O4 (O14) 1891-1906 5d olive-black Q Victoria^, magenta "O.P.S.O." handstamp, perf 12x11½, fresh and pristine, OG,VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate
Net Est $6600
Auction #124 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Oct 01, 2015 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #124 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
Thursday Oct 01, 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.
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Showing 751 - 775 of 1121
Lot #751 - New Zealand
Lot #752 - New Zealand
O8 (O7a) 1891 2d mauve-lilac Q Victoria^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, perf 10, this stamp represents the key and outstanding rarity for this whole issue, light "Wellington" squared-cicle cancel, ex-Pattiz, certificate harshly notes "thinned", F-VF app, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $6600
Lot #753 - New Zealand
O13 (O20) 1898 5d purple-brown Otira Gorge^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, unwmkd, perf 11, very rare, fresh, ex-Pattiz, OG,HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $8250
Lot #754 - New Zealand
O13 (O20) 1898-1903 5d purple-brown Otira Gorge^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, unwmkd, perf 11, XF, with RPS certificate
Net Est $4950
Lot #755 - New Zealand
O14 (O21) 1898 8d indigo Maori War Canoe^, unwmkd, perf 11, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, very rare, fresh, ex-Pattiz, signed Bloch, OG,HR, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Net Est $7800
Lot #756 - niger coast protectorate
7c (+e) (7a +c) 1893 ½d on half of 1d lilac Q Victoria^, red surcharge, unsevered pair with additional VARIEY straight top to "1" in "½", quite scarce, OG, VLH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Scott Retail $550
SG $750
Lot #757 - niger coast protectorate
10 (21) 1893 ½d on 2½d purple on blue Q Victoria^ of Great Britain overprint, vermilion surcharge (SG Type 7) at Old Calabar, scarce as only 140 were printed, OG, HR, fine, with Holcombe certificate
Scott Retail $400
SG $565
Lot #758 - niger coast protectorate
13 (27) 1893 ½d on 2½d purple on blue Q Victoria^, green surcharge (SG Type 8), only 60 printed, OG, VLH, F-VF
Scott Retail $550
SG $750
Lot #759 - niger coast protectorate
26 (15) 1893 ½d on 2½d purple on blue Q Victoria^ of Great Britain, black handstamp surcharge (SG Type 4), very rare (only 19 printed), OG, VLH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Scott Retail $4000
SG $6375
Lot #760 - niger coast protectorate
49 var (58 var) 1894 ½d on half of 1d pale blue Q Victoria Opobo provisional^, SG Type 15 surcharge in red, unrecorded unique ERROR - "1" omitted from "½", tied by "Opobo River" cds to piece, a top-margin example, SUPERB
Net Est $22500
Lot #761 - niger coast protectorate
54 (65) 1894 ½d on 2½d blue Q Victoria^ Old Calabar provisional, SG Type 17 surcharge, only 960 printed, with Old Calabar squared-circle "A" cancel, well centered, VF
Scott Retail $275
SG $375
Lot #762 - nigeria
12a (12b) 1927 £1 deep purple and black on red K George V^, wmkd MCA, perf 14, Die II, a marvelous and perfectly centered top sheet-margin (control # 21) example, vivid color, choice, OG,NH, SUPERB
Net Est $825
Lot #763 - nigeria
38-49, 40a, 42a (34-45, 36a, 38a) 1936 ½d-£1 K George V pictorials^, wmkd CA, perf 11½x13 and perf 14, also includes 1d and 3d VARIETIES - perf 12½x13½, cplt (14), OG,VLH, F-VF
Scott Retail $430
SG $670
Lot #764 - niue
1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand handstamped "NIUE"^ in bluish green, Pirie paper, wmkd Double-lined NZ and Star, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed), a nice fresh example, OG, HR, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Scott Retail $375
SG $450
Lot #765 - niue
1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand handstamped "NIUE"^ in green, Pirie paper, wmkd Double-lined NZ and Star, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed), a nice cds cancel (16 SEP 1902) glued on piece so probably part of the shipment affected by dropping in the sea during unloading, F-VF
Scott Retail $375
SG $450
Lot #766 - niue
1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand handstamped "NIUE"^ in bluish green, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed), tied by a nice "9 APR 1902" (only three months after issue) cds to a cover addressed to Wellington and redirected to Ashburton, backstamped Auckland (1 MY 02), transit (2 MY 02), and Ashburton (5 MY 02), a rarely encountered first issue on cover, F-VF
SG $1350
Lot #767 - niue
13c (15) 1903 1' brown-orange New Zealand Kea and Kaka^ overprinted "NIUE \ Tahae Sileni", ERROR - "Tahae" (one word, which translates locally into "thief") instead of "Taha e" (two words), known as the "Thief Shilling", only 96 copies were sold, centering normal for this error, with fresh bright color, OG,HR, F-VF
Scott Retail $750
SG $975
Lot #768 - niue
13c (15) 1903 1' brown-orange New Zealand Kea and Kaka^ overprinted "NIUE \ Tahae Sileni", ERROR - "Tahae" (one word, which translates locally into "thief") instead of "Taha e" (two words), known as the "Thief Shilling", only 96 copies were sold, reinforced horizontal pair, extremely scarce in a multiple, minor perf toning, normal centering for this error, OG,HR, fine, with BPA certificate
Net Est $2535
Lot #769 - niue
20a, 20 (22a, 22) 1917 3d chocolate K George V of New Zealand^ recess printing overprinted "NIUE" (SG Type 5) and surcharged SG type 6, ERROR - no stop after "PENE" on bottom right stamp of this bottom margin block of four (only 35 examples of this variety printed, row 10, pos 4), margin watermark confirms error position, top stamps with HR, error is NH, F-VF
Net Est $2550
Lot #770 - niue
20 var (22c) 1917 3d chocolate K George V^ overprinted "NIUE" (SG Type 5) and surcharged (SG Type 6), block of four with two compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), scarce multiple with two top stamps OG, VLH, two bottom NH, VF
SG $540
Lot #771 - niue
30-34 (33-37) 1918-23 2'-£1 Q Victoria^ Postal Fiscals of New Zealand, overprinted "NIUE", cplt (5), only 1200 overprinted of the £1, OG,LH, F-VF
Scott Retail $370
SG $525
Lot #772 - niue
89Be, 89Be var footnoted (88, 88 var footnoted) 1967 5' pale yellowish green New Zealand Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal^ wmkd Multiple NZ and Star sideways, overprinted "NIUE.", two blocks of four, one a line perf (paler shade) the other a comb perf, definitive reference for the Specialist as footnoted in Stanley Gibbons, OG,NH, XF
Net Est $405
Lot #773 - north borneo
91-100, 101a, 102a (112-26) 1899 4¢ on 5¢-4¢ on $10 Pictorials^ surcharged with 4½mm and 8½mm spacings (SG Type 48), unwmkd, perf 14, 14½-15, cplt (14), OG,HR, F-VF
Scott Retail $485
SG $700
Lot #774 - north borneo
120-23 (104, 107, 134, 136a) 1902 10¢-16¢ with and without "BRITISH PROTECTORATE." overprint^, cplt (4) per Scott, OG, HR, F-VF
Scott Retail $505
SG $850
Lot #775 - north borneo
124-35 (146-57) 1904-05 4¢ on 5¢ - 4¢ on $10 Pictorials surcharged^, unwmkd, perf 14½-15 or 14, cplt (12), OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $570
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