23 (17) 1891 8d on 1' grey-brown Coat of Arms provisional surcharge SG Type 3 in black, perf 14, 14½, quite rare and undercatalogued used, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
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 251 - 275 of 509
Lot #762 - rhodesia
26-39, 27a, 28a, 30b, 31a (29//50) 1896 ½d-10' Coat of Arms, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt set of Die I and Die II, Plates 1-4, (18), a scarcely seen issue, OG,HR, F-VF
Lot #763 - rhodesia
57 (73) 1897 £1 black and red-brown on green Coat of Arms with ends of scrolls between legs of Springboks, unwmkd, perf 13½ to 16, OG, HR, VF
Lot #764 - rhodesia
58 (74) 1897 £2 rosy red Coat of Arms, the rare perf 15 on thick paper, unwmkd, scarce, undercatalogued, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #765 - rhodesia
74 (92) 1901 £5 deep blue Coat of Arms, unwmkd, perf 13½-15, rare, unused, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #766 - rhodesia
100B (113e) 1909 £5 deep blue on bluish paper Coat of Arms overprinted "Rhodesia" in black, SG Type 14, perf 13½ to 15, an astonishingly rare used stamp, the explanation of which can be found in Robson Lowe who notes "the late Reverend Helm is reported to have used four copies for postal purposes", light "Nondala" No. Rhodesia cds, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #767 - rhodesia
109ac (185a) 1910 8d grey-purple and dull purple K George V Double Head, unwmkd, perf 13½, full "Salisbury" double-ring cds, VF
Lot #768 - rhodesia
109 var (146) 1910 8d black and purple K George V Double Head, perf 14, an exceptional rarity, one of only two known used examples (the other is in our Reference Collection), missing from the Queen's collection! well centered, lightly canceled, ex-Dunlop collection, VF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #769 - rhodesia
121h (199a) 1917 1½d drab-brown K George V Admiral, perf 14, VARIETY - horizontal pair, imperf between, scarce, OG,NH, SUPERB, with Holcombe certificate
Lot #770 - rhodesia
122d (279c) 1913 2d black and brownish grey K George V Admiral, SG Head Die IIIB, perf 15, lightly canceled, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #771 - rhodesia
125e (245) 1913 4d black and deep orange-vermilion K George V Admiral, SG Head Die II, perf 15, very rare, OG,VLH, F-VF
Lot #772 - rhodesia
132 var footnoted (255j) 1919 2' deep black and yellow-brown K George V Admiral on toned paper, SG Head Die IIIA, perf 14, extremely rare, OG, LH, F-VF, with BPA certificate
Lot #773 - rhodesia
133c (236a) 1913-19 2'6d pale blue and drab-brown K George V Admiral, SG Head Die II, perf 14, a great rarity, vastly undercatalogued (Gibbs had very few examples!), OG, LH, XF, with RPSL certificate
Lot #774 - rhodesia
134 var footnoted (274c) 1918-21 3' brown and grey-blue K George V Admiral on toned paper with yellowish gum, SG Head Die IIIB, perf 14, OG,LH, VF
Lot #775 - rhodesia
135e (251a) 1913 5' blue and blue-green K George V Admiral, SG Head Die II, perf 15, a very rare and seldom seen stamp, fresh colors, OG, LH, VF
Lot #776 - rhodesia
138a (311) 1922 £1 black and magenta K George V Admiral, double plates, SG Head Die IIIB, white paper, white gum, perf 14, scarce used high value, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Lot #777 - rhodesia
138g (243) 1913 £1 black and purple K George V Admiral, SG Head Die II, perf 14, OG,VLH, VF
Lot #778 - rhodesia
138 var footnoted (278) 1919 £1 black and bright purple K George V Admiral on toned paper with yellowish gum, SG Head Die IIIB, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF
Lot #779 - st. christopher
5 (7) 1879 2½d red-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CC, perf 14, scarce later printing, used, VF
Lot #780 - st. christopher
15 (19) 1890 6d olive-brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, very rare used as only in use for 6 months, undercatalogued, numeral "A 12" cancel, F-VF
Lot #781 - st. helena
1 (1) 1856 6d blue Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, three clear margins (touching at left), OG, HR, F-VF
Lot #782 - st. helena
23 (18) 1868 1' on 6d deep yellow-green Q Victoria surcharged SG Type B (short thick bar), wmkd CC, perf 12½, very scarce, OG, LH, F-VF
Lot #783 - st. helena
50 var-52 var (55 var-57 var) 1903 ½d-2d K Edward VII Pictorials, wmkd CC, perf 14, cplt (3) on bluish papers, unrecorded in Stanley Gibbons, but listed in both B & K and Michel, OG, VLH, F-VF
Lot #784 - st. helena
75-77 (89-91) 1922 1d-3d K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (3), scarce used, seriously undercatalogued, F-VF
Lot #785 - st. helena
79-93 (97-112) 1922-27 ½d-10' K George V and Badge of St. Helena, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (15), OG, VLH, VF
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