Auction #124 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

B17a var (218a var footnoted) 1918 4¢+2¢ scarlet Sultan of Sulu with Red Cross surcharge^, unwmkd, perf 13½-14, ERROR - surcharge SG Type 69 transposed "Two Cents" at top, while know to exist this error is, to date, not listed in Stanley Gibbons, very rare, well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Net Est $2025

J1 var (D1 var) 1895 2¢ black and rose-lake Sambar Stag with vertical "Postage Due"^ overprint reading upwards, VARIETY - broken "O" in "Postage", perfectly centered, scarce, OG,HR, SUPERB
Net Est $340

J27 var (D44) 1906 10¢ brown and slate-lilac Sun Bear overprinted "BRITISH PROTECTORATE"^ SG Type 49 in red, overprinted "Postage Due" SG Type D1 locally, scarce and undercatalogued, OG,LH, VF
Net Est $1200

1-17 (1-17) 1925-29 ½d-20' K George V^, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (17), OG, VLH, VF
Scott Retail $645
SG $975

56A (58a) 1956 1½a on 1½d green Q Elizabeth II of Great Britain^, wmkd St. Edwards Crown, perf 14, overprinted "1½ ANNAS" in error on this watermark, most of the known copies emanated through Southern Stamp Services packet making division who first discovered it while sorting out a shipment of mission mixture received from the Middle East, a very rare and difficult stamp, seldom seen and significantly undercatalogued, VF-S, with RPSL...

33 (59) 1890-91 1d on 4d ultramarine Orange Tree surcharged, VARIETY - surcharge Roman numeral "I" instead of "1"^ (SG Type 7c), very rare and seldom seen, significantly undercatalogued, as it occurred only once in the setting of 60 for SG 58, numeral cancel, VF, with BPA certificate
Net Est $1800

50a (108a) 1900 6d on 6d bright carmine Orange Tree^, "V.R.I." surcharge with level stops, VARIETY - no stop after "V" (row 10, pos 3), with light and clear "Winburg" cds, scarce, fine
Scott Retail $300
SG $415

66a (144a) 1903 4d scarlet and sage-green K Edward VII^, VARIETY - "IOSTAGE" for "POSTAGE" (row 10, pos 2 of the upper left pane), wmkd CA, perf 14, a scarce printing flaw occurring late in this printing, a rare, seldom offered variety with this wmk, OG, HR, F-VF
Net Est $2070

48 var (71a "y" var) 1922 1m sepia^, Palestine overprint, ERROR - wmk Script CA reversed, unrecorded in Stanley Gibbons or Bale, the discovery example!, lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $2775

2, 13 (10, 23) 1901-07 1d and pair of 2d Lakatoi^ with "REGISTERED SAMARAI B.N.G." (Lee no. 26) cancel, scarce, only a few hundred are believed to exist, seldom offered, fine
Net Est $910

4 var footnoted (4a) 1901-05 2½d black and ultramarine British New Guinea Lakatois^ on thin paper, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (horizontally), perf 14 (line), a scarce variety, light "Port Moresby" cds, perfectly centered, VF
SG $285