33-38 (1-6) 1885 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprinted SG Type 1, cplt (6), scarce, OG, HR, F-VF
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
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Aug 28, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
COLONIAL STAMP CO. British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 1
Thursday Aug 28, 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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Showing 401 - 425 of 599
Lot #402 - India / Jind
49-62 (17-35) 1886-99 ½a-5R Q Victoria of India overprinted "JHIND STATE" SG Type 3, wmkd Star, cplt (14), scarce and undercatalogued as only 192 were printed of each of the two high values, 2'-5' are signed (5' by T.Allen!, 3' by several), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #403 - India / Nabha
1-6 (1-6) 1885 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprinted SG Type 1, cplt (6), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #404 - India / Nabha
11-25 (14//33) 1885-97 ½a-5R Q Victoria of India overprinted "NABHA STATE" SG Type 2, wmkd Star, cplt (15), only 576 printed of 2R-5R, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #405 - India / Nabha
O51 (O68) 1942 5R green and blue K George VI of India overprinted "NABHA SERVICE" SG Type O11, well centered, seriously undercatalogued used!, SUPERB
Lot #406 - India / Patiala
1-6 (1-6) 1884 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprinted SG Type 1 in red, cplt (6), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #407 - India / Patiala
13-26 (13//31) 1891-96 ½a-5R Q Victoria of India overprinted "PATIALA STATE" SG Type 3, cplt (14), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #408 - Iraq
15-27 (80-92) 1931 1/2a-25R K Faisal I issue, wmkd MSCA, perf 12. cplt (13), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #409 - Iraq
28-43 (106-21) 1932 2f on ½a-1d on 25R K Faisal I surcharges, wmkd MCA, perf 12, cplt (16), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #410 - Iraq
(T329a) 1949 2f on 5f deep blue K Faisal II Tax stamp with revenue overprint (SG Type 28c), ERROR - overprint double, unlisted in Scott, listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, P.O. fresh, top margin example, with photocopy of BPA certificate for a block of four of which this is the upper left stamp, OG,NH, VF
Lot #411 - ireland
77-79 (83-85) 1925-27 2'6d-10' K George V Sea Horses, Bradbury Wilkinson printing with narrow date (SG Type 11) overprints, cplt (3), very well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB
Lot #412 - ireland
93-95 (99-101) 1935 2'6d-10' K George V re-engraved Sea Horses of Great Britain, Waterlow printing, overprinted (SG Type 5 - wide date), wmkd Crown GR, perf 15x14, cplt (3), OG, VLH, XF
Lot #413 - ireland
96-98 (102-04) 1937 2'6d-10' St. Patrick, wmkd Monogram SE, perf 14x15, cplt (3), OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #414 - jamaica
33//59 (37-56) 1905-11 ½d-5' Q Victoria and Arms of Jamaica, cplt (20), including the scarce (and undercatalogued) 2' and 4d shades, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #415 - jamaica
40 (49) 1910 4d black on yellow Q Victoria on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd MCA, perf 14, an astonishingly rare and vastly undercatalogued used stamp, rarely ever seen used!, exceptional centering, SUPERB
Lot #416 - jordan
31 (33) 1922 10p on 10p ultramarine, black handstamp surcharge, perf 14, only 135 surcharged (per Najjar), signed Bloch, OG, HR, F-VF, with Friedl certificate
Lot #417 - jordan
60 (52a) 1922 10pi ultramarine stamp of Palestine overprinted, SG Types 1 (in black) and 4 (in violet), perf 14, rare and undercatalogued as only 79 were overprinted (all colors, per Najjar), signed Bloch, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #418 - jordan
98 var (75a var footnoted) 1923 ½p on 9p on 9p ochre of Palestine overprinted SG Types 1 (in black), 3 (in red) and 7 (in black), VARIETY - ½p surcharge inverted, perf 15x14, a rare error, signed, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #419 - jordan
198 (221) 1933 £P1 black and yellow-green Emir Abdullah, wmkd Script CA, perf 12, OG, NH, VF
Lot #420 - jordan
NJ8 (PD22) 1948 1m red-brown Palestine Occupation overprint, unwmkd, perf 13½, one of the great Postage Due rarities of the 20th-Century Empire, vastly undercatalogued, with BPA certificate for the block of four that this is from ("P1", top-left), OG, NH, VF
Lot #421 - jordan
O1 (O117) 1924 ½p scarlet Official, black Arab Government of the East overprint, rare and substantially undercatalogued in Stanley Gibbons, unpriced used in Scott, truly a great rarity of which only two examples are known, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #422 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
5 (69) 1921-22 12¢ slate-grey K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, this is among the rarest used 20th-Century East Africa stamps, vastly undercatalogued, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #423 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
5 (69) 1921-22 12¢ slate-grey K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, top margin block of four, with centrally struck "Londiani" cds, very scarce multiple, this is among the rarest used 20th-Century East Africa stamps, vastly undercatalogued, F-VF, with Brandon certificate
Lot #424 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
9 (73) 1921 3R violet and green K George V of East Africa and Uganda on chalk-surfaced paper, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, a very rare and undercatalogued used stamp, fresh, light "Mombasa" cancel, F-VF
Lot #425 - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
33 var (91w) 1925 4' grey K George V on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, VARIETY - wmkd Crown to right of CA, light "Nairobi" cds, scarce and undercatalogued used, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
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