9a (8) 1920 9pi ochre stamp of Palestine^ with "East of Jordan" Arabic overprint SG Type 1, perf 15x14, light "AMMAN" cds, VF, with BPA certificate
SG $2100
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 - 20 of 20
Lot #602 - jordan
Lot #603 - jordan
13A (28c) 1922 1/10th p on 1m sepia of Palestine with SG Type 2 violet handstamp^ surcharge, perf 14, very scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, F-VF
Net Est $565
Lot #604 - jordan
16 (21c) 1922 2/10th p on 2m blue-green^, violet handstamp surcharge, perf 15x14, scarce and undercatalogued, well centered, OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate
Net Est $225
Lot #605 - jordan
22A (25c) 1922 2 pi on 2pi olive of Palestine, violet surcharge^ SG Type 2, perf 15x14, very rare and vastly undercatalogued as it is very seldom offered, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $405
Lot #606 - jordan
25 var (27b) 1922 9p on 9p ochre, perf 15x14, VARIETY - violet handstamp^ surcharge, extremely rare, perfectly centered, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, OG,VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $2700
Lot #607 - jordan
41 var (47a) 1922 5m orange, violet Arab Government of the East^ overprint SG Type 4, perf 14, a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp, OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $480
Lot #608 - jordan
50 (44a) 1922 9p ochre of Palestine, violet Arab Government of the East handstamp^, perf 15x14, violet overprint, fresh, well centered, OG,LH, VF, with Brandon certificate
SG $300
Lot #609 - jordan
53b (54) 1923 1m dark brown, gold Arab Government of the East handstamp^ SG Type 5, perf 15x14, only 50 printed, very few of which were used, lightly canceled, VF, with RPSL certificate
SG $2700
Lot #610 - jordan
59a (59b) 1923 2p olive of Palestine, VARIETY - black Arab Government of the East handstamp^ SG Type 5, perf 15x14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used, signed Holcombe, VF, with Holcombe certificate
Net Est $1125
Lot #611 - jordan
74 var footnoted (99Aa) 1923 2m blue-green, black overprint reading down, ERROR - "933" for "932"^, P.O. fresh, this variety only occurred once in each setting of 24 printed (pos 3), as such vastly undercatalogued, scarce, appears OG, NH, despite what the certificate says, OG,VLH, VF, with Najjar certificate
Net Est $2700
Lot #612 - jordan
85 var (84a) 1923 5/10th pi on 3m yellow-brown, VARIETY - black Arab Government of the East overprint^, perf 15x14, very rare, and unpriced used!, F-VF, with Ceremuga certificate
Net Est $2250
Lot #613 - jordan
98 var (75a var footnoted) 1923 ½p on 9p ochre, red surcharge, AND black ½p surcharge inverted^, perf 15x14, very scarce unlisted variety, OG,VLH, F-VF, with Holcombe certificate
Net Est $2100
Lot #614 - jordan
145-57 (159-71) 1927-29 2m-1000m Emir Abdullah^, cplt (13), fresh, with high values lightly hinged, OG,HR, VF
SG $300
Lot #615 - jordan
169-184, 169a-178a, 175a, 177a (194b-207) 1930-39 1m-£1 Emir Abdullah re-engraved^ with figures of value at left only, recess Perkins, Bacon, wmkd MCA, perf 14, perf 13½x13, perf 13½x14, cplt (26) with all perf and coil varieties, very rarely offered thus, OG,HR, F-VF
SG $1190
Lot #616 - jordan
256//264 var footnoted (308a-328a) 1952 2f on 2m-50f on 50m Emir Abdullah^ overprints in black, cplt (8) from a trial overprinting, quite rare as the printing figures are: 170, 200, 203, 175, 232, 234, 235, and 179, seldom seen, each a sheet-margin example, OG,NH, SUPERB
SG $635
Lot #617 - jordan
286D var (389 var) 1953-56 5m claret Hebron Mosque^ overprinted "Postage" (SG Type 51), ERROR - overprint inverted, unrecorded in Scott or Stanley Gibbons, P.O. fresh, OG,NH, VF
Net Est $360
Lot #618 - jordan
300 var-301 var (381A var-382A var footnoted) 1953 4f-5f Mosque, each with VARIETY - double overprint^ of the 1¼mm bars setting, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $255
Lot #619 - jordan
N18 var (P30a) 1949 1m brown UPU Anniversary overprint^, ERROR - overprint inverted, a bottom-left sheet-margin example, signed, OG,VLH, VF
SG $165
Lot #620 - jordan
N19 var (P31e) 1949 4m green UPU Anniversary overprint^, ERROR - both overprints on one horizontal line, scarce, OG,VLH, F-VF
SG $225
Lot #621 - jordan
O1a (O117a) 1924 ½p scarlet Official, black Arab Government of the East overprint, ERROR - "1242" instead of "1342"^, extremely scarce, P.O. fresh, OG,NH, fine
Net Est $335
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