(Z2) 1865 2a orange Q Victoria of India used in Zanzibar with rhomboid of bars cancel (as noted in SG), rare and undercatalogued, includes a copy of the larger piece that this stamp is from showing the associated SG Type Z1 cancel, ex-Jeremy Lea, fine
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: $ 1,120.00
Lot #966 - zanzibar
(Z35) 1867 2a orange Q Victoria "SERVICE" Official of India used in Zanzibar with SG Type Z3 cancel, rare and undercatalogued, ex-Jeremy Lea, F-VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #967 - zanzibar
4b (4kD) 1895-96 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" for "Zanzibar", with small second "z" lower, row 7, pos 2, lightly canceled, VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 1,080.00
Lot #968 - zanzibar
18 var footnoted, 19, 20 (23D, 24z, 25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged Sc Types a-c (SG Types 3-5), cplt set of 3,a rare and undercatalogued set as 19 (24) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, 19 (24) is signed Bloch, OG,HR, F-VF
Price: $ 1,700.00
Lot #969 - zanzibar
18-20 (23-25) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Stanley Gibbons surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt, undercatalogued as SG 24 (Scott 19) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, F-VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #970 - zanzibar
18 var-20 var footnoted (23D-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, SG surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt (3) each with VARIETY - small second "z", a rare and undercatalogued set as 19 (24) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 2,000.00
Lot #971 - zanzibar
18 var-20 var footnoted (23D-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Type 3-5) cplt, matched set of 3, each with the VARIETY - small second "z" raised, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #972 - zanzibar
19 (24) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, scarce and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #973 - zanzibar
19 var (24z) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), second setting, only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, light First Day of Issue (11 May 96) cds cancel, rare, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, VF, with BPA certificate
Price: $ 360.00
Lot #974 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), only appears 10 times in the setting of 60, scarce and undercatalogued, VARIETY - small second "z", OG,VLH, F-VF
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #975 - zanzibar
19 var footnoted (24D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as it appears only 10 times in the setting of 60, undercatalogued, with "Zanzibar" squared-circle cancel, F-VF
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #976 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), VARIETY - small second "z", scarce, well centered, OG,LH, VF-S
Price: $ 210.00
Lot #977 - zanzibar
21-23 (32-34) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in red, SG surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt (3), undercatalogued,scarce, especially SG Type 4 (Scott Type b) as it occurred only 10 times in the original setting of 60, note one with small second "z", OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 960.00
Lot #978 - zanzibar
21 var footnoted (32D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type a (SG Type 3), extremely rare and undercatalogued used, VARIETY - small second "z", with light "Zanzibar" registered cds, VF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #979 - zanzibar
23 (34) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), an extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, well centered, light "Zanzibar" cds, VF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #980 - zanzibar
23 var footnoted (34D) 1898 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 5 surcharge (Scott Type c), VARIETY - small second "z" (raised), an extremely rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Price: $ 1,500.00
Lot #981 - zanzibar
24, 24C, 25 (35-37) 1898 2½ on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt(3) with surcharge Types (a-c), one stamp with VARIETY - small second "z", scarce as 24C (36) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, OG,HR, F-VF
Price: $ 880.00
Lot #982 - zanzibar
24, 24C, 25 (35-37) 1898 2½ on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 880.00
Lot #983 - zanzibar
24, 24C, 25 (35-37) 1898 2½a on 1a6d sepia Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with surcharge SG Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), undercatalogued as the SG 36 (Scott 24C) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, toned reverses, F-VF
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #984 - zanzibar
24C (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), centrally struck "Zanzibar" cds, a nice stamp, a very scarce and undercatalogued stamp - especially used as it only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, F-VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #985 - zanzibar
24C var footnoted (36D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), small second "z", very scarce and undercatalogued used as it only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Price: $ 1,080.00
Lot #986 - zanzibar
24d var footnoted (22lE) 1895 2½ on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" in surcharge, VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b" and small second "z", lower interpanneau margin example, rare combination variety, signed by Holcombe, OG,HR, VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #987 - zanzibar
25 var footnoted (37D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), VARIETY - small second "z", light perfectly centered "Zanzibar" registry cds, rare and undercatalogued as few were used, SUPERB
Price: $ 620.00
Lot #988 - zanzibar
26 (29) 1896 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), only 752 printed, bearing an example of the very rare French double-ring "Zanzibar" cds, very seldom seen!, a great Specialist stamp for this issue!, VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #989 - zanzibar
27 (30) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), scarce, as only 192 were printed, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Price: $ 500.00
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