Auction #125 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

6 (8a) 1875 1' orange Q Victoria^ with value 16½mm long, wmkd CC, perf 12½, with very rare "Lagos" code "B" cds (much scarcer than the code "A"!), well centered, two short perfs, F-VF app

Net Est $315

7 (10) 1876 1d lilac-mauve Q Victoria^, wmkd CC, perf 14, an exceedingly rare example with a light cds (in excess of 99% of all used copies bear the oval grid cancel!), perfectly centered, SUPERB

Net Est $300

23 var (24w) 1884 4d pale violet Q Victoria^, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk CA inverted, quite elusive and undercatalogued as only 1 pane was printed (we have had only 3 examples in the last 40 years, one of which is in our reference collection), used, F-VF

Net Est $900

33 var, 35 var, 37 var listed (27s-29s) 1886 2'6d-10' Q Victoria^, wmkd CA, perf 14, overprinted "SPECIMEN", scarce, OG, LH, F-VF

SG $640

35 (28) 1886 5' blue Q Victoria^, wmkd CA, perf 14, rare as only 600 were issued, perfectly centered, used, SUPERB
Scott Retail $550
SG $750

51a var (55aw) 1905 1d purple and black on red K Edward VII^ on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, VARIETY - wmk MCA inverted, rare and undercatalogued as only one pane was printed, very seldom offered, well centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB

Net Est $360

9-16 (9-16) 1897 ½d-5' Q Victoria Diamond Jubilee^ overprint issue with SG Type 3 handstamps, wmkd Crown CA, perf 14, cplt (8), OG, VLH, SUPERB
Scott Retail $855
SG $1050

32 (32) 1906 2½d dull purple and ultramarine K Edward VII^, wmkd MCA, perf 14, difficult and undercatalogued mint as the vast majority were used postally, a habitual occupant of most advanced mint want lists, fresh, OG,VLH, VF

Net Est $240

61-83, 63b (58-80) 1921-32 ¼d-£1 K George V^, wmkd Script CA and Crown CA for the £1, perf 14, cplt (23) per Stanley Gibbons, OG,LH, F-VF
Scott Retail $540
SG $675

(11) 1916 1d blue (carbon), typewritten on thin horiz laid paper, initialled "HPG" (Civil Administrator) in red, scarce (300 printed), imperf, signed Holcombe, unu iss, SUPERB

SG $900

(20) 1916 1' black typewritten on thin horizontal laid paper^, initialed in red ink, while 383 were issued they were divided into the three different colors, rare and undercatalogued as this issue is seldom seen, imperf, unu iss, SUPERB

SG $490

1 (5) 1884 1d magenta B.C.M., black handstamp^, pos 2 or 3, with red diagonal control line, hollow stop after "B", sound, unused, SUPERB, with Brandon certificate

Net Est $1650