56a (58 var footnoted) 1932 2½d black and slate-blue Islanders working Cargo ERROR - inverted center, unwmkd, perf 13, very well centered, fresh and bright color, OG, NH, SUPERB
British Colony Public Auction # 142 - Day 2
By: COLONIAL STAMP CO.
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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.
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Showing 251 - 275 of 555
Lot #852 - niue
86-89 (79-82) 1941-43 2'6d-£1 Coat of Arms of New Zealand Postal Fiscal stamps overprinted "NIUE." with narrow E SG Type 17 on thin, hard, chalk-surfaced "Wiggins Teape" paper with vertical mesh, wmkd NZ and Star single, perf 14, cplt (4), £1 is signed, OG, HR, VF
Lot #854 - north borneo
35-47 (36-48) 1888-1892 ½¢-$2.00 Postage & Revenue, perf 14, cplt (13), 50¢ is signed Stolow, $1 is signed Stolow and Kohl, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #855 - north borneo
79-88, 103-04, 120-21 (92//109, 95, 99) 1897-1902 1¢-24¢ Pictorials, perf 13½-14, cplt (14), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #856 - north borneo
105-119, 122-23, 158-59 (127-45) 1901-05 1¢-$10 Pictorials with "British Protectorate." overprint SG Type 49, perf 13½-14, 14, cplt (19) with both $1, OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #857 - north borneo
152-57 (178-83) 1911 25¢-$10 Coat of Arms, unwmkd, perf 13½-14, cplt (6), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #858 - north borneo
157a var (183a var) 1911 $10 black and brick-red Coat of Arms, unwmkd, VARIETY - imperf bottom sheet-margin single, inused as issued, VF
Lot #859 - north borneo
185-92 (295-302) 1931 3¢-$5 North Borneo Company 50th Anniversary set, unwmkd, perf 12½, cplt (8) in blocks of four, 6 values with sheet-margins, some reinforcing, each with a central round punch hole, a colorful and very popular set, inused as issued, F-VF
Lot #860 - north borneo
193-207 (303-17) 1939 1¢-$5 Pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (15), OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #861 - north borneo
193-207 (303-17) 1939 1¢-$5 Pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (15), used, VF
Lot #862 - north borneo
B14-30 (214-34) 1918 1¢+2¢ - $10+2¢ Red Cross 2¢ surcharges SG Type 69, cplt (17), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #863 - north borneo
B30 (234) 1918 $10+2¢ vermilion and black Coat of Arms Red Cross semi-postal surcharged SG Type 69, perf 13½-14, scarce high value with very rare postal usage, F-VF
Lot #864 - north borneo
B31-47 (235-52) 1918 1¢+4¢ - $10+4¢ Pictorials with RED CROSS 4¢ surcharges SG Type 70 in red, perf 13½-14, cplt (17), with BPA certificate for the $5, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #865 - north borneo
J1 var (D1 var) 1895 2¢ black and rose-lake Sambar Stag with vertical "Postage Due" overprint reading upwards, VARIETY - broken "O" in "Postage", perfectly centered, scarce, OG,HR, SUPERB
Lot #866 - north borneo
N15A-B (J16-17) 1942 1¢-2¢ Pictorials with WAR TAX overprint additionally with Japanese Occupation handstamp SG Type 1 in black, cplt (2), this very rare set has for decades been vastly undercatalogued even by Stanley Gibbons (how long have you searched for it?), OG, VLH, VF-S
Lot #867 - north borneo
N15A-B (J16-17) 1942 1¢-2¢ Pictorials with WAR TAX overprint additionally with Japanese Occupation handstamp SG Type 1 in black, cplt (2), elusive, difficult, and undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #868 - north borneo
N16-N28 (J20-J32) 1944 1¢-$1 K George VI Pictorial issue with Japanese Occupation overprint SG Type 4 at Kuching, unwmkd, perf 12½, cplt (13), OG, LH, VF
Lot #869 - north borneo
N30 (J33) 1944 $2 on 1¢ green and red-brown Buffalo Transport, Japanese Occupation handstamp in violet SG Type 1, subsequently surcharged in black SG Type 5, signed Hughes, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #870 - north borneo
N31 (J34) 1944 $5 on $1 brown and carmine Postage Due, Japanese Occupation surcharge in black (SG Type 6), extremely rare, seldom seen, signed 3 times!, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #871 - north borneo
N34-N47 (J35-J48) 1944-45 1s-1y stamps of Japan overprinted SG Type 8 at Kuching for use in North Borneo, cplt (14), with photocopy of RPSL certificate for the 30s pair that includes the bottom-left sheet-margin stamp in this set, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #872 - north west pacific islands
1-6, 9 (73//84) 1915-16 2d-10' Kangaroos of Australia, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W2), overprinted "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." SG Type 6a, fresh colors, does not include 5', most values are OG, LH (one or two lower values with HR), F-VF
Lot #873 - north west pacific islands
8 (83) 1916 5' grey and yellow Kangaroo of Australia, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W2), overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." (SG Type 6c), perf 12, scarce late printing, printed in a pane of 30 (x4), a seldom seen stamp, OG, LH, VF-S
Lot #874 - north west pacific islands
9 (84) 1915 10' grey and pink Kangaroo of Australia, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W2), overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." (SG Type 6c), perf 12, nice color, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #875 - north west pacific islands
10 (85) 1915 £1 brown and ultramarine Kangaroo of Australia, Die II, overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." SG Type 6, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W2), perf 12, OG, VLH, F-VF
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