COLONIAL STAMP COMPANY
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Los Angeles, California 90036-5816

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Auction #109

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Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The auction starts at 2:00 PM

5757 Wilshire Blvd
Penthouse Suite 8
Los Angeles, California 90036

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ABBREVIATIONS and CONDITION FACTORS
TERMS OF SALE
BIDDING INCREMENTS

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INDEX OF SALE

Great Britain & Offices 1-40
Aitutaki - Australia 41 - 125
Bahamas - British East Africa 126 - 239
British Guiana - Cook Islands 240 - 349
Cyprus - Grenada 350 - 459
Hong Kong - Malta 460 - 591
Mauritius - Palestine 592 - 713
Papua New Guinea - St. Helena 714 - 818
St. Lucia - Sudan 819 - 929
Swaziland - Zululand 930 - 1056

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TERMS OF SALE

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Colonial Stamp Company's 107th
Specialized British Empire Public Auction

HolschauerPicture Welcome to our 109th consecutive Colonial Stamp Company British Empire Public Auction. Over the past months we have been busy traveling to acquire properties and consignments for private sale to our customers and to be presented to you in this sale. You will, in reviewing this catalogue, find a wonderful range of mint and used Commonwealth material from Aden to Zululand with special emphasis on Rhodesia King George V “Double Head” and “Admiral” Issues. Some of the highlights (per Scott catalogue numbers), include: Great Britain #31, 74,142, O52; Antigua #9; South Australia #O49a; Tasmania #2; Victoria #231, AR47var; Australia #45-55, 58; Barbados #23, 41, 70-80; Bechuanaland #22; British Central Africa #1-17+6a,9a, 56; British Guiana #14, 127A; British Columbia #14; Canada #64; Cape of Good Hope #6, 6a Block; Cayman Islands #MR3; Ceylon #78; Cyprus #88, 109; Dominica #14; Egypt #A39, 84, 124; Falkland Islands #2; Fiji #46 Block; Grenada #19; Hong Kong #71-84, 109-124, 129-146; Jordan #25var, 45var; Kenya-Uganda & Tanganyika #40; Labuan #1; Lagos #1-6a, 35, 37, 49; Madagascar #12, 13, 14, 19a, 40a, 44; Malaya-Pahang #14-20, 28; Malta #65; Mauritius #6a, 45; Nevis #2; New Britain #1, 16var, 24b; New Zealand #AR23, O1 NH, O2, O4, O11, O13; Orange River Colony #33, 45ivar; Penrhyn Island #2a, 2bvar; Rhodesia #19, 40-42, 58, 101var, 101dvar, 103bvar, 107var, 108var, 109a, 109var, 112var, 118c, 119avar, 121dvar, 135a; St. Vincent #29; Sierra Leone #10, 59, 121; Somaliland Protectorate #O15; South West Africa #94-95; Swaziland #8; Tanganyika #8var; Tobago #6; Togo #48, 49,50, 54, 67b, 69; Tonga #34,35 Blocks; Transvaal #116; Trinidad #6, 11, 61A; Turks Islands #6; Zanzibar #22 and finally Zululand #12c. This sale is very strong in premium material and rare varieties many of which have accompanying certificates. We hope this Public Auction will allow you to acquire some of those long awaited additions to your collection and we wish you all happy and successful bidding!

We hope this Public Auction will allow you to acquire some of thos long awaited additions to your collection and we wish you all happy and successful bidding!

Terms of Consignment

The terms for consigning material are simple. First, please write or call with a description of the material before you send it. Your shipment should contain a minimum of $5000 potential realized value (For material totaling less than $5000, we will be happy to review it for outright purchase). Each mint or used item should catalog at least $250, unless you are forwarding a collection in its entirety. All 20th-Century material in that price range is acceptable. Nineteenth Century material should be in very fine condition. An inventory should be included with all shipments of sets and single items (not required for whole collections). Please send all shipments via registered mail for your protection. All material received that is not deemed suitable for consignment will be returned promptly. Shortly before the sale date you will receive a list of your items included in the sale and a copy of the catalog.

The commission rate is only 10% for items realizing $150 or over. Due to production costs the minimum fee per lot is $15 for items realizing less than $150. There are no other charges.

Payment to consignors commences 60 days after the sale, subject to invoices being paid and items on extension having cleared.

Market Report

The demand for quality material continues its upward trend as anyone bidding at auction the days can attest to. The good material you wish to add to your collection will, in hindsight, probably prove to have been never cheaper than now. I expect major upward price revisions in the next Stanley Gibbons catalogue as I have lost out on several items this year where my bids were well over Stanley Gibbons 2006 catalogue.

George W. Holschauer

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ABBREVIATIONS and CONDITION FACTORS

« Mint
«« Never hinged
OG Original gum
unused Mint without gum
¤ Used
s/e Straight edge
D On Piece
* Cover or card
¨ Block of four (or larger)
P Proof
S Specimen
Sh Sheet
E Essay
son Socked on the nose cancel

Catalogue values and numbers are from Scott - current "Scott Classic Specialized", SG – current "Stanley Gibbons Catalogue", MI – current "Michel Catalogue", Canada Specialized – Unitrade Catalogue of Specialized Canada Stamps, other catalogues used will be specifically mentioned. All foreign catalogue price quotations have been converted to US funds based on the prevailing rate of exchange as of the date the lot was written up; this accounts for slight monetary fluctuations.

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APPROPRIATE SCALE of BIDDING INTERVALS

BIDS

ADVANCE

Up to $100

$5.00

$100.00 to $290.00

$10.00

$300.00 to $725.00

$25.00

$750.00 to $1,950.00

$50.00

$2,000.00 to $3,000.00

$100.00

$3,250.00 to $7,500.00

$250.00

$7,500.00 and above

$500.00

Bids which do not conform to the above intervals and advances will automatically be reduced to the appropriate level.

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