British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2

1-8 (1-3, 6-8, 12-13) 1901-05 ½d-2'6d British New Guinea Lakatois on thick paper, wmkd Multiple Rosettes, cplt (8), well centered, OG, HR, VF

7 var footnoted (15a) 1905 1' black and orange British New Guinea Lakatoi on thin paper, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (vertically), perf 14 (comb), scarce as only 205 existed without the overprint, 175 sold in London and there is one sheet of 30 in the De La Rue archives, rare and undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF, with Brandon certificate

17 var footnoted after #8 (27) 1906 1' black and orange Lakatoi on medium to thick paper overprinted "Papua." SG Type 3 (large overprint) at Port Moresby, wmkd Multiple Rosettes (vertically), perf 14 (line), rare key value, OG, HR, SUPERB

36a (73) 1909-10 2d black and purple Lakatoi, wmkd Crown over A (sideways), VARIETY - perf compound of 11 and 12½, a very nicely centered example of this scarce perforation variety, OG, HR, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate

2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, this block of four is the largest multiple known, missing from most collections as a single stamp, OG,HR, F-VF

2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, a scarce stamp missing from most collections, fresh bright color, OG, HR, F-VF, with Philatelic Foundation certificate

2b (6) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11x14, horizontal pair, (formerly Scott no. 4) a rare stamp in a multiple with less than 10 recorded, missing from most collections as a single stamp, fresh with traces of overprint ink offset on reverse, OG,LH, F-VF

6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of New Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, vertical pair, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printer, a rarely seen pair with all six horizontal rows of perfs (3 at perf 14 + 3 at perf 11) intact, fresh bright color, OG, NH, SUPERB

6b var (13) 1902 1d carmine Comerce of new Zealand on Cowan paper overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." and surcharged in blue, block of four, VARIETY - mixed perfs: 14 and then reperfed horizontally 11 for quality by the printer, a rarely seen block of four with five horizontal rows of perf, two at perf 14 and 3 at perf 11, with two toned spots and with no trace of the official patching which sometimes shows on the reverse, OG, VLH, XF

21 var, 21 (24ab, 24a) 1920 2½d blue K George V recess printing, overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." in red, ERROR - no stop after "ISLAND", bottom center stamp in a block of six (rows 9-10, pos 7-9), error stamp is NH with top-left and right stamps in block LH, XF

23 var, 23 (26ab, 26a) 1918 6d carmine K George V of New Zealand overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND." SG Type 4, perf 14x14½, VARIETY - no stop after "ISLAND" (row 10, pos 8), in horizontal pair with normal, OG, HR, fine

19 (13) 1892 £10 brown Coat of Arms, unwmkd, perf 14, 14½, rare high value, OG,VLH, F-VF, with APS certificate