British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1

25 (36) 1880 3d pale dull rose Hope, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued mint (since one month after issue, most were overprinted to produce SG 37-38), OG, VLH, VF

162-66 (1-5) 1900 1d on ½d-1' on 4d Cape of Good Hope stamps overprinted "MAFEKING BESIEGED", cplt (5), only 840 sets printed, F-VF

18 (18) 1907 ½d on 5' salmon and green K Edward VII surcharged SG Type 5, only 1800 surcharged, well centered, OG,VLH, VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate

69-80 (84-95) 1932 ¼d-10' Centenary issue, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), OG, HR, F-VF

10a (6a) 1894 1d blue Q Makea Takau, wmkd NZ and Star Wide Apart (SG Type 12b), VARIETY - perf 12x11½ 12½ mixed, only 5 used examples recorded (1 pair and 3 singles) of the row of 6 that was re-perfed as all 5 appearanceear to be from the same horizontal row, official perforation patching at bottom and traces of toning on perforations as all examples display, a rare stamp, ex-Fitzpatrick, F-VF

25b (21a) 1899 ½d on 1d blue Q Makea Takau surcharged "ONE \ HALF \ PENNY", ERROR - surcharge inverted, perf 11, wmkd NZ and Star Wide Apart (SG Type 12b), only 24 of this complete variety were printed (four bottom rows of pane), a very rare, seldom offered, undercatalogued, error, some paper adhesion on reverse, OG, HR, VF-S

26 var (22 var) 1901 1d brown Q Makea Takau with Crown overprint SG Type 5 locally in black, only a very small number of mutilated stamps were overprinted as a few sheets must have stuck together and the process of separating them stripped the printing surface from large areas of the stamps (due to local climatic conditions) to a very small number of stamps of the 20 sheets overprinted, the Crown overprint is on the damaged part of the stamp...

53b-57b, 59b-60b (48b, 49b, 50d, 51b, 52d, 54b, 55b) 1919 2½d-1' K George V stamps of New Zealand surcharged SG Type 8 in blue or red, cplt (7), VARIETY - compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, perf 14x14½), very well centered for compound perfs, fresh color, OG, LH, VF-S

86 var footnoted (101 var footnoted) 1932 2d black and brown Double Maori Canoe VARIETY - inverted center, perf 13, fresh and bright, seldom offered, signed, OG, LH, VF

107 var (123b) 1936-44 £3 green Postal Fiscal Coat of Arms of New Zealand overprinted "COOK ISLANDS." SG Type 19 in red, wmkd NZ and Star, thin, hard chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, perfectly centered, fresh, choice and scarce, OG,VLH, SUPERB

1 (B1) 1898 20pa bright violet British Administration issue, handstruck locally, unwmkd, only 3000 printed, imperf, large margins on all four sides, a scarce under appearancereciated and difficult stamp, nice fresh bright appearanceearance, unused, XF, with RPSL certificate