British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1

N1-14 (1-14) 1915 1ch-10K Shah Amed stamps of Iran, overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation.", cplt (14), rare, as only 257 of the 5ch were printed, 1Kr signed Dadkah, 10Kr signed Braun, OG, HR, F-VF

N16 (16) 1915 2ch carmine and deep blue Coronation issue, overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation..", the 2Ch is the "key" and undercatalogued value of this rare issue, seldom ever offered!, signed, OG, VLH, XF

N21 (21) 1915 10ch brown and deep green "Coronation" issue of Iran, overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation." SG Type 1, perf 11x11½, quite rare as only 66 were printed, of which comparatively few were used, F-VF

N23 (24) 1915 1kr black, brown, and silver "Coronation" issue of Iran overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation." SG Type 1, nicely centered, quite scarce, signed Bloch, OG, VLH, SUPERB

58b (B6b) 1915 3d on 30pf Kaiser's Yacht overprinted "C.E.F." (SG Type 1), ERROR - surcharged triple, two albino, rare, only 50 printed, row 1 pos 4, top margin example, from the unique block of 25, ex-Gibbs, with photocopy of BPA certificate for the original block, OG,NH, XF

1 (1) 1857 1d brown-purple Heraldic Flowers, thick paper with mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four margins, black grid cancel, VF

23 (23) 1861 1' rose-lake Heraldic Emblems, hand-made paper without mesh, unwmkd, imperf, four full to clear margins, used, F-VF

61-74 (66-79) 1897 1¢-60¢ 400th Anniversary of Discovery issue, unwmkd, perf 12, cplt (14), OG, HR, F-VF

87-97, 92A (95-105, 100a) 1910 1¢-15¢ Guy issue, lithographed, perf 12, cplt (12) includes both types of the 6¢, very fresh, a perfectly centered and hand-picked set, OG,HR, SUPERB

104-14 (117-27) 1911 1¢-15¢ K George V Coronation, perf 13½x14 (comb) or 14 (line), cplt (11), OG, HR, F-VF

115-26 (130-41) 1919 1¢-36¢ Trail of the Caribou, perf 14, cplt (12), OG, LH, F-VF

C6-C8 (192-94) 1931 15¢-$1 Airmails, unwmkd, cplt (3), perfectly centered, OG,NH, SUPERB