10 (14) 1869 1' brown Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½, scarce, OG-HR, VF
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
Welcome to Colonial Stamp Company's 144th consecutive British Colony Auction. Enclosed for your philatelic enjoyment, is our current auction in which I am reasonably sure will yield a fair number of items which have "languished" on your personal wantlist for a while! You can, as usual, mail, fax, call or email any bids, or you can wait and bid online at auction.colonialstamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our current catalog includes the second portion of two Malaya State collections including several major five figure rarities! Among the highlights of the auction are: Great Britain 1848 10d brown embossed, the 4d mint SC#22(SG 62a), 1882 £1 brown lilac. South Australia Victorian £5 and £10 mint high values, Victoria SC#156a (SG306b) used (only 8 recorded!), Australia roos mint to £2 and, 20 shilling postage due (the key major number of the country). Barbados mint SC#56a (SG82), Bechuanaland, the second rarest stamp of the colony SC#27 (SG23c) – missing in 99.9% of all collections. Strong British Guiana early “ships” Nova Scotia 1 shilling imperf unused. British Columbia & Vancouver Island, mint SC#3 (SG4) and others. The Canada contains many exceptional quality classics. Cape of Good Hope includes SC#39 (SG46), Falkland Islands with all the key later high values. Gold Coast with one of the few known postally used £2, strong early Jordan overprints, a run of Madagascar counselor mails and great run of Penrhyn Island overprints as well as a fine range of Zanzibar provisionals which serves to round out the sale.
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Lot #796 - st. vincent
11 (10) 1866 1d rose-red Q Victoria, unwmkd, perf 11 to 12½x14 to 16, one of the three greatest rarities of St. Vincent of which very few exist, rarely seen mint, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #797 - st. vincent
16 (25) 1877 4d deep blue Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #798 - st. vincent
17 (17) 1872 1' deep rose-red Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½, a very rare and undercatalogued mint stamp, a perennial "want list" stamp, often missing from many advanced collections, OG-HR, F-VF, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #799 - st. vincent
18 (21) 1875 1' claret Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½, OG-HR, F-VF
Lot #800 - st. vincent
21 (23) 1877 6d pale green Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½x15, scarce, OG-HR, SUPERB
Lot #801 - st. vincent
23 (24) 1877 1' vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½ x15, OG-HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #802 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of where were later overprinted "REVENUE", perfectly centered, scarce this nice!, OG, LH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Lot #803 - st. vincent
29 (32) 1880 5' rose-red Seal of the Colony, wmkd Small Star, perf 11 to 12½, only 2,000 printed and a significant portion of which were later overprinted "REVENUE", scarce used, with a ratio of easily 10 to 1 in favor of the mint, as such quite undercatalogued, this example is exceptionally well centered -- rarely met with on this stamp, light "A 10" grid cancel, a remarkable gem!, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Lot #804 - st. vincent
32 (34) 1881 1d on 6d bright green Q Victoria, wmkd Star (sideways), perf 11 to 12½, provisional surcharge SG Type 5, reasonably scarce and definitely undercatalogued, as only 1620 were issued, OG-HR, SUPERB
Lot #805 - st. vincent
33 (35) 1881 4d on 1' bright vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Small Star sideways, perf 11 to 12½, local surcharge SG Type 6, rare as only 630 surcharged, OG-HR, XF
Lot #806 - st. vincent
36 (43) 1883 4d ultramarine-blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 12, OG-HR, XF
Lot #807 - st. vincent
37 (43a) 1883 4d grey-blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 12, scarce shade, rich color and a perfectly centered example of this rare stamp! large part OG, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
Lot #808 - st. vincent
51 (52) 1888 6d violet Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, while 3300 were issued, 1200 were overprinted "Revenue", leaving only 2100 copies, several times rarer used than mint, as such undercatalogued, well centered, "A 10" grid cancel, VF
Lot #809 - st. vincent
57 (54) 1890 2½d on 4d chocolate Q Victoria, only 1500 were surcharged, grossly undercatalogued as a comparatively small percentage were used, with a smaller printing that the 5' rough perf, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #810 - st. vincent
59b (60c) 1893-94 5d on 6d lake Q Victoria surcharged SG Type 12, wmkd CA, perf 14, ERROR - "FIVE PENCE" double surcharged in black, clear but almost superimposed on first surcharge, an extremely rare stamp as only 6 examples are recorded, fresh rich color, lightly cancelled with part cds, VF-S, with Brandon certificate
Lot #811 - st. vincent
89 (93) 1911 £1 purple and black on red K Edward VII, wmkd MCA, perf 14, remarkable color and centering - unusual for this issue!, OG, NH, SUPERB




















