U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
June 27-28, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #929 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR 1884-1894 British Consular Mail, inscribed "Letter" and "Postal Packet", with circular handstamp reading "British Vice-Consular Mail Antananarivo" and "British Consular Mail Antananarivo" in black around Royal arms, a spectacular collection of 116 unused and cancelled stamps arranged in stock book, with two to four of each value including shades (light or dark magenta, light or dark handstamps), hollow stops after "B" and "M" or "B.C.M", violet handstamps (1a, 8ab, 20a, 26a, 27a,38b,46b,47b and others), "one penny" double, one albino (21var), handstamped in red (24a, one of only 6 used examples recorded, each damaged), without handstamp (33a,36a), variety "PENCF" with handstamp inverted (37var), also handstamp double and inverted (37var), plus other minor plate flaws. In addition there are horizontal pairs of the 1895 British Inland Mail issue (50-56) and three horizontal or vertical pairs imperf. between of 2d, 4d and 1sh values (Malagasy runners). The note in Gibbons states "due to the type of paper used, *O Catalog #SG 1/62 Catalog Value £80,500 | Unsold |
