The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
| Lot | South West Africa | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1249 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. (1 Jun.) 8a. dull mauve, horizontal pair from the lower-right corner of the sheet, the right stamp variety no stop after 'm', 'no stop after M', marginal notation in blue ink. S.G. O4, O4c, £4,250+ |  | £1,500 |
| 1250 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. (1 Jun.) 1r. green and aniline carmine, horizontal pair the right-hand stamp showing variety 'br1tish', fresh and very fine unmounted mint. S.G. O5, O5a, £1,900+ |  | £500 |
| 1251 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. 1903 Service 8a. purple, horizontal pair, the right-hand stamp variety 'sumaliland'; large part original gum; fresh and fine. S.G. O9, O9c, £2,500 |  | £800 |
| 1252 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. 1903 Service 8a. purple, variety 'sumaliland', large part original gum; fine. S.G. O9c, £2,500 |  | £600 |
| 1253 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. 1903 Service 1r. green and aniline carmine, horizontal pair, the right hand stamp showing variety 'brit. sh', fresh and fine mint; rare with just ten examples known. B.P.A. Certificate (1977), S.G. O9f, O9fa, £4,500+ |  | £1,000 |
| 1254 | Somaliland. 1903 Overprinted on India . Official Stamps. 1903 Service 1r. green and aniline carmine, horizontal pair, the right hand stamp showing variety 'sumaliland', large part original gum; fine and rare with just ten examples of this variety known. S.G. O9f, O9fc, £3,000 |  | £700 |
| 1255 | Somaliland. 1904-05 Official Stamps. CA 8a. grey-black and pale-blue, variety no stop after 'm', large part original gum; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1969). S.G. O13a, £600 |  | £150 |
| 1256 | Somaliland. 1904-05 Official Stamps. 2a. dull and bright purple, upper-right corner plate '1' block of four, the upper left stamp variety no stop after 'm'; large part original gum; fine and a rare and handsome positional piece. B.P.A. Certificate (1977). S.G. O14, O14a, £2,920+ |  | £1,200 |
| 1257 | Somaliland. 1904-05 Official Stamps. CA ½a. to 8a., MCA 2a. (2, one with lower-marginal plate number '1') and CC 1r., fine mint. S.G. O10-O15 group, £959 |  | £150 |
| 1258 | South West Africa. 1923, Setting I, ½d. to £1 set of twelve values, each overprinted "specimen" vertically, reading up; large part original gum, fine. S.G. 1s-12s, £1,700 |  | £450 |
| Lot | Zanzibar | Estimate | |
| 1259 | Swaziland. 1889-90 1/- green, perf. 12½ x 12, variety overprint inverted, large part original gum; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2003). S.G. 3a, £1,200 |  | £300 |
| 1260 | Tanganyika. British Occupation of German East Africa. 1917-21 1c. to 50r. set of twenty-one with shades including 1c. overprinted in vermilion, 25c. on yellow back, 75c. and 1r. on emerald; good to fine mint. S.G. 45-62 group, £1,300+ |  | £350 |
| 1261 | Tanganyika. British Occupation of German East Africa. 1917-21 1r. to 50r. group of eight high values, each overprinted "specimen", the 50r. additionally hand stamped "colonias" in blue, the 50r. with a couple of lightly toned perfs, part original gum. S.G. 55s-62s var. |  | £200 |
| 1262 | Tanganyika. British Occupation of German East Africa. 1917-21 50r. carmine and green, variety round stop after 'e', lightly mounted mint; very fine. S.G. 62 var. |  | £200 |
| 1263 | Tanganyika. British Occupation of German East Africa. 1917-21 10r. red and green on green, 20r. black and purple on red and 50r. carmine and green; large part original gum, fine. S.G. 60-62, £1,250 |  | £250 |
| 1264 | Tanganyika. 1922-24 set of fifteen to £1, overprinted "specimen", fine and fresh mint. S.G. 74s-88s, £900 |  | £250 |
| 1265 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (Jan.) 2½h. brown, overprinted in violet, a block of four; fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (1955). S.G. M1C, £1,000Provenance: Goldberg. |  | £300 |
| 1266 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (Jan.) 4h. green, handstamped in black; a little soiled, large part original gum. S,G, M2A, £1,800Provenance: Goldberg. |  | £200 |
| 1267 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (Jan.) 30h. black and carmine, handstamped in black, vertical crease at left not affecting the fine appearance. Holcombe Opinion (1992). S.G. M6A, £1,600 |  | £250 |
| 1268 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (Jan.) 45h. black and mauve, overprinted in deep-purple, large part original gum; fine. Ceremuga Certificate (2022). S.G. M7B, £1,700 |  | £400 |
| 1269 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (Jan.) 45h. black and mauve, handstamped in reddish violet, large part original gum; fine. Signed by Holcombe and Gibbs. S.G. M7C, £550 |  | £150 |
| 1270 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (May) 6c. in black on 20h. black and red on yellow, horizontal pair, the right-hand stamp showing variety overprint double, tied to piece by single strike of 'no 343 fpo' c.d.s., a variety unlisted by Gibbs nor Stanley Gibbons; fine and probably unique. Brandon (2004) and Scheller (2024) Certificates. S.G. M15 var. |  | £6,000 |
| 1271 | Tanganyika. Mafia Island. 1915 (May) 6c. on 45h. black and mauve, handstamped in violet, marginal from the foot of the sheet, large part original gum; fine and rare. Holcombe Opinion (1996). S.G. M17, £6,500 |  | £1,500 |
| 1272 | Togo. 1914 (17 Sept.) 10pf. carmine, horizontal pair variety overprint inverted, used and tied to piece by 'lome' c.d.s.; there are three used blocks of four and three used pairs known; very fine. B.P.A. Certificate (No. 58479). S.G. H3a, £7,000 |  | £1,800 |
| 1273 | Togo. 1914 (17 Sept.) 10pf. carmine, variety no watermark, used with large part 'assahun/ togo' c.d.s., Gibbs records just five or six examples, it is not known mint; fine and rare. Philatelic Foundation (1996) and Scheller (2018) Certificates. S.G. H3c, £6,500 |  | £2,000 |
| 1274 | Togo. 1914 (17 Sept.) 1m. carmine [2], large part original gum, fine and fresh mint. Only 100 were printed with most being used. Friedl (1945), B.P.A. (2001) and Scheller (2018) Certificates. S.G. H10, £6,000 |  | £1,800 |
| 1275 | Togo. 1914 (17 Sept.) 2m. blue, variety overprint inverted; large part original slightly toned gum; extremely rare, only one sheet of twenty possible, of which Gibbs has recorded nineteen. B.P.A. Certificate (2004). S.G. H11b, £15,000 |  | £5,000 |
| 1276 | Trinidad. 1860 clean cut perf. 14-16½, mint and used group (10) comprising (1d.) rose-red mint (3) and used, 4d. brownish lilac mint (2) and 6d. deep green mint (2) and used (2); good to fine. S.G. 46-50 group, £2,000+ |  | £300 |
| 1277 | Zanzibar. 1895-96 ½a. to 5r. set of fifteen and 1904 (Jun.) ½a. to 5r. set of fifteen; good to fine mint. S.G. 3-21, 210-224, £975 |  | £200 |
| 1278 | Zanzibar. 1895-96 Provisional 2½ on 1a. plum (Second Setting), surcharged Types 3 and 4 se-tenant, block of four from the left of the sheet, creases affecting lower right stamp otherwise a fine and scarce multiple, large part original gum; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1985). S.G. 23z, 24z, £1,300+ |  | £300 |
| Lot | Collections and Ranges | Estimate | |
| 1279 | Collections and Ranges. A small group of sets overprinted "specimen" comprising Brunei 1907-10 MCA set to $1, Lagos 1884-86 CA 2/6d., 5/- and 10/- and Seychelles 1917-22 MCA set to 5r.; good to fine. S.G. £1,100 |  | £200 |
| 1280 | Collections and Ranges. A group of mainly mint sets comprising Dominica with 1877-79 CC part set of ½d. to 6d. group of five values, Iraq 1918-21 set of fourteen to 10r., Malay Straits Settlements 1937-41 Script set to $5, Singapore 1955-59 stet of fifteen to $5 and Zanzibar 19058-09 part set to 5r. fine used; good to fine. S.G. cat value £1,600+ |  | £300 |
| 1281 | Collections and Ranges. A mint and used group of British North America singles and complete sets comprising New Brunswick with 1851-60 3d. dull red, fine used, Newfoundland with 1911-16 Coronation set to 15c. mint, 1919 'Caribou' set to 36c. mint, Prince Edward Island with 1863-69 1d. yellow-orange, 6d. blue-green and 9d. lilac all mint and Canada 1897-98 'Maple Leaf'; set to 10c. and 1908 Tercentenary set to 20c. both mint; a good to fine and useful group. S.G. cat. value £2,000+ |  | £400 |
| 1282 | Collections and Ranges. A mint British West Indies group comprising St. Christopher 1882-90 CA set of eleven to 1/- with shades, St. Kitts-Nevis set to £1 overprinted "specimen", St. Lucia 1949-50 12c. claret perf. 14½ x 14 (lightly mounted with Murray Payne Cert.), St. Vincent 1861 1d. rose-red horizontal mint strip of three (S.G. 1a.), 1880 5/- rose-red (signed A. Diena) and 1902 CA set to 5/-; generally good to fine |  | £400 |
| 1283 | Collections and Ranges. A group of mint King George V sets and single stamps comprising Antigua with 1921-29 set to £1 (two sets), British Honduras high values with 1913-21 $5 (2) and 1922-33 MCA $5 (4, including one with plate number '1'), British Levant Salonica 1916 set to 1/- (two sets), Dominica 1923-33 set to £1 (two sets), Gibraltar with 1903 CA set to £1 and 1912-24 MCA set to £1, Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1912-24 set to £1 with additional £1 value, Gold Coast 1902 CA 20/- (3), Hong Kong 1912-21 MCA $10 (2), Leeward Islands with MCA 10/- (2) and £1 and Script £1, Nigeria and Northern Nigeria £1 values (2 of each), St. Helena 1922-37 MCA set to £1 (two sets), St. Vincent 1904-11 £1 (2), Sierra Leone 1903 CA £1 (2), Southern Nigeria 1907-11 1/- to £1 and with an additional £1 value, South Africa Natal 1908-19 £1 (2); generally good to fine mint |  | £2,000 |
