British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2

8-12 (8-12) 1880 ½d-1' Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (5), an extremely difficult set, OG-HR, F-VF

14-24, 23 var (14-24c) 1882-96 ½d-1' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (14) with all Stanley Gibbons shades, OG-HR, F-VF

44 (H10) 1914 1M carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", first (3mm) setting, only 100 copies printed, tied to piece by "Lome" cds, quite rare and undercatalogued, signed Bothe and Kilian, F-VF

49 (H15) 1914 5pf green Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, second (narrow) setting, only 40 copies were printed, about 16 exist unused, as such quite rare mint, signed Giesecke and Sismondo, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate

50 var (H16a) 1914 10pf carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, UNWATERMARKED, one of the greatest Togo rarities, only two other examples are known to exist, one having sold for $70,000! given catalogue relationships for this error known on the first and third settings it should catalogue well into 6 figures, well centered light blue cds, a great rarity, VF, with Brandon certificate

54 (H20) 1914 40pf black and carmine Yacht overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", second (narrow) setting, per Gibbs only 25-30 printed, of which about 60% were used, thus providing a "world population" of under 20 copies, as such vastly undercatalogued, light "LOME" cds, signed Holcombe, F-VF

66 var-78 var footnoted (H34a-46a, H38ga) 1915 ½d-20' K George V stamps of Gold Coast, with "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprints, each with VARIETY - small "F" in "French", wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (13) with both 3d stamps, scarce, OG,LH, F-VF

69 var footnoted (H37c) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted (row 1, pos 5), exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, perfectly centered, OG,LH, VF, with Brandon certificate

70 var footnoted (H38f) 1915 3d purple on yellow K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - first "O" in "Occupation" omitted, very rare (only 36 printed), drastically undercatalogued, OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate

72 var footnoted (H41f) 1915 1' black on green K George V stamp of Gold Coast, "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION" local overprint, VARIETY - first "O" in "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 82 printed), perfectly centered, OG,LH, SUPERB

76 var footnoted (H46f) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", ERROR - first "O" of "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 30 printed), usual perf faults caused by removal from the sheet by the Post Office before issue (they used a knife or scissors), seldom seen, seriously undercatalogued as this is one of the two key values to this very difficult set of errors, OG,LH, F-VF...

35, 35a, 35 vars (31, 31a//e) 1895 7½d on 2½d vermilion K George II surcharged, cplt pane of 24 with the four SG "VARIETIES", "BU" joined (row 1, pos 1), missing eyebrow (row 2, pos 4), stop after "Postage" (row 2, pos 5) and "7" for "1" in "½d" (row 2, pos 1), scarce and a nice exhibition piece, unused, F-VF