin example, OG, NH, F-VF
Lot #733 - new hebrides
33-37 (36-39) 1921 1d-6d Weapons and Idols, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used!, VF
Lot #734 - new hebrides
50-61 (52-63) 1938 5c-10F Island and Outrigger Canoe, wmkd MCA, perf 12, cplt (12), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #735 - new hebrides
J1-5 (D1-5) 1925 1d (10¢)-10d (1fr) Postage Due overprint set, cplt (5), P.O. fresh (no trace of the gum toning usually associated with this issue), the majority of the issue was sold over the P.O. counter and became severely gum toned, the only untoned sets had to be acquired directly from the Crown Agents in London, hence its scarcity in this condition, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #736 - new republic
13a var footnoted (18) 1886 5s6d violet on yellow (20 FEB 86), a very rare date, we have only seen 2 examples in many decades, lightly canceled, unpriced date in Stanley Gibbons, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #737 - new republic
20 var footnoted (27) 1886 2d violet on blue (24 MAY 86), extremely rare date, faults, part OG, f appearance
Lot #738 - new republic
25 var footnoted (32) 1886 1' violet on granite (24 MAY 86), scarce date, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #739 - new republic
32Be (43b) 1886 10s6d violet on blue (2 JUL 86), ERROR - "d" omitted, rare date, unpriced until 2005, it is now priced at a level that is irrelevant to its actual rarity!, well centered, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #740 - new republic
37 var footnoted (48) 1886 1d violet on yellow with embossed arms (10 FEB 86), rare, OG,HR, fine
Lot #741 - new republic
41 var footnoted (52) 1886 1d violet on blue granite paper with embossed arms (JAN 20 86), perf 11½, a rare and undercatalogued date!, OG,LH, F-VF
Lot #742 - new republic
58 (95) 1887 30s violet on yellow with embossed arms, without date, very rare and seldom seen--massively undercatalogued given that only 18 were printed per Jonkers, signed Bloch and Stolow, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #743 - new republic
61b var (74b) 1886 3d violet on blue granite paper with embossed Arms, VARIETY - Arms tête-bêche horizontal pair, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons and Scott, very rare, OG, LH, VF
Lot #744 - New Zealand
1 (1) 1855 1d dull carmine Q Victoria Chalon Head on white paper, wmkd Large Star, London printing, imperf, tiny to missing margins, rich color, lightly canceled, fine, with RPS of New Zealand certificate
Lot #745 - New Zealand
2 (2) 1855 2d dull blue Q Victoria Chalon Head on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four full margins, ex-Joeseph Hackmey's Gold Medal collection, a great rarity!, unused, VF-S, with RPSL certificate
Lot #746 - New Zealand
2 (2) 1855 2d dull blue Q Victoria Chalon Head on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four margins, very lightly canceled, rarely seen, slight soiling, F-VF
Lot #747 - New Zealand
3 (3) 1855 1' pale yellow-green Q Victoria Chalon Head on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, London (Perkins, Bacon) printing, imperf, with top and bottom margins (sides touching to in), lightly canceled, fine
Lot #748 - New Zealand
4 (4) 1855 1d red Q Victoria Chalon Head on blue paper, unwmkd, Auckland printing, imperf, close to touching margins, very rare, trivial soiling, unused, fine
Lot #749 - New Zealand
4 (4) 1855 1d red Q Victoria Chalon Head on blue paper, unwmkd, Auckland printing, imperf, 3 good margins (touching at left), lightly canceled, F-VF, with Odenweller certificate
Lot #750 - New Zealand
5 (5) 1856 2d blue Q Victoria on blue paper, unwmkd, imperf, full margins (to just touching at bottom), lightly canceled, VF, with Odenweller certificate
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