120 (129) 1912 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd MCA, perf 14, very rare used, lightly canceled, F-VF, with RPSL certificate
British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2
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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 326 - 350 of 509
Price: $ 1,500.00
Lot #838 - sierra leone
138 (147) 1923 £2 blue and dull purple K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1560 ptd, top right corner example with two sheet-margins, OG, NH, VF
Price: $ 920.00
Lot #839 - sierra leone
139 (148) 1923 £5 orange and green K George V and Elephant, wmkd Script CA, much scarcer than the wmkd MCA as only 1020 issued, very well centered, OG, LH, SUPERB, with Philatelic Foundation certificate
Price: $ 1,900.00
Lot #840 - sierra leone
153-65 (168-80) 1933 ½d-£1 K George V Wilberforce set, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), one of the Empire's most attractive and popular sets, OG-HR, F-VF
Price: $ 460.00
Lot #841 - somaliland protectorate
3b var (3c var) 1903 2a pale violet Q Victoria stamp of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND", unrecorded VARIETY - overprint double, one albino, the discovery example and the only know example from the first issue, OG,VLH, VF, with Sismondo certificate
Price: $ 640.00
Lot #842 - somaliland protectorate
12d (13a) 1903 5R ultramarine and violet Q Victoria of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at top, VARIETY - curved overprint (row 3, pos 4 of the top right-hand pane), only 42 were printed, very few were used, unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons and Scott, well centered, lightly canceled, VF
Price: $ 740.00
Lot #843 - somaliland protectorate
14-20 (18-24) 1903 2½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at bottom, cplt (7), scarce as only 1644 were sold of the 3R, undercatalogued, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 320.00
Lot #844 - somaliland protectorate
14-20 var (18-24 var) 1903 2½a-5R Q Victoria stamps of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" SG Type 1 at bottom, cplt (7), VARIETY - Type B overprint with "B" over "OM" (only occurred 58 times per pane of 240), very scarce as only about 200 were sold of the 3R with this variety, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #845 - somaliland protectorate
14-26 (18-30) 1903 ½a-5R Q Victoria and K Edward VII stamps of India, overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILAND" at bottom, cplt (13), scarce as only 1644 were sold of the 3R, OG, HR, F-VF
Price: $ 340.00
Lot #846 - somaliland protectorate
27-39 (32-44) 1904 ½a-5R K Edward VII, wmkd CA or CC, cplt (13), many times more rare used than mint and as such quite undercatalogued, F-VF
Price: $ 320.00
Lot #847 - somaliland protectorate
64-76 (73-85) 1921 ½a-5R K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, cplt (13), while comparatively easy mint the high values are especially scarce used, in practice 20-to-1 in favor of the mint, as such undercatalogued, F-VF
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #848 - somaliland protectorate
84-95 (93-104) 1938 ½a-5R K George VI (portrait to left), wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (12), scarce and undercatalogued used as for several years it was not sold in the Colony because of the Italian Occupation, 2R tied to small piece, F-VF
Price: $ 280.00
Lot #849 - somaliland protectorate
O1-5 (O1-5) 1903 ½a-1R Q Victoria of India overprint Officials, cplt (5), only the tiniest fraction of this printing was ever used, the 8a is an especially great used rarity, significantly undercatalogued, each with light "Berbera" cds, VF
Price: $ 1,800.00
Lot #850 - somaliland protectorate
O5 (O5) 1903 1r green and carmine Q Victoria Official stamp of India (overprinted "On H.M.S.") with additional overprint "British Somaliland" (SG Type O1), very rare and undercatalogued used, light "Berbera" cds, F-VF
Price: $ 780.00
Lot #851 - somaliland protectorate
O6 var-O8 var (O6 var-O8 var) 1903 ½a-2a K Edward VII stamps of India overprinted "BRITISH SOMALILIAND" with additional "SERVICE" overprint, VARIETY - dropped "E" in "SERVICE", each is one of only 10 possible examples, P.O. fresh, OG,LH, F-VF
Price: $ 680.00
Lot #852 - somaliland protectorate
O6 var-O9 var (O6 var-O9 var) 1903 ½a - 8a K Edward VII stamps of India overprinted "Service British Somaliland" SG Type O2, unlisted VARIETY - dropped second "E" in "SERVICE" in matched top sheet-margin examples, rare as only 10 examples of the 8a were printed, OG,NH, F-VF
Price: $ 1,000.00
Lot #853 - somaliland protectorate
O6b (O6a) 1903 ½a green K Edward VII of India overprinted SG Type O2 in Calcutta, prepared for use but not issued, VARIETY - "BRIT SH" for "BRITISH" (row 7, pos 12 of the upper pane), surprisingly rare and undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF
Price: $ 190.00
Lot #854 - somaliland protectorate
O13 (O12) 1904 2a dull and bright purple K Edward VII Official overprinted "O.H.M.S." SG Type O3, wmkd CA, perf 14, only 960 ptd, the "key" stamp to the Colony, a seriously undercatalogued mint stamp as the vast majority were used!, a very challenging stamp, OG, VLH, SUPERB
Price: $ 580.00
Lot #855 - south africa
16 (17) 1916 £1 green and red K George V, wmkd Springbok's Head, perf 14, scarce high value, OG, NH, F-VF
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #856 - south africa
17 var (18w) 1913 ½d green K George V coil perf 14 horizontally by imperf, VARIETY - wmk Springbok's Head inverted, margin is just in at right, a very rare stamp, fine
Price: $ 190.00
Lot #857 - south africa
26-32 (34-39) 1927-28 2d-10' K George V and Views, engraved, wmkd Springbok's Head, perf 14, cplt (7) in horizontal pairs, OG, LH, F-VF
Price: $ 260.00
Lot #858 - southern nigeria
1-9, 1a, 2a (1-9, 1a, 2a) 1901 ½d-10' Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11) with all shades, a very scarce used set, F-VF
Price: $ 540.00
Lot #859 - southern nigeria
10-20 (10-20) 1903-04 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), the £1 is quite rare and undercatalogued, the "key" stamp of the Colony, OG, LH, VF
Price: $ 660.00
Lot #860 - southern nigeria
32-43 (33-44) 1907-09 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, new colors, wmkd MCA, perf 14, cplt (12), used, F-VF
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #861 - southern rhodesia
1-14 (1-14) 1924-29 ½d-5' K George V Admiral set, unwmkd, perf 14, cplt (14), including several quite scarce and undercatalogued used stamps, lightly canceled, F-VF
Price: $ 180.00
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