25 var footnoted (37D) 1898 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red Scott surcharge Type c (SG Type 5), VARIETY - small second "z", light perfectly centered "Zanzibar" registry cds, rare and undercatalogued as few were used, SUPERB
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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Jul 10, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
Friday Jul 10, 2026 12:00 to 22:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
Welcome to Colonial Stamp Company's 144th consecutive British Colony Auction. Enclosed for your philatelic enjoyment, is our current auction in which I am reasonably sure will yield a fair number of items which have "languished" on your personal wantlist for a while! You can, as usual, mail, fax, call or email any bids, or you can wait and bid online at auction.colonialstamps.com. Be sure to register if you have not yet done so.
Our current catalog includes the second portion of two Malaya State collections including several major five figure rarities! Among the highlights of the auction are: Great Britain 1848 10d brown embossed, the 4d mint SC#22(SG 62a), 1882 £1 brown lilac. South Australia Victorian £5 and £10 mint high values, Victoria SC#156a (SG306b) used (only 8 recorded!), Australia roos mint to £2 and, 20 shilling postage due (the key major number of the country). Barbados mint SC#56a (SG82), Bechuanaland, the second rarest stamp of the colony SC#27 (SG23c) – missing in 99.9% of all collections. Strong British Guiana early “ships” Nova Scotia 1 shilling imperf unused. British Columbia & Vancouver Island, mint SC#3 (SG4) and others. The Canada contains many exceptional quality classics. Cape of Good Hope includes SC#39 (SG46), Falkland Islands with all the key later high values. Gold Coast with one of the few known postally used £2, strong early Jordan overprints, a run of Madagascar counselor mails and great run of Penrhyn Island overprints as well as a fine range of Zanzibar provisionals which serves to round out the sale.
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Showing 476 - 500 of 509
Price: $ 620.00
Lot #988 - zanzibar
26 (29) 1896 2½a on 1½a sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), only 752 printed, bearing an example of the very rare French double-ring "Zanzibar" cds, very seldom seen!, a great Specialist stamp for this issue!, VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #989 - zanzibar
27 (30) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), scarce, as only 192 were printed, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #990 - zanzibar
27 (30) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 7 surcharge (Scott Type e), scarce, as only 192 were printed, of which very few were ever used!, undercatalogued, perfectly centered, lightly canceled, SUPERB
Price: $ 1,300.00
Lot #991 - zanzibar
27 var footnoted (30D) 1896 2½a on 1a6p sepia Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 7 (Scott Type e), only 192 printed, VARIETY - small second "z", "Zanzibar" cancel, VF
Price: $ 1,120.00
Lot #992 - zanzibar
28 (38) 1896 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 3 (Scott Type a), only 1504 printed, scarce and undercatalogued, especially used, with "Zanzibar" registered cds, F-VF
Price: $ 880.00
Lot #993 - zanzibar
28, 28A, 29 (38-40) 1898 2½ on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar" and surcharged in red, cplt (3) with SG surcharge Types 3-5 (Scott Types a-c), a rare and undercatalogued set as 28A (39) only occurs 10 times in the setting of 60, SG Type is a small second "z" variety, OG,HR, F-VF
Price: $ 1,200.00
Lot #994 - zanzibar
28A (39) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "Zanzibar", red SG Type 4 surcharge (Scott Type b), rare and undercatalogued, as it only occurs 10 times in the complete setting of 60, OG,VLH, VF
Price: $ 480.00
Lot #995 - zanzibar
28A var footnoted (39D) 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, showing small second "z" variety, perfectly centered, OG,NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #996 - zanzibar
29 (40) 1898 2½a on 2a dull blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG surcharge Type 5 (Scott Type c), only 742 printed, very few were used, as such quite rare and undercatalogued, choice centered "Zanzibar" registry cancel, F-VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #997 - zanzibar
30-31 var footnoted (26C-27C) 1896 2½a on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamps of India, red Sc surcharge Type d (SG type 6) - only 1504 printed, in vertical pair with red surcharge Type e (SG type 7) - only 384 printed, both are VARIETY - tall second "z", a scarce multiple, OG,LH, F-VF
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #998 - 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, with "Zanzibar" cds, F-VF
Price: $ 440.00
Lot #999 - zanzibar
30b var (26kD) 1896 2½ on 2a6p ultramarine Q Victoria stamp of India, red SG Type 6 surcharge (Scott Type d), VARIETY - Roman "I" in "½", additionally with small second 'z', lower, OG, VLH, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 250.00
Lot #1000 - zanzibar
31b (27m) 1896 2½ on 2a pale blue Q Victoria stamp of India, red Sc surcharge Type e (SG Type 7), ERROR - inverted "1" in "½", this occurred only once in a sheet and thus a maximum of 12 originally existed, rare, OG, LH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Price: $ 1,700.00
Lot #1001 - 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), used, F-VF
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #1002 - zanzibar
54 (176) 1897 2½a on 4a myrtle-green and red Sultan Seyyid Hamed-bin Thwain, surcharged SG Type 4 in red, this is the rarest overprint Type in the set as it only occurred 10 times in the sheet, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #1003 - zanzibar
111 (237) 1908-09 4R vermilion Sultan Ali bin Hamoud, wmkd Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, the 4R is, by far, the scarcest and most undercatalogued used stamp among the lower values, with "Zanzibar" cds, SUPERB
Price: $ 190.00
Lot #1004 - zanzibar
115 (241) 1908-09 30R black and sepia View of Port, wmkd Multiple Rosettes sideways, perf 14, a perfectly centered gem!, OG, NH, SUPERB
Price: $ 800.00
Lot #1005 - zanzibar
116 (242) 1908-09 40R black and orange-brown View of Port, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #1006 - zanzibar
119 (245) 1908-09 200R brown and greenish black View of Port, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, rare, OG, VLH, XF
Price: $ 880.00
Lot #1007 - zanzibar
120-34 (246-60) 1913 1¢-10r Sultan Kalif bin Harub and Dhow set, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, cplt (15), the 10R is very rare, F-VF
Price: $ 480.00
Lot #1008 - zanzibar
134 (260) 1913 10R green and brown Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, scarce used, with "Zanzibar" squared-circle cancel, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 420.00
Lot #1009 - zanzibar
135 (260b) 1913 20R black and green Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (sideways), perf 14, very rare and undercatalogued used, perfectly centered, light squared-circle cancel, SUPERB
Price: $ 740.00
Lot #1010 - zanzibar
136 (260c) 1913 30R black and brown Dhow, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, perf 14, very rare, and undercatalogued used, light squared-circle cancel, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate
Price: $ 1,300.00
Lot #1011 - zanzibar
156-77 (276-97) 1921-29 1¢-30R Sultan Khalif bin Harub, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (22), OG,LH, VF
Price: $ 500.00
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