9h (14) 1857 6d pale brown Q Victoria on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light cancel, VF
SG $450
Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
COLONIAL STAMP CO. Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction
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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Lot #833 - New Zealand
Lot #834 - New Zealand
11 (33) 1862 1d orange-vermilion Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four margins, unused, VF
SG $1350
Lot #835 - New Zealand
14d (41) 1862 6d black-brown Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four large even margins, grid cancel, SUPERB
Net Est $390
Lot #836 - New Zealand
30 (100) 1864 1' green Q Victoria Chalon Head, wmkd NZ, imperf, margins full to touching (at right), cert mentions small stain which we can not find!, unused, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
SG $2400
Lot #837 - New Zealand
54 var (155) 1874 4d maroon Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Star, perf 12½, very well centered, OG,VLH, VF
SG $450
Lot #838 - New Zealand
59 (185) 1878 2' deep rose Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Small Star Wide Apart, perf 12x11½, lightly canceled, F-VF
SG $450
Lot #839 - New Zealand
59-60 (185-86) 1878 2'-5' Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Star (SG Type 12a), perf 12x11½, part OG, F-VF
SG $1125
Lot #840 - New Zealand
120 var (329) 1906 5' vermilion Mt. Cook^, wmkd Single-lined NZ and Star Close Together (sideways), perf 14, with light cds, vivid color, F-VF
SG $450
Lot #841 - New Zealand
121 (269a) 1903 2' blue-green Milford Sound, unwmkd, laid paper^, scarce Wellington printing (paper of unknown origin was used in a small emergency printing, accounting for its scarcity), a very fresh example, OG,VLH, F-VF
Net Est $1015
Lot #842 - New Zealand
121 (269a) 1903 2' blue-green Milford Sound, unwmkd, laid paper^, scarce Wellington printing (paper of unknown origin was used in a small emergency printing, accounting for its scarcity), lightly canceled, F-VF
Net Est $750
Lot #843 - New Zealand
122-25 (370-73) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition^ set, wmkd NZ and Star (sideways), perf 14, cplt (4), a select and perfectly centered set, unusual as the centering of this set is normally only fair, OG,LH, SUPERB
Net Est $825
Lot #844 - New Zealand
122 var-25 var (370 var-73 var) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition^ set, cplt (4), VARIETY - wmk inverted, bright colors, well centered for the issue, OG,HR, SUPERB
Net Est $1240
Lot #845 - New Zealand
130d (A2) 1911 ½d deep green K Edward VII^, overprinted "VICTORIA LAND" in black, OG,VLH, SUPERB
SG $1125
Lot #846 - New Zealand
AR37 (F82) 1906 6' rose Q Victoria Postal Fiscal^, perf 14, ERROR - wmkd NZ inverted, lightly canceled, F-VF
Net Est $300
Lot #847 - New Zealand
AR88 (F205) 1946 30' brown Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal^ on "Wiggins Teape" chalk-surfaced paper with vertical mesh, wmkd Multiple NZ and Star (SG Type 98), perf 14, scarce, well centered, lightly canceled, F-VF
SG $285
Lot #848 - New Zealand
J1-11 (D1-8, D10-12, D16) 1899 ½d-2' Postage Dues^, cplt (11) per Scott, OG,HR, fine
SG $770
Lot #849 - New Zealand
O1 (O7) 1891-1906 1d rose Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Star, rose "O.P.S.O." handstamp, perf 11, very rare and seldom seen, with Brandon certificate for the block of four this stamp is from, ex-Pattiz, OG,NH, F-VF
Net Est $4800
Lot #850 - New Zealand
O2 (O8) 1892 2d purple Q Victoria, magenta O.P.S.O. overprint, perf 11, rare and seldom seen, exceptionally well centered, rich color, ex-the definitive Pattiz collection, OG,VLH, SUPERB, with Sismondo certificate
Net Est $3825
Lot #851 - New Zealand
O4 (O14) 1891-1906 5d olive-black Q Victoria, rose/magenta "O.P.S.O." handstamp, perf 12x11½, extremely scarce, tiny natural gum skip, OG,HR, VF, with Brandon certificate
Net Est $3300
Lot #852 - New Zealand
O10 (O21) 1898 8d indigo Maori War Canoe^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, unwmkd, an extremely rare value, OG, HR, VF-S, with Brandon certificate
Net Est $9750
Lot #853 - New Zealand
O12 (O31) 1902 3d yellow-brown Huia Bird^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, perf 11, extremely rare and seldom seen, OG, HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $9900
Lot #854 - New Zealand
O13 (O20) 1898-1903 5d purple-brown Otira Gorge^, violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, unwmkd, perf 11, a nice example of this scarce and undercatalogued stamp, OG,LH, VF, with Friedl certificate
Net Est $6600
Lot #855 - New Zealand
O13 (O20) 1898-1903 5d purple-brown Otira Gorge^ violet "O.P.S.O." handstamp, unwmkd, perf 11, nice partial cds, well centered, very scarce, VF, with Rendon certificate
Net Est $3300
Lot #856 - New Zealand
O14 var (O22 var) 1897 1' red-brown Q Victoria, violet O.P.S.O. handstamp, perf 11, though genuine, this design and denomination has, to date, never been recorded as existing in the issue, and we have never seen another example and feel it may well be unique, fresh, ex-Pattiz, OG,VLH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $11250
Lot #857 - New Zealand
O15 (O20b) 1898 5d purple-brown Otira Gorge^, unwmkd, perf 11, greenish blue "O.P.S.O." handstamp, extremely rare as it is one of only two stamps in the whole issue so overprinted, listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, well centered, light "Wellington" cds, ex-Pattiz, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Net Est $0




























