382nd Auction

1d. on 3pfg., position 9, fresh color and good perforation, tied by Gibbs type 17 cancel, defaced mail bag seal, "FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN" to large format cover addressed to "The Adjutant 3rd Batt. Naval Military Forces Headquarters", a very rare and possibly unique usage, certificate Gibbs (2008)

OFFICIAL STAMPS: SETTING 3: 1915, 1d. on 3 pfg. and 1d. on 5 pfg., each as block of four from the upper sheet margin, positions 7-8, mint never hinged, fine and attractive

1914, ½d. on 3 pfg. with overprint variety "Comma after I", unused, very fine, signed Holcombe with certificate (1988) (Gibbs 1c)

1914, ½d. on 5 pfg. with overprint variety "Comma after I", tied by cds "APIA 14.9.14" to small piece, fine

1914, ½d. on 5 pfg. with overprint variety "Comma after I", unused, fine (Gibbs 2c)

2½d. on 20 pfg. with inverted surcharge, unused, fine, scarce with only 8 printed, signed with opinion Holcombe (1987) (Gibbs 4e)

2½d. on 20 pfg. as tête-bêche pair, the left stamp with inverted overprint, tied by cds. "APIA" to small piece, fine, with only 10 double prints known as pair especially attractive and rare, certificate Holcombe (1990) (Gibbs 4e+4)

2½ on 20 pfg. with overprint variety "Comma after I", unused, fine and attractive, scarce with only 40 printed, signed (Gibbs 4c)

2½d. on 20 pfg., vertical pair with bottom sheet margin, the lower stamp with variety "comma after I", position 10 of the vertical Setting, tied by cds. "APIA 30.10.14" to small piece, fine, signed Bühler and certificate RPSL of Victoria (2007) (Gibbs 4c)

Provenance: 324. Heinrich Köhler-Auktion, 2005

2½d. on 20 pfg., with clear double print, tied by cds. "APIA 15.9.14" to small piece, fine and scarce, signed Kilian

2½d. on 20 pfg. with double overprint, one showing variety "no fraction bar", regummed, otherwise fine, scarce (Gibbs 4d/a)

3d. on 25pfg., vertical pair with clear double overprint, tied by cds. "APIA" to small piece, a fine multiple of this very rare stamp, certificate RPSL (1969) and (BPA (1978) (Gibbs 5b)

3d. on 40pfg., error 3d. instead of 4d., lightly used, a very fine and striking variety with only approx. 10 printed, signed and certificate PF (1959) (Gibbs 6a)

6d. on 50 pfg., block of four, lower stamps with variety "inverted 9 for 6", used with cds. "APIA", fine, 

6d. on 50 pfg., block of four from the lower left sheet corner, the upper stamps with variety "inverted 9 for 6", upper stamps unused, the lower never hinged, few perf separations at bottom, otherwise fine and attractive multiple, certificate BPA (1983) (Gibbs 8a,8)

6d. on 50 pfg., vertical se-tenant pair with upper stamp showing variety "inverted 9 for 6", tied by cds. "APIA 12.9.14" to small piece, fine (Gibbs 8,8a)

1 "Shillings" on 1m., fresh color and good perforation, used out of date with cds. "APIA" of the later New Zealand Administration, fine, certificate Holcombe (1993) (Gibbs 10)

2 sh. on 2m., fresh color and good perforation, unused, slightly toned, tiny thin, otherwise very fine and rare, signed Bothe BPP a.o. (Gibbs 12)

3 sh. on 3m., fresh color and good perforations, block of four from the upper right sheet margin, without gum, fine and scarce multiple, certificate PF (2001) (Gibbs 13)

5 sh. on 5m., fresh color and good perforations, tied by cds. "APIA 12.9.14" to small piece, very fine and attractive, signed Bloch and certificate APS (1981) (Gibbs 14)

5 sh. on 5m. with overprint variety "defective stop after I of GRI", position 3 of setting 4, fresh color and good perforations, tied by cds. "APIA 13.9.14" to small locally addressed envelope, stamp small crease with tear at top right, otherwise fine, certificate Holcombe (1987) (Gibbs 14)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 1a (nearly 3mm between Anglo and French; mixed capital Os): 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tied by the typical clear cds. "LOME 20 10 14" to small piece, fine, a very rare stamp from the earliest of the individual settings, certificate BPA (1982) and Holcombe (1990)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 1a (nearly 3mm between Anglo and French; mixed capital Os): 10 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tied by the typical clear cds. "LOME 20 10 14" to small piece, fine, a very rare stamp from the earliest of the individual settings, certificate BPA (1978)

Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 174

1914, 3mm Spacing: 10 pfg. block of four, the upper stamps with inverted and horizontally shifted overprint, positions 5-6, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "LOME -4.10.14" to small piece, very fine and attractive, an extremely rare and attractive multiple, in total only one upper half of the sheet (compl. setting) was printed with inverted overprinted, thus only 10 tête-bêche pairs can exist, none of these is known unused, certificate BPA (1978)

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 1b (2½mm between Anglo and French, Togo with one narrow and one wide "O" and Occupation with a wide "O": 10 pfg. without watermark, fresh color and good perforation, originally tied by clear cds. "ASSAHUN 2/1 15" to small piece (lifted for examination), a very rare stamp with less than 10 recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1996)

40 pfg., upper marginal single, fresh color and good perforation, position 4, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive, opinion Holcombe (1996)

40 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds, "LOME 22.1.15" to small piece, fine, signed Kilian BPP and certificate GPS (1983)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 50 pfg., fresh color and mostly good perforation, used with clear cds. "LOME TOGOGEBIET 29.9.14", a fine and attractive copy of this very rare stamp of which just 24 have been printed, signed Pemperton and certificate Brandon (2000)

80 pfg. block of four, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke

1914, 3mm Spacing: 1m., fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "LOME 30.9.14" to piece (lifted), a fine and rare stamp, Bothe BPP, Calves a.o. and certificate BPA (1981)

1914, 3mm Spacing: 2m. fresh color and good perforation, with inverted overprint, unused, very fine and rare stamp with only 20 printed, signed Calves and certificate BPA (which mentions toning; 2004)

1914, 3mm Spacing: Half Penny on 3 pfg., horizontal strip of three from the bottom left sheet corner, position 41-43, positions 41-42 showing variety "small y in Penny", tied by cds. "LOME 11.11.14" to large piece, 

1914, 3mm Spacing: One Penny on 5 pfg., horizontal pair, positions 29-30, tied by cds. "LOME 25.10.14" to small piece, fine, signed Bühler and certificate BPA (1980)

1914, 3mm Spacing: One Penny on 5 pfg. with variety "small y in Penny", unused, very fine, signed Kosack a.o. 

1914, 3mm Spacing: 3 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME 9.2.15", fine, a scarce stamp with only 25 printed

1914, 3mm Spacing: 5 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, used with clear central cds. "LOME -6.11.14", toned, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Bothe BPP and certificate RPSL (1992)