British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2

8 var (8 var) 1914 3d on 30pf black and orange on buff Yacht, "G.R.I." overprint, Gibbs 12th setting "G.R.I." overprint - rare 6½mm spacing, previously only recorded on the 5pf, 20pf, 25pf, and 40pf values!, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with BPA certificate

35 (55) 1914 3d on 30pf black and orange on buff Kaiser's Yacht of Marshall Islands, G.R.I. overprint, first setting (5mm), only 263 ptd, signed Kosack, OG, VLH, VF

18-30 (150-62) 1931 1d-£1 Bird of Paradise, dated scrolls, perf 11, cplt (13), OG, VLH, VF

C1-13 (137-49) 1931 ½d-£1 Native Village with Air Mail overprints, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (13), OG, NH, F-VF

C44-45 (204-05) 1935 £2-£5 Bulolo Goldfields Air Mail, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (2), OG, NH, SUPERB

C46-59 (212-25) 1939 ½d-£1 Bulolo Goldfields Air Mails, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (14), perfectly centered throughout, OG, VLH, SUPERB

1-6 (4-9) 1908 ½d-1' K Edward VII of Fiji overprinted SG Type 1, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (6), with Philatelic Foundation certificate for the 1' -- only 1440 were printed, undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF

33-37 (36-39) 1921 1d-6d Weapons and Idols, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used!, lightly canceled, F-VF

5a (6 var) 1886 6d violet on yellow (30 AUG 86), VARIETY - the rare double impression, unpriced in Scott, ex-the exceptional Don S. Franklin collection, fresh, well centered, OG, HR, VF, with BPA certificate

32Be (43b) 1886 10s6d violet on blue (2 JUL 86), ERROR - "d" omitted, rare date, unpriced until 2007 but at a level that is irrelevant to its actual rarity!, well centered, small tone spot, OG,VLH, VF

54b (91a) 1886 7/6 violet on yellow with embossed arms, horizontal pair with tête-bêche arms, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons and Scott, very rare, OG,HR, fine

61c (74b) 1886 3d violet on blue with embossed arms, vertical pair with arms tête-bêche, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons and Scott, very rare, OG,VLH, fine