Auction #124 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

67b var (H35h var footnoted) 1915 1d red K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - overprint inverted plus VARIETY - small "F" in "French", as this error occurs on only three positions on the pane and only 4 panes were printed this gives a maximum of 12 printed, one of which is in the Royal and two are in our reference collection so that this is one of only 9 available (assuming all 12 still exist),...

69 var footnoted (H37c) 1915 (May) 2½d bright blue K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, overprinted "TOGO Anglo-French OCCUPATION", ERROR - hyphen omitted, exceptionally difficult (apparently missing from the Royal Collection!), drastically undercatalogued, OG, NH, F-VF
Net Est $4800

71 var footnoted (H40f) 1915 6d dull and bright purple K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, local overprint "Anglo-French Occupation", VARIETY - "O" in "Occupation" omitted, rare (only 42 printed), in left-hand sheet margin (interpanneau) strip of three with two normals, a marvelous specialist piece, OG,LH, VF
Net Est $2250

76 var footnoted (H46f) 1915 20' purple and black on red K George V stamp of Gold Coast^, local overprint "TOGO Anglo-French Occupation", ERROR - first "O" of "OCCUPATION" omitted, rare (only 30 printed), usual perf faults caused by removal from the sheet by the Post Office before issue (they used a knife or scissors), seldom seen, seriously undercatalogued as this is one of the two key values to this very difficult set of errors, OG,LH, F-VF...

36b (36Aa) 1896 ½d on 1½d on 2d pale blue K George I^, typewritten provisional with Tongan surcharge reading downwards, perf 12, right pane lower right marginal block of four, a very scarce multiple, part OG, fine, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $3825

O4 (O4) 1893 8d ultramarine K George I Official^ with "G.F.B." overprint SG Type O1 in red, with exceptionally rich original color (seldom met with on this issue!), OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $285

6a (6a) 1870 1' yellow-green Coat of Arms^, Otto printing on thin unwmkd paper, fine roulette 15½-16, showing on all four sides, rare in undamaged condition!, unused, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Net Est $825

42a (67) 1876 1d bright red Coat of Arms^, Stamp Commission printing (III) on stout hard-surfaced paper, wide roulette 6½, scarce, lightly canceled, fine
Scott Retail $175
SG $300

50 (87) 1877 3d lilac Coat of Arms^ on perlure paper overprinted "V. R. TRANSVAAL" in red, imperf,, four margins, very rare and vastly undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $5100

94a (150b) 1879 1d red on orange Coat of Arms^ overprinted "V. R. Transvaal" in black (SG Type 16a), fine roulette 15½-16, showing on three sides, fresh, small thin, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Scott Retail $875
SG $1425

107 (142) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria^ provisional overprint SG Type 12 in black, scarce, and undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $900

109 (141) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria^, surcharged in black (SG Type 11), scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
Scott Retail $275
SG $450