2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, this block of four is the largest multiple known, missing from most collections as a single stamp, OG,HR, F-VF
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
Aste Attive
Jul 10, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
Friday Jul 10, 2026 12:00 to 22:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
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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Price: $ 2,400.00
Lot #746 - penrhyn island
2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, horizontal pair, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, missing from most collections as a single stamp, fresh and extremely well centered for the issue, OG,HR, XF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #747 - penrhyn island
2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, a scarce stamp missing from most collections, fresh bright color, OG, HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Price: $ 420.00
Lot #748 - penrhyn island
2b (6) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." SG Type 2, with brown surcharge, perf 11x14, (formerly Scott no. 4), a seldom seen stamp missing from most collections, fresh bright color and particularly nice centering, OG,HR, XF
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #749 - penrhyn island
2b (6) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11x14, horizontal pair, (formerly Scott no. 4) a rare stamp in a multiple with less than 10 recorded, missing from most collections as a single stamp, fresh with traces of overprint ink offset on reverse, OG,LH, F-VF
Price: $ 1,400.00
Lot #750 - penrhyn island
2b var (8) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand with brown surcharge SG Type 2, VARIETY - mixed perfs, 14 and then reperforated horizontally 11 by the printer for quality control without the official patching which sometimes is on the reverse, with 7 perf tips toned, this variety is missing from most Dependencies collections, OG, HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 1,700.00
Lot #751 - penrhyn island
6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of New Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, vertical pair, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printer, a rarely seen pair with all six horizontal rows of perfs (3 at perf 14 + 3 at perf 11) intact, fresh bright color, OG, NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 1,600.00
Lot #752 - penrhyn island
6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of new Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, horizontal pair, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printer, a rarely seen pair with perfs 14x14x11x14 on left stamp with a trace of perf 11 on top of right stamp then perf 14x14x11x14, no trace of official patching which is sometimes on the reverse, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA...
Price: $ 1,000.00
Lot #753 - penrhyn island
6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of new Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, block of four, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printer, a rarely seen block of four with five horizontal rows of perf, two at perf 14 and 3 at perf 11, with two toned spots and with no trace of the official patching which sometimes shows on the reverse, OG, VLH, XF
Price: $ 2,000.00
Lot #754 - penrhyn island
17 var, 17 (28a, 28) 1920 ½d green K George V of New Zealand, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." SG Type 4 in red, wmkd single-lined NZ and Star (SG Type 43), perf 14x15, vertical pair with ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND" (row 2, pos 24) on top stamp (OG, VLH), with bottom stamp (row 3, pos 24) is OG, NH, error is much scarcer than the 2½d missing stop, fresh and bright color, grossly undercatalogued, F-VF
Price: $ 170.00
Lot #755 - penrhyn island
21 var, 21 (24ab, 24a) 1920 2½d blue K George V recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." in red, ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND", bottom center stamp in a block of six (rows 9-10, pos 7-9), error stamp is NH with top-left and right stamps in block LH, XF
Price: $ 120.00
Lot #756 - penrhyn island
21 var - 24 var (24b-27b) 1917-20 2½d-1' K George V of New Zealand recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLANDS." SG Type 4 in red or blue, VARIETY - compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), cplt (4), fresh bright colors, OG, HR, VF
Price: $ 110.00
Lot #757 - penrhyn island
23 var, 23 (26ab, 26a) 1918 6d carmine K George V of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." SG Type 4, perf 14x14½, VARIETY - no stop after "ISLAND" (row 10, pos 8), in horizontal pair with normal, OG, HR, fine
Price: $ 180.00
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