5 (6) 1874 6d blue-green Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with rare "Lagos B" cds without month or year date -- this only occurred in the earliest period of usage!, F-VF
Net Est $270
Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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May 21, 2015 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
Thursday May 21, 2015 08:00 America/Los_Angeles
This Auction contains a number of important estates with many 5-figure rarities. Highlights of the Auction:
• Great Britain is strong in exceptionally well centered 19th-Century high values and better Officials (to the £1). Cyprus starts with a #1 mint--Plate 19!
• Gold Coast weighs in with a 20/- red and green used (ex-Col. Danson and “Nashville”), this is one of only 2 known genuine examples, plus a scarce used £2. There is strong Togo to the 1M and a large Zanzibar section.
• Quite a few good New South Wales Sydney Views, nice Australian Postage Dues. Fiji “Times” 1d and 6d values, strong New Zealand “O.P.S.O.” section and the KE VII ½d green overprint error (one of only five!).
• A strong range of 19th-Century Bahamas and also nice British Guiana “Ships” and scarce provisionals, some interesting and scarce “Saints” stamps (esp. the large St. Vincent section).
• Jordan is strongly represented and we have the rare key Sudan Army Official.
• Bechuanaland ranges to the £5 and the 5/- and 10/- “Protectorate” overprints, Cameroons showcases scarce used high values, Cape shows off a 1d “wood block” error of color and the key perorated ½d on 3d overprint wmkd CC, lots of Madagascar Consulate stamps, New Britain selections of “G.R.I.”s to the 5/- on 5M, New Republic features the 1d “black”, there are important Rhodesia through the £5 overprint, used, plus a £1 perf 15 mint “Double Head”.
• Many “key” stamps of Canada including a #1 bottom right corner margin copy and choice Classics and Jubilees can be found.
Showing 1 - 10 of 10
Lot #635 - lagos
Lot #636 - lagos
6a (8) 1875 1' orange Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 12½, value 15½ mm, rare and seldom offered, OG, LH, fine
SG $1050
Lot #637 - lagos
13 (21) 1885 ½d dull green Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with "BAOGAY - B" village cds, scarce, VF
Net Est $450
Lot #638 - lagos
13, 15 (21-22) 1903 ½d green and 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, each in horizontal pair, tied by "IBADAN - B" village cds to a commercial cover (front) addressed to Berlin, with manuscript routing indicators, scarce and seldom seen, F-VF
Net Est $145
Lot #639 - lagos
15 (22) 1884 1d rose-carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with very rare example of the small village "EPE" cds, few exist!, F-VF
Net Est $1200
Lot #640 - lagos
22 (20) 1882 4d carmine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, with extremely rare "Lagos" cds, in practice over 99% of the used 4d carmines were canceled with the normal oval bar grid cancel, an astonishingly difficult usage!, VF
Net Est $360
Lot #641 - lagos
35 (28) 1886 5' blue Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 600 were issued, very well centered, OG,HR, VF
SG $1050
Lot #642 - lagos
37 (29) 1886 10' purple-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, the rare key value as only 420 issued, VF
SG $1650
Lot #643 - lagos
47 (51) 1904 2'6d green and carmine K Edward VII^, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 1440 printed, but a very rare used stamp as it was only in use a few months, not 10% were used!, rarely seen and vastly undercatalogued used, light "Lagos" 1904 cds, F-VF
Net Est $975
Lot #644 - lagos
50-59 (54-63) 1904-05 ½d-10' K Edward VII^, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), very rare used as the high values in actuality are 10-20 times more difficult used than their relatively common mint counterparts, and as such significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF
Net Est $1200
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