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Last updated: 14th February 2010
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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA / NYASALAND
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1891-95 'B.C.A.' overprints on BSA Company, SG 1-19
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| NY304 |
1d black, very fine mint. SG 1 |
£6 |
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| NY305 |
1d black, very fine used. SG 1 |
£5 |
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| NY306 |
2d sea-green and vermilion, very fine mint. SG 2 |
£7 |
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| NY326 |
4d reddish chestnut and black, very fine mint. SG 3 |
£7 |
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| NY08 |
6d ultramarine, fine mint. SG 4 |
£35 |
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| NY307 |
6d ultramarine, left marginal superb unmounted. SG 4 |
£55 |
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| NY308 |
6d ultramarine, very fine used. SG 4 |
£13 |
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| NY10 |
6d deep blue, very fine mint. SG 5 |
£9 |
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| NY309 |
6d deep blue, very fine used. SG 5 |
£6 |
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| NY14 |
8d rose-lake and ultramarine, fine used. SG 6 |
£18 |
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| NY310 |
8d red and ultramarine, very fine mint. SG 6a |
£22 |
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| NY311 |
8d red and ultramarine, very fine used. SG 6a |
£32 |
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| NY15 |
1/- grey-brown, very fine mint. SG 7 |
£15 |
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| NY312 |
1/- grey-brown, very fine used. SG 7 |
£11 |
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| NY16a |
2/- vermilion, very fine mint. SG 8 |
£25 |
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| NY17 |
2/- vermilion, horizontal pair very fine unmounted mint. SG 8 |
£70 |
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| NY313 |
2/- vermilion, very fine used. SG 8 |
£38 |
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| NY19 |
2/6 grey-purple, fine mint. SG 9 |
£45 |
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| NY314 |
2/6 lilac, very fine used. SG 9a |
£65 |
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| NY21 |
3/- brown and green, very fine mint. SG 10 |
£45 |
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| NY315 |
3/- brown and green, cancelled with large undated cancel, 'BLANTYRE' at centre. This a fine example of the 3/- Hut Tax rate. SG 10 fiscal |
£15 |
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| NY24 |
4/- grey-black and vermilion, very fine mint. SG 11 |
£50 |
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| NY316 |
4/- grey-black and vermilion, very fine used. SG 11 |
£60 |
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| RA5380 |
5/- orange-yellow, very fine fresh mint. SG 12 |
£60 |
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| NY25 |
5/- orange-yellow, fine mint. SG12 |
£50 |
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| NY317 |
5/- orange-yellow, very fine used. SG 12 |
£65 |
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| NY318 |
10/- deep green, very fine mint. SG 13 |
£130 |
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| NY319 |
10/- deep green, fine used deep strong colour. SG 13 |
£120 |
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| NY27 |
10/- deep green used with boxed fiscal cancel. SG 13 fiscal |
£25 |
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| NY30 |
£1 deep blue, fine used with 'TSHIROMO' double circle datestamp. RPS certificate (1984) observes 'is genuine. The stamp does not belong to the piece'. Very scarce stamp used. SG 14 |
£325 |
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| NY31 |
£1 deep blue fine used. Clear RPS certificate. Scarce. SG 14 |
£350 |
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| NY32 |
£5 sage-green with comma for stop after 'A' fine mint. Clear BPA certificate. Scarce. SG 16 |
£1,100 |
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1892 – 95 surcharges, SG 18-20
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| NY34 |
Provisional issue 'THREE SHILLINGS' on 4/-, fine mint. SG 18 |
£160 |
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| RA5381 |
Provisional issue 'THREE SHILLINGS’ on 4/-, very fine mint, scarce as such. SG 18 |
£240 |
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| NY35 |
Provisional issue 'THREE SHILLINGS' on 4/-, fine used with 'BLANTYRE' datestamp. BPA certificate (1949). SG 18 |
£160 |
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| NY36 |
Provisional issue 'THREE SHILLINGS' on 4/-, very fine used with 'TSHIROMO' datestamp. SG 18 |
£200 |
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| RA5618 |
Provisional issue 2d sea-green and vermilion surcharged 'ONE PENNY'. Showing the variety SURCHARGE DOUBLE. Some light discolouration on the reverse, otherwise fine mint. A rarity. SG 20a |
£2,275 |
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1895 'Arms' issue without watermark, SG 21-31
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| NY320 |
1d to 1/-, set of five values, fine to very fine mint. SG 21-25 |
SOLD |
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| NY40 |
1d to 1/-, set of five values, fine used. SG 21-25 |
£65 |
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| NY41 |
1d black, superb unmounted mint. SG 21 |
£16 |
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| NY45 |
1/- black and rose, very fine mint. SG 25 |
£55 |
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| NY321 |
2/6 black and bright magenta, very fine mint. Scarce in this condition. SG 26 |
£220 |
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| NY322 |
3/- black and yellow, centred right otherwise very fine fresh mint. SG 26 |
£100 |
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| NY49a |
3/- black and yellow, fine used with light 'FORT LISTER' datestamp. SG 27 |
£35 |
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| NY323 |
5/- black and olive, centred right otherwise very fine fresh mint. SG 28 |
£125 |
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| NY51 |
5/- black and olive, very fine used crisp 'PORT HERALD' datestamp. SG 28 |
£140 |
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| NY54 |
£1 black and yellow-orange, unused without gum. Fresh appearance. SG 29 |
£135 |
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| NY55 |
£1 black and yellow-orange, few small hinge thins otherwise very fine mint and exceptionally well centred for this very scarce stamp (superseded by the £1 black and blue in 1896). SG 29 |
£550 |
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| RA5619 |
£1 black and yellow-orange, very fine fresh mint, very scarce in this condition. SG 29 |
£875 |
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| NY56 |
£1 black and yellow-orange, fine used with part double circle datestamp (JA ?/96) at foot. SG 29 |
£220 |
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| NY58 |
£1 black and yellow-orange, very fine used, part 'CHIROMO' datestamp. SG 29 |
SOLD |
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| RA6917 |
£10 black and orange-vermilion. BPA certificate (2008) states “unused, regummed, is genuine.” A remarkably fresh and well centred example of this very rare stamp. SG 30 |
£1,600 |
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| NY259 |
£25 black and blue-green. Light horizontal bend, unusually well centred, fresh and very fine mint. An exceptional example of this classic high value rarity. Ex. MacFarlane. SG 31
Note: of the few surviving examples of this rare stamp, many are noticeably off-centre. In addition, a significant number also appear to have been separated with scissors resulting in clipped and trimmed perforations. This example being free of such faults could well be the finest extant. |
£9,000 |
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1896 'Arms' issue with watermark, SG 32-42
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| NY63 |
2/6 black and magenta, off centre, fine mint. SG 37 |
£120 |
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| NY64a |
2/6 black and magenta, centred left, fine mint. SG 37 |
£120 |
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| NY67 |
3/- black and yellow, centred left, fine mint. SG 38 |
SOLD |
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| NY303 |
3/- black and yellow, centred right, fine mint. SG 38 |
£75 |
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| RA6918 |
3/- black and yellow, very fine well centred fresh mint. Scarce this fine. SG 38 |
£110 |
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| RA5620 |
£10 black and orange. Superb fresh mint, VERY RARE in this condition. Philatelic Foundation certificate (2008). SG 41
Note: this is a truly remarkable stamp, wonderful refulgent colours, well centred and fresh. It is difficult to imagine if a finer copy could exist. |
£7,500 |
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| RA6920 |
£25 black and green. An exceptionally well centred fresh mint example of this rarity. Most of the few known examples are considerably off-centre and often show clipped perforations. This stamp is arguably the finest extant. PFSA certificate (1989). Outstanding. SG 42 |
£15,000 |
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