2 var footnoted (2D) 1895 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, overprinted "Zanzibar" in blue, VARIETY - small second "z", exceptionally well centered -- very rare thus!, OG, HR, SUPERB
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
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Aug 29, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
Friday Aug 29, 2025 12:00 America/Los_Angeles
British Colony Public Auction # 142
Enclosed is our current auction in which you can bid, as usual, directly with us (“on the book”), through an agent, or you can bid live online at Auction.ColonialStamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our new catalogue includes the first portion of 2 major seven-figure collections estates,
Great Britain includes the rare 1½d 1860 unissued “rosy mauve” as we;; as higher £1 and £5 values, and a strong “Official: selection including a mint 5/- Q Victoria I. R. Official.
Australia and States with scarce material South Australia to the £5 and strong Officials Australia to £2 ”roo” and better Postage Dues with a 10/- green.
Difficult Brunei Japanese Occupation items, out standing Bushire Coronation issues – 7 values including the 2c.
Canada “Jubilees” to the $5. Rare Cook Islands provisionals and values to £5. Cyprus provisionals and £5. Falklands Islands with most of the major key and popular high values to £1. Fiji strong in early provisionals and Postage Dues. Gibraltar to £5. Labuan includes the rare mint $5 172 (141). Madagascar with 35 different values! Strong Malay States with values to $500 and rare Japanese Occupation issues including the complete “Malacca” box overprint set. Malta with the key 10/-. Major Mesopotamia (Baghdad) of 11 different values. Natal to mint £5 K Edward VII, a fine range of New Britain G.R.I. overprints and New Zealand has strong “Chalons” commencing with a used #1 and 14 different “O.P.S.O.s”. Rare North Borneo and North West Pacific Islands issues. Samoa “G.R.I.s” witn 1M, 3M and 5M values. Sierra Leone to the £5 Elephant, Togo British Occupation to the 1 mark. As usual a major Zanzibar provisional section.
Wishing you all success with your bids.
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Lot #1121 - zanzibar
3-17 (3/21) 1895 ½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "Zanzibar", cplt (15), small "z"s and inverted "q" for "b" scattered throughout, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #1122 - zanzibar
3a (3jD) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" in black, ERROR - "Zanzidar" for "Zanzibar", also with small second "z" raised, row 4, pos 6, slightly stained, part OG, fine
Lot #1123 - zanzibar
3b (3k) 1895-96 ½a blue-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - overprinted "Zanibar" in black (row 7, pos 2), lightly canceled, very scarce, VF, with Rendon certificate
Lot #1124 - zanzibar
5e (5m) 1895-96 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" SG Type 1 in black, VARIETY - diaeresis over last "a" (row 10, pos 5), a very scarce and seldom offered variety, fresh and bright color, OG, HR, XF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1125 - zanzibar
7b (8k) 1895-96 2½a yellow-green Q Victoria stamp of India, ERROR - "Zanibar" overprint in black (row 7, pos 2), lightly canceled, VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #1126 - zanzibar
18-20 var footnoted (23-25D) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in black, Sc surcharges Type a-c (SG Types 3-5) cplt, undercatalogued, Type c (5) is also a small second "z" variety, F-VF
Lot #1127 - zanzibar
20 var footnoted (25H) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India, black SG Type 5 surcharge on VARIETY - inverted "q" for "b" (SG Type H), rare (probably only occurred once per sheet), toned OG, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #1128 - zanzibar
21-23 (32-34) 1896 2½a on 1a plum Q Victoria stamp of India with "Zanzibar" overprint surcharged in red, SG surcharges Type 3-5 (Scott Type a-c) cplt (3), undercatalogued,scarce, especially SG Type 4 (Scott Type b) as it occurred only 10 times in the original setting of 60, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #1129 - zanzibar
24C (36) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type b (SG Type 4), a very rare and undercatalogued stamp (occurring only 10 times in the setting of 60), especially scarce used, light "Zanzibar" registry cds, VF
Lot #1130 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", dropped, undercatalogued, large part OG, F-VF
Lot #1131 - zanzibar
28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 4 (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG, LH, VF
Lot #1132 - zanzibar
30a (26j) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½" - row 8, pos 6, rare as only 22 examples were originally printed, considerably undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #1133 - zanzibar
31 var footnoted (27D) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), only 384 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", well centered, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1134 - zanzibar
32-37 (41-46) 1896 ½a-7½a Q Victoria stamps of British East Africa overprinted "Zanzibar" in black and red, cplt (6), small "z" varieties present, a difficult mint set because the 2½a, while 1200 were printed, was the standard postal rate and a high percentage were used postally, quite undercatalogued, the ratio in Stanley Gibbons is far too small in our experience, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1135 - zanzibar
48 var (170 var) 1896 1R deep blue Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin-Thwain, wmkd Lotus, perf 14, VARIETY - hand-painted red flags (some sheets were printed off-register and the P.O. hand-painted them before issue), lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1136 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, set of all three different red surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #1137 - zanzibar
53-55 (175-77) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan set of all three different surcharges, scarce and undercatalogued (only 700 sets issued), F-VF
Lot #1138 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), OG, NH, SUPERB
Lot #1139 - zanzibar
62-78 (188-204) 1899-1901 ½a-5R Sultan Seyyid Hamoud-bin-Mohammed bin Said, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (17), used, VF-S
Lot #1140 - zanzibar
99-113 (225-39) 1908-09 1¢-10R Sultan Ali bin Hamoud and Sultan's Palace, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (15), a popular and attractive issue, the 4R is especially rare, used, F-VF
Lot #1141 - zanzibar
134 (260) 1913 10R green and brown Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, scarce used, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Lot #1142 - zanzibar
135 (260b) 1913 20R black and green Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used, light "Zanzibar" squared-circle cancel, perfectly centered, SUPERB
Lot #1143 - zanzibar
136 (260c) 1913 30R black and brown Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, scarce and undercatalogued used, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #1144 - zanzibar
137 (260d) 1913 40R black and vermilion Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, scarce and seldom offered used, as such vastly undercatalogued, SUPERB, with BPA certificate
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