Lot 95
British Commonwealth mint and used collection
Stamp Collections & Ranges | S25015
Auction: 17 June 2025 at 14:00 BST
Description
1850s to 1890s mint and used collection, including New South Wales 1850 2s dull blue (later impression) used (SG 18 £200) 3d yellow-green used (SG 39 £350) Newfoundland 1857 1d brown-purple four clear to good margins, used (SG 1 £250, RPS Cert 1981) Ceylon 1885 watermark CC surcharges values to 56c on 96c with better 10c on 36c (SG 155-170), Hong Kong 1891 50th Anniversary of the Colony 2c used with first day of issue cancel (SG 51 £140) Malaya Straits Settlements 1867 2c on 1a brown used (SG 2) Madagascar 1884 Consular Mail inscribed ‘’Postal Packet'' 1d magenta used (SG 5 £425) Cape of Good Hope 1853 4d deep blue mint small part o.g. (thinned and small abrasion at top, SG 2 £325 RPS Cert 2024) and 1862 6d slate-lilac on blued paper mint large part o.g. (SG 7c £4500, RPS Cert 2024, odd faults, creased etc…) mixed condition.
