Auction March 2025

Images of many of the Lots can be found by clicking on the icon next to the Lot. These images, where shown, form part of the description.

A PDF auction list is available to download here.

A copy of the bidders form is available to download here.  

Please note, bidding is only avaialable to fully paid up memebrs of the Malaya Study Group.

You can download a PDF of the auction list here.


Lot Description Reserve Realisation Image
Stamps Straits Settlements
1 1854 1/2 anna India used in Singapore, franked 'B 172' Probably SG Z60, close margins and small damage to left edge, Cat £425 £40.00 £ 76.00
2 1854, India 2 anna used in Singapore, franked 'B 172' , SG Z64, close margin along bottom , Cat £140 £30.00 £ 30.00  
3 1854, India 2 anna used in Singapore, franked 'B 172' SG Z64, Cat £140, good margins. £40.00 £ 56.00
4 1854, India 2 anna used in Singapore, franked 'B 172' SG Z75, Cat £75 £15.00 £ 23.00  
5 1854 India 8 anna used in Singapore franked 'B 172', SG Z78, Cat £60 £14.00 £ 24.00  
6 1856. 4 annas black of 1856-64 India issue.Cancelled by Singapore 172. Ex-Tommy Traill, on his original album page, written up by him with: 'The very rare Singapore 172 duplex date stamp, the right half shown on the 4 as. Grey Black on India 1856-64' £80.00 £ 140.00  
7 1867 on India THREE HALF CENTS and 1883 ‘2 Cents.’, as for S.G.1, S.G.61/62, impressions in black on wove paper taken from Francis Fournier album of forged impressions published by Union Philatelique de Geneve with Fournier handstamped below each. Max of 480 albums produced £40.00 £ 90.00
8 1867 design engraved & perforated forgeries by Oneglia in approximately issued colours of 2c in rose (as 1883 issue), 6c and 8c, unused but 8c defective at top but is accompanied with a ‘used’ example. These engraved forgeries were printed and perforated individually and are therefore the scarcest of the forgeries of Straits. Printed on soft paper they often have defects or defective perfs so reasonably good examples are even scarcer. Sometimes attributed to Angelo Panelli because he bought and traded in Erasmo Oneglia’s stock after his death. See also the following three lots. £80.00 £ 110.00
9 1867 design 32c, three engraved perforated forgeries by Oneglia for 32c value, in approximately issued colours for the 1867, 1887 and 1894 surcharge omitted – pale red, orange-vermilion and carmine-rose. All ‘used’. Attractive and scarce trio £90.00 £ 130.00
10 1867 design engraved perforated forgeries by Oneglia in approximately issued colour for 96c in grey and in unissued colour of pale blue, both used and attractive. £60.00 £ 100.00
11 1867 design engraved perforated forgery by Oneglia of 12c blue, further provided with forged 1883 ‘2 Cents’. Also 32c in orange-vermilion further provided with a forged vertical ‘TWO CENTS’ surcharge as used in 1883. Both ‘used’. Interesting & scarce duo £60.00 £ 100.00
12 1867 design 2c brown lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25(5×5) with margins. Printed on poor quality paper that has naturally toned with time, mostly affecting the sheet margins. Also set of nine values 2c to 96c of these forgeries. See also following eight lots £45.00 £ 62.00
13 1867 design 4c rose lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 55.00
14 1867 design 6c violet lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 52.00
15 1867 design 8c orange lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 52.00
16 1867 design 12c blue lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 52.00
17 1867 design 24c green lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 52.00
18 1867 design 30c claret lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 40.00
19 1867 design 32c pale red lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins. £35.00 £ 66.00
20 1867 design 96c grey lithographed perforated forgery by Philip Spiro, scarce complete ‘used’ sheet of 25 with margins £35.00 £ 52.00
21 1867-1872 CC p14 used-SG11-19 including shades. Shades as seen by vendor , cannot be guaranteed, probably OK.Cat SG 2024 £403 £120.00 Unsold
22 1867-72 QV SG19 96c grey pair & SG17 30c claret pair (foxing) Both pairs with firm chops Cat £160 £25.00 £ 50.00
23 1867 surcharges on stamps of India 3c on 1a deep brown pair used SG3 B172 cancel cat £95 each and 24c on 8a rose pair D14 cancel and pale blue firms chop cat £120 each total £430 £90.00 £ 130.00
24 1867-72 32c pale red wmk inverted used SG18w cat £500 £70.00 £ 72.00
25 1867-72 30c claret wmk inverted used SG17w cat £650 £120.00 £ 140.00
26 1867-72 12c blue wmk inverted used SG15w cat £700 M but not priced used £150.00 £ 155.00
27 1867 surcharges on stamps of India 3c on 1a deep brown block of 4 (hinges reinforcing) – rare multiple- used SG3 B172 cancel and neat firm’s chop cat £390 £110.00 £ 260.00
28 1867-72 QV SG19 96c grey block of 4.(hinges reinforcing perfs) Wood describes blocks as “extremely rare”. Used with blue oval chop Chartered Bank of Australia cat £240 £100.00 £ 200.00
29 1867-72 6c lilac wmk inverted used SG13w cat £350 £60.00 £ 90.00
30 1867-72 2c brown wmk inverted used SG11w cat £225 £44.00 £ 72.00
31 1867 24c on 8a rose SG 8 Used with 117 postmark £35.00 £ 35.00  
32 1867 32c on 2a yellow SG 9. Used with 116 postmark. £40.00 £ 40.00  
33 1879 7c/32c, SG 21 MM little og. Cat £180 £30.00 £ 30.00  
34 1880 5c/8c SG 42, MM, some slightly blunt perfs at top, Cat £190 £30.00 £ 30.00  
35 1882 CC p14 used SG48 5c, SG 49 10c Cat SG 2024 £250 £80.00 Unsold
36 1882 3 cents on 5c purple-brown CC used SG84 cat £250 £50.00 £ 90.00
37 1883 TWO CENTS on 8c orange. Two copies with E & S wide, one unused but no gum and the other with 23/5/ on it by Chinese brush. One very fine used wing copy cancelled spider web SG Nos 20b (2) and 20d. Cat £350 £70.00 £ 105.00
38 1883 2c on 4c rose with T. 21 overprint Fine used. SG61 £35.00 £ 35.00  
39 1884 4c/5c SG 73 used, cat £140 £30.00 £ 30.00  
40 1888 96c fine used vertical pair watermark Crown CA SG No 71 Cat £130 as singles £25.00 £ 30.00  
41 1888 96c very fine used wmk Crown CA 2 copies with 4c pale brown, each on piece cancelled beautiful circular 1889 cancels. SG Nos 64 & 71 Cat £140 £30.00 £ 35.00
42 1891 10¢ on 24¢ narrow “0” in mint horizontal pair with normal. SG 86 +86a. £25.00 £ 25.00
43 1892. SG91, 1c on 8c orange. Reconstructed sheet of 60, Mint, showing one example of antique 'e' in 'one' and two of antique 'e' in 'cent'. Ex Tommy Traill £50.00 £ 50.00  
44 1892. Straits Settlements QV 1892-99 set to $5 o’printed SPECIMEN SG95s-101s MM cat £1,000 (10 stamps) £230.00 £ 230.00
45 1902 EVII & KGV About 10 pages of low value stamps ,some in strips & blocks,need sorting. £10.00 £ 16.00  
46 1902-03 KEVII set to $5 o’printed SPECIMEN SG110s-121s foxing on $2 MM (3 & 8 c UM) cat £500 (12 stamps) £110.00 £ 280.00
47 1903-04 KEVII CA set 1c-8c o’printed SPECIMEN SG122s-126s MM (4 c UM) cat £250 (4 stamps) £54.00 £ 125.00
48 1904-10 MCA KEVII $25 o’printed SPECIMEN SG168s NW corner short perf MM cat £800 (1 stamp) £140.00 £ 155.00
49 1906-07 perf. 14 2c, S.G.142, small thin but otherwise fine used & attractive copy. Very scarce stamp. Cat£500 £50.00 £ 100.00
50 1912-23 KGV MCA $1 wmk inverted used SG210w used cat £250 £54.00 £ 54.00
51 1912-23 KGV MCA 25c wmk inverted used SG205aw used cat £325 £74.00 £ 100.00
52 1921-33 KGV Script 3c green, 6c dull claret & 10c bright blue wmk inverted used SG221w, 227w & 230w cat £245 (3 stamps) £60.00 £ 62.00
53 1921-33 KGV Script 10c bright blue wmk inverted UM block x4 with selvedge SG230w cat £220 £60.00 £ 62.00
54 1922. MBE. 4 Album leaves, mint, including a copy of nearly all of the different type-setting varieties on most of the values up to $1 and three of the $2. The raised stop group also includes 5 unmounted marginal control copies, including the $2. 71 stamps in total. £90.00 £ 200.00  
55 1922. SG 250 1c black MM, with MBE overprint type ZN – damaged X; also type B, 1st I and broken bar in 2nd A, and standard overprint for comparison. Plus SG 244 8c ultramarine MM with overprint type B. £15.00 £ 22.00  
56 1922 MBE overprints fine used 4c (242) with faint E&O Hotel cancel, 5c (243), 45c (246), 1c (250), 4c (252) 10c (254), $1 (255) Cat £363. £75.00 £ 75.00  
57 1922 MBE Mult. Script CA set 1¢ to $1 mint, 2¢ is a top row plate no. example. SG. 250/255. £20.00 £ 23.00
58 1922 MBE Mult. Script CA $1 raised stop variety, fresh mint. SG. 255c. £25.00 £ 27.00
59 1922. MBE SG242 4c rose post used part Malacca £10.00 £ 21.00  
60 1922 MBE SG243d 5c orange ‘small second A’ post used £10.00 £ 21.00  
61 1922 MBE SG246 45c black & blue-green postal used £10.00 £ 21.00  
62 1922 MBE SG250 1c black post used Singapore/H and SG251 2c green
post used
£10.00 £ 25.00  
63 1922 MBE SG251f 2c green ‘no stop” variety post used Singapore £10.00 £ 26.00  
64 1922 MBE SG252d 4c carmine-red ‘small second A’ post used £10.00 £ 42.00  
65 1922 MBE SG250 1c black post used and SG254 10c blue post used
Singapore
£10.00 £ 20.00  
66 1922 MBE strip of 3 of 8c , one normal, one with no stop and one with small 'A'. All mm, appear to be umm. Crease to no stop variety that does not show from front. Cat £48 £10.00 £ 19.00  
67 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee 1935 set 5c-25c perf SPECIMEN SG256s-259s MM cat £225 (4 stamps) £46.00 £ 62.00  
68 1936-7. KGV Script CA p14 SG260-274 Cat SG 2024 £40 £14.00 Unsold  
69 1937 KGVI Coronation 1937 set 4c-12c perf SPECIMEN SG275s-277s UM cat £225 (3 stamps) £50.00 £ 105.00  
Stamps British P.O. in Bangkok
70 1882 Bangkok 'B', Straits 8c with Bangkok 'B' SG 6, used Cat £275 £50.00 £ 76.00
71 1882. Bangkok 'B', Straits 10c with Bangkok 'B' SG 7, used Cat £200 £40.00 £ 40.00
72 1882. Bangkok 'B', Straits 24 c with Bangkok 'B' SG 9, used, Cat £170 £40.00 £ 40.00
73 1882. Bangkok 'B, Straits 4 c with Bangkok 'B' SG 17, MM, Cat £100 £20.00 £ 20.00  
Stamps FMS
74 1901-34 Red stock book FMS. Few hundred stamps mint and used to $2. Including a page of Postage dues which makes the Cat value quite high Great sorter £35.00 £ 66.00  
75 1901-1935 Large accumulation of FMS stamps used and mint some blocks of four some with plate numbers. Plus a 1929 6c cover to London ,a size F SPECIMEN unused registered envelope, a 1933 Dutch Airmail cover to Scotland franked 58cents, and a 1933 Dutch airmail cover from Kepong to London with nice Air Mail label and 53c in total stamps on back. Mixed lot £30.00 £ 95.00  
76 1901-35 FMS accumulation of blocks of four mint and used, specimen, cut outs and a good copy of $1 Elephants SG 48a mint one short perf at top. Est Cat £ 250 + £44.00 £ 185.00  
77 1927 18th July Federated Malay States Universal Midget fixed value meter machine. 2 cents M5 proof pull on large piece of paper with Tiger in the centre of the ‘Stamp’ Post Mark Kuala Lumpur FMS small crease top left corner. Ong type 1 A page 15 £50.00 £ 50.00  
Stamps BMA
78 B.M.A. 1c black with orange overprint, fine mint. Rare. The orange and bright magenta (not to be confused with the issued magenta overprint) overprints are now considered to be trials using the plate sent to K.L. to overprint the large stocks of stamps supplied preoccupation. They naturally have the brown gum typically found on pre-occupation issues surcharges during the B.M.A. period. The block in the Rob Holley collection sold for £2,200, a used copy £1,700. From the Gordon Peters collection £300.00 £ 1,100.00
79 B.M.A. 1c black with magenta overprint, S.G.1ab, fine used. Cat£1,500. With 1949 B.P.A. certificate. The certificate date shows this overprint colour was known at an early date after issue and whilst the issue was still being used. Stamp & certificate scanned. From the Gordon Peters collection. The Rob Holley copy sold for £520. A little anecdote – From a Plumridge sale, Gordon found out he had outbid one Dr. F.E. Wood. Gordon wrote to him and Dr. Wood replied saying he wasn’t worried as he only bid to find out what it fetched as he had a pair. £400.00 £ 1,100.00
80 1945 BMA 2c Orange complete sheet of 100, upper part of Plate 1 single plate printing, showing cut in A flaw at 8/10 . Perforated through both sides and bottom of sheet with filler lines. Ordinary Paper Fine Mint £10.00 £ 34.00  
81 1945 November BMA 5c dark brown complete sheet of 100 . Prewar stock overprinted in Kuala Lumpur generally poorly inked and with poor registration, an upper sheet with marginal bars to base. Perf one hole through side margins. Good gum for this issue. £20.00 £ 46.00  
82 1945 BMA 10c Purple Die 1, Plate 1 Coated paper locally overprinted in Kuala Lumpur thick brown gum as usual ,mint sheet of 100 Cat :£1600 £100.00 £ 100.00
83 1945-46 BMA 25c complete sheet of 100 on ordinary paper , perforated through the top margin. The overprint shows a lot of small damaged letters particularly the fact that nearly all stamps have the L dot A culminating in severe damage to the L and A particularly on stamps 7/4,8/4,9/4, and 10/4 Also the last A in Malaya is damaged on stamp 100. Plate 1 Die 1, a little battered along the bottom margin but sheets of the higher values are not common. SG catalogues this at £1.40 a stamp which is pretty mean ! £50.00 £ 105.00  
84 1946 25c Striated paper fine mint unmounted quarter bottom left pane with margins SG No 13b Cat £650 as singles £350.00 £ 520.00
85 1946 BMA 8c full sheet of 100 from Melbourne Printing on Striated paper. Overprint skewed across the middle of the sheet Fine Mint perf through top edge only. SG 7a Cat £2000 £300.00 £ 520.00  
86 1946. BMA 2c deep Orange full sheet of 100 from Melbourne Printing on Striated paper. Perforated through three sides except top Plate 1. Lower margin with spacer ‘ladders’ SG 2b Cat £1900 £250.00 £ 250.00  
Stamps Malaya
87 Circulated club book with stamps remaining priced to sell at £100+ some nice items including Christmas Island pms, Straits higher values and states 1957 $5 mint etc, £20.00 £ 36.00  
88 1880 QV to modern 14 pages of stamps with clear cancellations £12.00 £ 12.00  
89 1945 BMA & every state, most fairly modern 100s of stamps off paper, each state. In own glassine, need sorting £12.00 £ 21.00  
90 1957 MALAYA Persekutuan Tanah Melayu Independence Day pair with portrait of the First Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, signed by him accompanied by an original letter enclosed with the stamps when a block of four. The PM signed twice. Historical and almost unique item £50.00 £ 155.00  
91 1965 MALAYSIA Orchid series Plate proofs in imperf pairs Black omitted values 5c,6c,10c,15c,20c. £30.00 £ 40.00
92 1965 MALAYSIA Orchid series Plate proofs of all thirteen states Black only in imperf horizontal pairs. Kelantan, Pahang, Perlis and Sarawak lower marginal, scarce. £50.00 £ 62.00  
93 2007 MALAYSIA States Flowers mini sheets of 14 States ( 2 x Federal Territory) Johor Sultan Iskandar. No Sabah , fresh mint £15.00 £ 22.00  
Stamps Perfins
94 PERFINS A lovely collection of approx. 115 stamps on stock cards all perfinned with different dies or stamps – NO B & Co at all. Covers all reigns. £50.00 £ 105.00  
Stamps Johore
95 1884 2c overprint SG 14 with T. 14 overprint Mounted Mint £74.00 Unsold  
96 1888. SG 14 JOHOR. on 2c Straits Settlements MM, slight hinge remains. Cat £225. £25.00 £ 25.00  
97 1891 No66 of S.S surch as Types 17/20 SG catalogue SG 17,18,19,20 Cat
SG 2024 £425
£140.00 £ 145.00
98 1896 Fine used definitives overprinted KETAKOTAAN 2c 4c 5c 6c and $1 SG Nos 33a, 35a, 36a 37a & 38a Cat £263.50 £64.00 £ 66.00  
99 1911 10c purple + black, watermark horizontal fine used. SG84a tiny tone spot lower left, see scan. cat £90 £25.00 £ 25.00
100 1938 Postage Due 1 cent – 12 cents (5) LMM SG D1 – 5 £80.00 Unsold  
101 1941 unmounted mint 50c on striated paper Wmk Script CA SG No 119a Cat £375 £70.00 Unsold  
102 1949. Johore 1949-55 UM 1c, 6c x6: 3c,8c green,12c red, 20c blue x4c 28 stamps cat £139 £36.00 Unsold  
103 1949-55, and 1960. Values with different manuscript pencil dates mostly in margins that check with recorded printing dates. Includes 1949-55, 2c SG 134 & 134a blocks of 6×2, 4 and 5; 4c SG 136 blk of 8, 3×2 a pair & a single; 5c SG 136a blk of 8,4 and a pair; 6c SG 137 &137a blk. of 3×2 and a pair; 8c blk of 4, 10c 3 pairs and blk of 3; 20c SG141a blk. of 4 & a pair; 25c blk. of 4 & 5; 50c SG 144 blk. of 6 & 4. Plus 1960 1c SG 155 blk. of 4 & a single; 2c pair; 4c SG 157 blk. of 4 & 2 pairs; 5c a single & a pair;8c SG 159 blk. of 4 & a pair; 10c blk. of 4 & a pair; 20cblk. of 6, 4 & a single; 50c blk of 4. Mostly marginal blocks and all UMM. cat £340+ £40.00 £ 40.00  
Stamps Kedah
104 KEDAH: 1919-21 3c variety wmk inverted & reversed, S.G.19y, well centred mint copy. Cat£90 £50.00 £ 66.00
105 KEDAH: 1921-32 20c variety ‘Feather in hat’, S.G.31a, unmounted mint, couple of slightly blunt perfs, fine. Cat£170 as mounted £50.00 £ 72.00
106 KEDAH: 1950-55, collection on leaves, 224 stamps, including set in corner blocks of 4 with Plate numbers (lightly hinged in margins leaving 3 sets unmounted), additional blocks with 5c(4), used set (8c scarlet on cover), few covers or cards with 1c to 20c FDC, good lot. Cat£1.000+ & covers £280.00 £ 300.00
107 1905 SG Z94 Thailand used in Kedah 10a on piece dated 23.05.05 (cat £75) £20.00 £ 34.00  
108 1905.SG Z109 24a red-brown of Thailand with Kedah type B postmark showing part of ‘EDAH’. CV £225 (1 pulled perf at top). £15.00 £ 28.00
109 1909 SG Z133 Thailand used in Kedak 5a on piece dated ? ? 1909 (Cat £80) £22.00 £ 32.00  
110 1910. SG Z232 FMS used in Kedah 3c on piece dated 27.04.19?? (Cat £45) £10.00 £ 31.00  
111 1912Kedah SG 1 & 20 (1c & 4c) mounted together to form a complete strike of the Kuala Muda c.d.s (Proud D2) £10.00 £ 10.00  
112 1912. Kedah 1912 set to $5 O’printed SPECIMEN SG1s-14s MM (14 stamps) cat £400 £110.00 £ 110.00  
113 1917 SG Z232 FMS used in Kedah 3c dated 6.1.191? (cat £45)- a late usage. £10.00 £ 26.00  
114 1919. Kedah sheaf of rice 1919-21 MCA UM 2c green x6 SG 18: 1922-40 Script new colours blocks x 6 4c violet : 5c yellow : 6c carmine (all with selvedge) SG54-56 toned cat £54 (24 stamps) £12.00 £ 12.00  
115 1921. SG 33 umm 25c block of 15, 3 bottom rows with full selvedge £25.00 £ 32.00  
116 1921. Kedah sheaf of rice 1921-32 Script Mint multiples 1c brown x 6,: 2c green (perf comb) x4 2c green (perf line) X9 including block of 6 : 3c purple x4 : 4c carmine x2 cat £55 (25 stamps) £14.00 £ 14.00  
117 1922 April SG 41c 2c (raised stop) mm in pair with normal £10.00 Unsold  
118 1922 May SG 41c 2c (raised stop) mm in pair with normal £10.00 Unsold  
119 1922 June SG 45d 1c (small 'A' ) mm in pair with normal £10.00 Unsold  
120 1922. SG48 10c blue and sepia, fine used with Alor Star cds £10.00 £ 16.00  
121 1922. MBE. SG41-51 Mounted Mint. Gum toned.No varieties noted £25.00 Unsold  
122 1922. MBE all with raised stop variet. SG41-47Mounted Mint, some toned. 2cto 50c Wmk Mult Crown CA; 1c, 3c and 4c Wmk Mult Script CA. £25.00 £ 25.00  
123 1922 MBE SG41c 2c green ‘raised stop after EXHIBITION’ and
SG46d 3c purple ‘small second A’ both mint
£10.00 Unsold  
124 1922 MBE SG42 21c mauve & purple mint £10.00 £ 10.00  
125 1922 MBE SG43 25c blue & purple mint £10.00 £ 10.00  
126 1922 MBE SG43c 25c blue & purple ‘raised stop after EXHIBITION’
mint
£20.00 Unsold  
127 1922 MBE SG48b 10c blue & sepia ‘oval last O in BORNEO’ mint £10.00 £ 10.00  
128 1922 MBE SG48c 10c blue & sepia ‘raised stop after EXHIBITION’
Mint
£10.00 £ 12.00  
129 1922 MBE, 21c long o/p. SG 49b, feather in hat, with damaged 2nd. 'A' in 'Malaya and dropped 'X'. Fine, full gum and perfs. Appears UMM, Cat £275 £70.00 £ 125.00
130 1922 MBE, 25c long o/p SG 50b feather in hat, with damaged 2nd 'A' in Malaya and dropped 'X'. MM with almost full gum, fine, cat £275 £70.00 £ 125.00
131 1922 MBE 25c block of 4 , 2 normals, 1 with oval 'O' and 1 with raised stop. SG 43, 43b & 43c. All MM, very lttle og otherwise fine. Cat £214 £30.00 £ 30.00  
132 1922 MBE, 25c with oval 'O' SG 43b used , part Alor Star cds. Cat 140 £30.00 £ 40.00  
133 1922 MBE 50c SG 44 used with Bagan Samak cds, Cat £100 £25.00 £ 66.00  
134 1937 Kedah 1937 Sultan Abdul Halimshah $5 black and scarlet UM pair SG 68 cat £90 £25.00 £ 25.00
135 1937. Kedah 1937 Sultan Abdul Halimshah 10c -$5 set Perf SPECIMEN SG60s-68s MM (9 stamps) cat £325 £95.00 £ 135.00  
136 1950. Kedah 1950-55 UM 15 values 1c – 50c 5 prs and 11 singles with selvedge most with plate numbers (21 stamps) cat ££92 £40.00 Unsold
137 1950. Kedah 1950-5 UM blocks x16 : 4c & 5c (with selvedge) (32 stamps) cat £140 £40.00 Unsold  
138 1950-55, 1957 and 1959-62. Values with different manuscript pencil dates mostly in margins that check with recorded printing dates. Includes 4c SG 79 blocks of 6×2 and a pair; 5c SG 79 & 79a blk. of 9 and 6; 6c SG 80 blk. of 9 & a pair; 10c SG 82 blk. of 3, & 2 pair; 20c SG 84a blk. of 6,4 & 4; 50c SG 87 blk. of 4×2; 25c SG 85 bkl. of 4×2 and 35c SG 85b bl. of 4. PLus 1957 1c SG 92 bl. of 30. Plus 1959-62 1c blk.of 4, SG104; 2c SG 105 blk of 4; 4c SG 106 bkl.of 4 and single; 5c SG 107 2 blks. of 4; 8c SG 108 blk. of 4; 10c SG 109 & 109a bkl. 0f 6, 4 and a single; 20c SG 110 bkl. of 6 and a pair; 50c SG 111 &111a a pair & blk.of 3. All UMM. Cat £400+. Mostly marginal blks. (singles not). £50.00 £ 62.00  
139 1957 $2 Sultan SG101 used Alor Star £10.00 Unsold  
140 1957 $5 Sultan SG102 used Alor Star £10.00 £ 10.00  
141 1959. Kedah 1959-62 Sultan Abdul Halim Shah UM blocks to 50c NE corners x 6 :1,2,4,5,8c : x4 10c deep maroon (cat £25 ea) 20 and 50c (SE corner Plate 1B) (48 stamps) cat £129 £40.00 Unsold  
Stamps Kelantan
142 1899. SG Z317 4a carmine of Thailand with Kelantan type B postmark showing ‘KALANTA’. CV £130 £30.00 £ 46.00
143 1900. SG Z328 8a olive-bistre and dull black of Thailand with Kelantan type B postmark showing ‘ANTAN’, but slightly smudged. CV £120 £30.00 £ 46.00
144 1901. SG Z329 12a blue of Thailand with Kelantan type B postmark showing ‘ALANTAN’. CV£160 £40.00 £ 56.00
145 1906. Two of SG Z343 9a blue of Thailand with Kelantan type E postmark. One shows ‘Kot’ (with pulled corner perf), while the second one shows “a Bharu”; not from the same envelope but the postmarks align nicely, so sit well together. CV £140 each. £40.00 £ 58.00
146 1909. SG Z367 1c green (Die II) of FMS with Kelantan type E postmark, showing ‘aru’ of Kota Bharu. CV £90 £25.00 £ 52.00  
147 1911 fine used $1 green & emerald & $25 green & orange (fine colour) SG Nos 9,12. Cat £180 £50.00 £ 50.00  
148 1922. MBE Mint, some mounted. 4c, 5c, 30c, 50c and $1 Wmk Mult Crown CA, and 10c Mult Script CA £10.00 Unsold  
149 1922 MBE overprints fine used 30c, 50c, 1c, 10c. SG Nos 32, 33, 37, 38 Cat £295 £64.00 £ 64.00  
150 1922 MBE SG30 4c black & red used Kelantan £10.00 £ 10.00  
Stamps Pahang
151 PAHANG: 1890 ‘PAHANG’ as S.G. type 3, impression in black on wove paper taken from Francis Fournier album of forged impressions published by Union Philatelique de Geneve. Max of 480 albums produced £20.00 £ 20.00
152 1898 $5 green & ultramarine fine mint with the constant but uncatalogued flaw “short first a in Pahang” which occurred on the bottom left hand corner stamp in the sheet. SG No 24 Cat £1700 as normal. £450.00 £ 560.00
153 1898 Pahang Tiger 25¢ green and carmine mint, lightly toned. SG. 20 cat. £100. £24.00 Unsold  
154 1898. Pahang Tiger 50¢ green and black mint. SG. 22 cat. £350. £120.00 £ 125.00
155 1941 2c orange prepared but unissued in block of 4 mint
See note after SG46
£10.00 £ 10.00  
156 1941 6c grey prepared but unissued in marginal block of 4 mint
See note after SG46
£10.00 £ 11.00  
157 1950-55, 1957 and 1959-62. Values with different manuscript pencil dates mostly in margins that check with recorded printing dates. Includes 1950-55 2c SG 54 block of 12 and a single; 4c SG 56 a pair, SG 56a blk.of 4; 5c SG 56 blk of 6, SG 57a blk of 12 & a single; 6c SG 58 blk of 8 and a single; 10c SG 61 blk. of 3, 6 and a pair; 20c SG 65 blk. of 8 and a pair; 25c SG 66 blk. of 4; 50c Sg 70 blk. of 6 & 4. Plus !957-62 1c SG 75 blk. of 6; 2c SG 76 blk. of 8 & a pair; 4c SG 77 blk.of 4 and 2 pairs;5c Sg 78 blk. of 8, 3 and a pair; 8c blk of 4; 20c blk. of 4 and 50c blk. of 4 and a single. Mostly marginal copies (singles not), all UMM, Cat £150+ £30.00 £ 30.00  
Stamps Penang
158 Penang 1954-57 QEII UM blocks x6: 1,2 & 5c : x15: 4 & 8c : x20: 12, 25 & 35c cat £90 (98 stamps) £35.00 £ 35.00  
Stamps Perak
159 PERAK: 1889 ‘P.G.S.’ as S.G. 01, impressions in black on wove paper taken from Francis Fournier album of forged impressions published by Union Philatelique de Geneve. Max of 480 albums produced £20.00 £ 20.00
160 1880 2c brown with T 5 overprint SG 5 Mint, no gum £12.00 Unsold  
161 1884-91 2c pale rose with inverted overprint, fine used. SG No.17b Cat £600 £120.00 £ 160.00
162 1887 ‘1 cent Perak’ on 2c pale rose cancelled by oval of bars, fine copy. SG No. 31 cat £1,100 £200.00 £ 300.00
163 1889. Perak SG37c One CENT PERAK on SG63a of Straits Settlements with Short 'R' MM with very minor crease and slight browning at top, plus SG 43 PERAK One CENT on SG66 of Straits Settlements MM,CV £145 £15.00 £ 15.00  
164 1891. Perak 2¢/24¢ green fine used with oval of bars cancellation. SG. 48. £10.00 £ 10.00
165 1891 2c on 24c green with T 32 overprint SG 49. Fine used £25.00 £ 31.00  
166 1896 $2, SG 77 Specimen. MM almost full og, cat £450 as normal £50.00 £ 60.00
167 1900 1c on 5c dull purple & olive-yellow & 3c on 50c green and black, both with Antique e in cent, fine used. SG Nos 83b and 85a Cat £550. £160.00 £ 160.00
168 1900. Perak 1900 One Cent on 2c block x4 mint with bottom selvedge. R9/4 shows Antique e in Cent SG 81 & 81b cat £63 £18.00 £ 22.00
169 1938 40c scarlet and dull purple Sultan Iskander MM SG 117 £16.00 Unsold  
Stamps Perlis
170 1912. Kedah stamps used in Perlis SG Nos 3 (2 copies one on piece), 20 4c rose (2), 29 4c (3) 30 (2) 41 (2c MBE), 54 2 pairs, one on piece) 55 (single, strip of 3, marginal pair on piece), 57 £30.00 £ 95.00  
171 1921 Kedah used in Perlis, 1c & 3c with part single ring Perlis cds, SG1 &2: 2x 10c with almost full single ring Perlis cds. SG 6, one has small area of damage to back corner of stamp. Also 10c script, SG 30 with double ring Perlis cds, some slightly blunt perfs at top and a white line vertically through plough, it seems that the stamp was creased when printing as the white line is on both sides. £10.00 £ 16.00  
172 1922. 7.9. Kedah used in Perlis SG6 (10c) cancelled with PERLIS cds (Proud D2) dated 7.9.22 SG55 (5c) part strike of PADANG BESAR / PERLIS cds dated 17 ? 193? £10.00 £ 21.00  
Stamps Selangor
173 SELANGOR: 1891 2c on 24c type 39, S.G.48, variety broken ‘T’ in Two, mint with part crackly original gum as it should be, lost some gum where a hinge washed off but sound and attractive. The broken ‘T’ occurs once per pane on all the States that had 2c on 24c surcharges. Cat£300 as normal but perhaps should be £350 as the other two ‘one row only’ types! £60.00 £ 125.00
174 SELANGOR: 1895 $1 frame & duty plate design of $1 as S.G. type 43, impression in dark blue on wove paper taken from Francis Fournier album of forged impressions published by Union Philatelique de Geneve. Max of 480 albums produced. Minor creasing at lower-right does not affect fine appearance. Forgery by Fournier of a complete design unusual £30.00 £ 31.00
175 SELANGOR: 1935-41 2c green, variety joined script, S.G.69a, fine with Klang pmk. Cat£30 £15.00 £ 15.00
176 1885 2c 2 used copies of SG31, one fine, the other with weak corner, and 1 unused (no gum but no trace of postmark) £15.00 Unsold  
177 1885 2c 3 good used copies of SG 33, one with handwriting on it. Cat £180 £50.00 Unsold
178 1885 Selection of 2c overprints SG 31, 33, 38 and 41. Lightly Mounted Mint. £74.00 Unsold  
179 1889 2c 40 fine/ good used copies of SG No 35 Cat £110 £12.00 £ 14.00  
180 1889 2c ten fine used copies SG No 38 Cat £60 £15.00 £ 15.00  
181 1891 1c & 2c, 1894 3c/5c and 1895 3c, 8c and both 50c. All marked 'Specimen' All mm, SG 53a, 49, 51, 54, 56 (small stain to back top corner perf.) 59 & 60 (some staining to back). £30.00 £ 30.00  
182 1895. Selangor 1895-99 3c- 50c(tigers) & $1-$5 (elephants) set o’printed SPECIMEN SG54s-64s MM cat £500 (11 stamps) £120.00 £ 180.00  
183 1935. Selangor 1935-41 1c- 50c(mosques) & $1-$5 (Sultan Suleiman) set perf SPECIMEN SG68s-85s UM cat £500 (18 stamps) £135.00 £ 155.00  
184 1949. Selangor 1949-55 UM 1c x6 & x10, 3c & 40c x4 cat £92 (24 stamps) £25.00 Unsold  
185 1957 Selangor UM blocks x6 2c,8c & 10c : 1c- 5c with plate numbers ; 1960 UM blocks 1c x15 ; 2cx6 8c x4 cat £49 (47 stamps) £16.00 Unsold  
Stamps Singapore
186 1948 Silver Wedding Sg 31 block ,Sg32 $5 mint £30.00 Unsold  
187 1962 Sg 63-77 definitive set mint but hinge remnants Cat SG 2024
£70.
£25.00 Unsold  
188 1968 SINGAPORE Postage Due set of 8 in blocks of six, perf 9 , unm fine £20.00 £ 46.00  
189 1980 SINGAPORE Ship Series 1c- $10 in mint marginal plate blocks of ten, ex new issue service, unm. Fine £40.00 £ 85.00  
190 1990. $10 Victoria Memorial Hall definitive unmounted mint marginal copy with plate flaw “missing blue sky by woman’s head” (Row 1, stamp 3) with a used copy without the flaw for comparison. £12.00 £ 33.00
Stamps Trengganu
191 1917-18 Red Cross 2c varieties: Shaved R on CROSS on 3c & 8c : comma after 2 on 4c, Square stop on 3c, dropped 2nd S on 8c: Bottom strip of 6 (noted as setting unknown) including plate No 1 showing RED CROSS in bottom selvedge (handle with care!) Mint and usual toning SG Cat £50+ but some not listed (strip x6 + 5 stamps) £25.00 £ 40.00
192 1921-41 Script 15c blue unissued MM SG note priced £350 £95.00 £ 95.00
193 1921-41 Script 6c grey unissued no gum and a few short perfs SG note priced £350 £64.00 £ 80.00
194 1922 MBE set to $1 mint plus 20c fine used, selection of varieties, comprising Var B thin 1st I 25c, Var C raised stop 5c, 25c & $1, Var D small A 2c, Var Z raised IBITION 10c, 20c 50c, Var J No stop 2c (scarce 1:120 stamps only but slightly toned on reverse), last & a couple of other vars in pair with normal, mint except one, mostly fine. Cat£332+ £60.00 £ 62.00
195 1922 MBE, 2c MM broken 'R', 4c MM normal, 25c normal MM and 25c small 'A' used. SG 48, 49 and 53. Cat £104 £20.00 £ 20.00
196 1922 4c MBE SG49b Fine used £30.00 Unsold  
197 1926 $3 SG 43 MM £25.00 £ 26.00  
198 1949. Trengganu 1949-55 KGVI UM blocks, x4 : 2,3,4,5,8(green),12 & 35c (tone spots on35c) ; pairs 1,6,10 & 20c(blue) (36 stamps) cat £53 £14.00 £ 14.00  
Stamps Japanese Occupation
199 Johore Japanese Occupation, Dai Nippon 2602 with additional value overprints, range mint, see scan. Values to $5 on 40c. Some usual light gum toning else fine, 12 stamps £90.00 £ 100.00
200 Johore Japanese Occupation, Dai Nippon 2602 on 10c and with additional value overprints,6c on 5c and $1 on1c. (3 stamps) all fine used, first 2 postal and 3rd probably fiscal. see scan Unusual as not approved for postal use. £30.00 £ 35.00
201 Johore Japanese Occupation, Dai Nippon 2602 on $1 normal paper, $5 and $10 on striated paper. All fine unmounted mint. see scan £120.00 £ 155.00
202 Johore Japanese Occupation, Dai Nippon 2602 on: 5c, 6c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1, $2, $5, $10. all unmounted mint. Most fine 5c, 25c + $5 toned gum, others fine. $10 on striated paper. see scan. £150.00 £ 195.00
203 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1942 Dai Nippon striated paper 2c orange, S.G.224, fresh unmounted mint marginal block of 10 (5 across) showing superb off-set of opt variety on reverse. £30.00 £ 30.00
204 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1943 Kolf & Co. 10c fishing village pictorial essay with one large numeral at left instead of two smaller ones either side, in issued colour of brown-purple on ungummed paper and perforated, tiny perf fault at upper-right but fine and rare £100.00 £ 100.00
205 Unmounted mint 50c definitive Row 8 stamp 8 showing the plate flaw “Allied Aircraft Approaching” See TMP £30.00 £ 30.00
206 1942 Straits overprinted Dai Nippon 2602 Penang fine used $1 & $2 SG Nos 87, 88 Cat £175 £40.00 £ 40.00  
207 1942 Kedah 4c Unmounted mint marginal vertical block of six, 3 x 2, of the 4c violet overprinted Dai Nippon 2602 showing the “short sheaf” flaw at bottom left. SG Nos J3 & J3a Cat £355 £120.00 Unsold  
208 1942 Kedah 6c Unmounted mint vertical marginal block of 6 (4 +2) of 6c over-printed Dai Nippon 2602 in black showing the un-catalogued regular flaw NIRPON on R7/5 SG No J5 £30.00 Unsold  
209 1942 Kelantan $1.00 on 4c unmounted mint horizontal block 6 x 2 with margin at right, showing double overprint bar on bottom left stamp. SG No J28 Cat as singles £600. £180.00 £ 180.00
210 1942 Kelantan $5.00 on 6c scarlet unmounted mint horizontal strip of three showing the raised 0 in $5.00 which occurred in Rows 1 to 4 on stamp 5. SG J30 Cat as singles £150 £50.00 £ 50.00
211 1942. Negri Sembilan. Unmounted mint marginal plate block of four 6c grey showing the missing stop after 6 on R10/4 SG No J232b Cat as singles £275 £64.00 £ 64.00  
212 1942. Perak. Dai Nippon 2602 Malaya 2 cents on 5c fine unmounted mint block of 10 showing the inverted S on R3/5 and the un-catalogued broken t in Cents on R5/5 SG No 259 and 259a Cat £80 £30.00 £ 52.00
213 1942. Perak. Dai Nippon Yubin 2 Cents on 5c unmounted mint Plate No 1 marginal block of six from the bottom right of the pane showing the ‘Spaced 2’ on R110/10 with a used copy also. SG No J261. This flaw is not yet 225 catalogued but assuming the same as single 261c total Cat value £225 £44.00 £ 44.00
214 1942. Trengganu 2 cents on 5c overprinted Dai Nippon 2602 Malaya unmounted mint plate No 1 marginal pair showing the substantial break in frame above PP which occurred on R10/2. £30.00 £ 30.00  
215 1942 Japanese Occupation DAI NIPPON 2602 MALAYA on PAHANG 30c Orange and purple in marginal block of nine on Striated Paper.SG J245 on Pahang 41a. A great example for identifying this type of paper, useful item £10.00 £ 17.00  
216 1943. Trengganu. 6c orange fine unmounted marginal corner block showing Plate 2 overprinted in vertical black Japanese characters. SG No J103 Cat as singles £56 £32.00 £ 52.00
217 1943 Johore Japanese Occupation Postage Due 1 cent – 12 cents (5) LMM SG JD6 – 10 £18.00 Unsold  
Stamps Brunei
218 1922 MBE Mounted Mint Set up to 25c. Some toned. Not checked for variations. £15.00 Unsold  
Stamps Labuan / N Borneo / Sarawak
219 1899 5c prepared for use but not issued (SG48) mint unhinged light gum toning £10.00 £ 18.00
220 1899/1908 5c prepared for use but not issued (SG48) bottom LHC marginal block of 4 with Plate 1 monogram. Mint unhinged but light gum toning and selvedge discoloured £25.00 £ 31.00  
221 1918 Sarawak 1c prepared for use but not issued (SG62) fine mint marginal copy £15.00 £ 21.00  
222 1922. North Borneo. Full MBE set, mountd mint, some with toned gum. Includes shades of 10c and 24c, also raised stop vaiety on 3c £25.00 £ 90.00  
223 1923 Sarawak SG72 1c on 10c blue in block of four cancelled central 10FEB1923 £54.00 £ 54.00
224 1964 Sarawak Set SG204/211 Multi St Edward’s Crown Block CA Wmk
fresh lightly hinged mint
£10.00 Unsold  
Revenues and Fiscals
225 1874 Straits Settlements long type Revenues 5c -60c lilac & $1 blue ((9 stamps) £30.00 £ 44.00  
226 1874 Straits Settlements 25c Revenue Stamp (ISCR6), 1875 3c Receipt Stamp (ISCRS21), 1888 Revenue stamps 50c, $1 green & black, $2 green & blue all used £10.00 £ 26.00  
227 1882 Straits Settlements $1 blue revenue stamps 54 used copies awaiting research £15.00 £ 26.00  
228 1889. BNB $25 deep blue revenue inscribed ‘British North Borneo’
bottom LHC marginal block of 4 cancelled barred oval
£25.00 £ 25.00  
229 1889. BNB $25 deep blue revenue inscribed ‘British North Borneo’ and
1894 $25 inscribed ‘The State Of North Borneo’ cancelled barred ovals
£10.00 £ 10.00  
230 1894. BNB $25 deep blue revenue inscribed ‘The State Of North Borneo’
fine mint
£10.00 £ 10.00  
231 1900. Selangor Judicial $1 green & yellow-green ISCJD6 (black o/p) and ISCJD 6a (red o/p) both nice fiscal used £10.00 £ 10.00  
232 1900. Selangor Judicial $2 green & carmine ISCJD7 (black o/p) and 3c
ISCJD 1 (black o/p) both nice fiscal used
£10.00 £ 10.00  
233 1900. Selangor Judicial 50c green & black ISCJD5 (black o/p) but with
variety ‘stop after Judicial omitted’ used with cancel clear of variety
£10.00 £ 31.00  
234 1901. Selangor Judicial ‘J’ overprints 5c (1 x black, 1 x red), 10c (black), 25c (blue), 50c green & black (black) and 50c purple & black (black) nice fiscal used £10.00 £ 18.00  
235 1901 Selangor Judicial ‘J’ overprint $3 green & ochre black overprint
(ISCJD21) nice fiscal used
£10.00 Unsold  
236 1922. Selangor Revenue $25 purple & blue on blue (ISCR29) used KL Stamp Office 1937 £20.00 £ 38.00  
237 1937/40 SELANGOR overprinted receipt stamps ORIENTAL on original Life Insurance Premium documents 6c scarlet on one and 4c orange on another £12.00 £ 27.00  
238 1949 1st February et seq. A rent debit note posted with Type C3 MALAYA 4 cents meter mark and another same company using 4c for the Receipt stamp duty and second one for the postage; with another receipt U156 in 1961 for 6 cents stamp duty with DUNLOPILLO slogan. Interesting trio £15.00 £ 15.00  
Postal Stationery
239 FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1922 12c blue, size G, RE4, without PATENT in imprint, overprinted SPECIMEN, few faint speckles on reverse, otherwise fine & attractive £20.00 £ 31.00
240 FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1922 12c size H, RE4a, without PATENT in imprint, overprinted SPECIMEN, as usual with larger sizes lightly folded & minor creasing but looks O.K. £15.00 £ 22.00
241 FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1922 12 size K, RE4c, with PATENT in imprint, scarce unfolded unused example, few faint speckles but good £30.00 £ 35.00
242 FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1929 oval Springing Tiger design 15c size K, RE5c, with PATENT in imprint, few very faint speckles, mainly on reverse, fine unused. A scarce item. There was no example in our October 2014 sale. £70.00 £ 125.00
243 NEGRI SEMBILAN: 1936 15c size H, RE1a, unused, slight stains otherwise fine £15.00 £ 21.00
244 PAHANG: 1936 15c size H, RE1a, unused, few light speckles, fine £20.00 £ 26.00
245 PAHANG: 1949 20c size H2 4 lines of text on reverse, RE2b, fine unused £30.00 £ 36.00
246 PAHANG: 1950 20c size H with name & address of sender added, RE3a, fine unused £30.00 £ 30.00
247 1881 20 November LABUAN 4c postal stationery card fine used with Labuan 9 bar oval To Java. Mounting thins on reverse at one end. £30.00 £ 30.00  
248 1893. LABUAN 3c + 3c green with attached reply card (ISCP4) unused £10.00 £ 10.00  
249 1893 Postal Stationery cards Straits 2 cents red with additional one cent on eight cents added ?at the post office / mint and an FMS card 3c Carmine mint £12.00 £ 12.00  
250 1913 1c Kedah P.S. Card uprated by 2 x 1c (SG 1) to Germany cancelled Alor Star 15 DE 1913 & Penang 16 DE, short message. VG condition £20.00 £ 20.00  
251 1921. Kedah 1c P.S. Card uprated by 1c & 2c (SG 15 & 18) to the U.S.A. Cancelled 'Alor Star General P.O. ? JU 1921 and Penang 28 JU 21. Reverse inscr, Perlis P.O. via Penang commercial use and scarce but toned corner missing £20.00 £ 20.00
252 1926 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 15c, RE7a, overprinted SPECIMEN, faintly stained but good £15.00 £ 25.00
253 1926 26 October Registered postal stationery letter Ten Cents TAN type RE6 No ‘Fee Paid’ text on back to Denmark with additional 17cents stamps on front. Opened and resealed with bank sealing wax and seal. £15.00 Unsold  
254 1926 2nd November FMS Post Card 2c Brown on larger sized card fine used from Ipoh to Intan announcing the winners of the sweepstake. Transits Taiping and Kuala Kangsar on front and Intan arrival on back £15.00 Unsold
255 1927 3rd May FMS Post Card 2c Green on larger sized card fine used from Ipoh to Singapore announcing Tin production . £15.00 £ 15.00  
256 1928. 2c green P.S. Kedah Card from Kuala Ketil to Malta via Port Taufiq (Egypt?) dated 17.9.28. long message. Cancelled Kuala Ketil 18 SE 1928, Kulim 18.SE 1928, Sielema (Malta) 15 OC 28.Reverse PORT-TAUFIQ 7.OC.28. Very unusual but stamp removed. £20.00 Unsold  
257 1928. Kedah. 2c green P.S. Card from Kuala Ketil to Malta via Port Taufiq 1928. Kedah to (Egypt?) dated 20.3.28. long message. Cancelled Kuala Ketil 20 MR 1928, Kulim 2?. MR 1928, Sielema (Malta) 17 AP 28. Reverse Valletta AP 7. 28. Very unusual but stamp removed. £20.00 Unsold  
258 1928. FMS 4c orange on buff letter card, unused . Machine folded very slightly (maybe 1o) out of kilter prior to perforation, but perforations perfectly aligned and otherwise fine. £35.00 £ 35.00
259 1928 FMS 2c green on buff newspaper wrapper, unused. Folded in usual way, fine. £44.00 Unsold
260 1945. BMA KGVI 4c purple postcard (ISCP2) used Malacca 25OC45.
Printed notice on reverse for Gi Hoe Hoey membership re-registration
£10.00 £ 10.00  
261 1946 20th June BMA Postal Stationery registered Envelopes Size G A ‘SPECIMEN’ and a used example sent from Singapore to the Kuching Post Master in December 1946, hence one of the first delivery of 10,000 pieces (2) £90.00 £ 125.00  
262 1953 Malacca 10c brown envelopes, 1 pointed flap other rounded flap £20.00 £ 20.00
Covers and Postal History Airmail
263 AIR MAILS – CRASH – PERAK, 1937(DEC) Cygnus crash cover to Scotland originally franked 25c with stamp washed off but with identifiable portion of Ipoh F.M.S. cancel, long boxed DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER in violet. Cover is undated but cachet Nierinck 371205 type ‘a’ which was only used on this crash from Malaya £30.00 £ 30.00
264 AIR MAILS – CRASH – SINGAPORE, 1968(8 April) B.O.A.C. Boing 707 crash Heathrow, nicely damaged by fire with stamp washed off Forces Air Letter to RAF Seletar with matching OHMS ambulance envelope with Home Postal Dept datestamp of 19th April on face and boxed Postal Enquiry Branch chop of same date in violet on reverse. A scarce crash cover. Also photocopy of British Airports Authority letter detailing incident £120.00 £ 150.00
265 AIR MAILS: KEDAH 1938(1 Mar) cover to U.K. franked 8c tied Alor Star cancel superscribed First All-Up Mail, with Bedford arrival backstamp April 10th, good condition £30.00 £ 30.00
266 1937. Penang registered (Penang S.S. F) airmail cover ‘First Trip-Air-Mail-Penang to Singapore’ postmarked 28 July 1937 and faint same day Singapore arrival. Rubber handstamp on reverse for newsagent and money changer at E&O Hotel £10.00 £ 10.00  
267 1947 JUN 23 clean registered air mail cover to Canada with 5c, 15c, 25c 50c BMA cancelled Penang (Proud D115). The registration label is of JARAK crossed out in red with Penang hand stamped over it in black. Possibly unique. £120.00 Unsold
268 1948 13th Dec, Kuala Lumpur Forces airmail to Twickenham, franked 10c (4 x 1c, 2 x 3c), reverse handstamped 3 COY RASC to validate use of reduced rate. Good. Ex Malcolm Wade). £20.00 £ 20.00  
269 1950. Perak/HK/Macao registered airmail cover with SG64 & 66 cancelled Ipoh via Singapore/A, Registered/GPO Hong Kong transit postmark and Portuguese Macao arrival of 27 XI 50 £10.00 Unsold  
270 1960. Penang/E & O Hotel airmail registered E&O Hotel stationery envelope
and ‘E.&O. Hotel, Penang’ Reg label & 50c Penang stamp cancelled strong E&O Hotel Proud D6 of 5DE60, plus two similar on reverse, Penang and San Francisco transit marks and Bangok Thailand arrival postmark
£15.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History BMA
271 1945 1½d Forces airletter Inward to Signalman at Penang posted 3 Dec 1945. Plus Forces Letter with 2 ½d stamp posted 2 Feb 1948 to Singapore £25.00 Unsold
272 1945. BMA/Selangor/Penang – registered cover franked with 9 x BMA stamps including 12c SG10 (£22) and 15c SG11 (£14) cancelled KL 20 NO 1945(Proud D74) to RAMC major in Penang and readdressed to ‘Runnymede Hotel’ with Penang (Proud D110) and REGISTRATION/G.P.O. PENANG/22 11/1945 – similar to Proud R21 £10.00 £ 20.00  
273 1945 8th October KEDAH BMA KULIM Free Period Locally addressed cover Postmark legible but not the best stained and torn top right but presentable. A second cover ALOR STAR 29th September 1945 to India censored on arrival with back stamp 21st Oct 1945.Reasonable strikes in both cases. Scarce covers £40.00 £ 52.00  
274 1945 5th October KEDAH BMA PADANG SERAI Free Period Thai type worn postmark on home made cover from a Thai postcard cut down and covered with paper. Date in manuscript 5/10 Nice message from one brother to another addressed to Kuala Lumpur. Rare £50.00 £ 200.00
275 1945 11th October JOHORE BMA KOTA TINGGI 2 Free Period Cover a little creased. PROUD type D11 Fine £30.00 £ 30.00  
276 1945 10 October JOHORE BMA MASAI 1 Free Period 5PM Postmark slightly unclear over post office name but very rare. PROUD type D2 X5 and a year earlier than he lists. £50.00 £ 92.00  
277 1945 SINGAPORE BMA Free Period Six covers : J .18 September to India with arrival; B. 22 September to Prestbury England with interesting note on back about the sender.: Damaged H 25 September to Muar with arrival 28 Sep 1945; Damaged H 8 October to Edinburgh annotated 16 10 45 on back so definitely by RAF aircraft; F. 13 October to Calcutta , Censored on arrival and back stamped ;F. feint 15 October to Liverpool on Australian YMCA cover forwarded and annotated on back “Flown, no postage charged in Straits” . A very interesting group of covers illustrating the various forms of postal service available £100.00 £ 185.00  
278 1945 31st October. RE-USE of envelopes postwar in paper shortage. A cover addressed to the BMA office in Singapore using an 8c BMA stamp. Early use on envelope printed for Whiteway Laidlaw & Co, and another 1946 11th April to USA franked 15c on cover used inside out from printed addressed stock. 2 items £15.00 £ 15.00  
279 1946 31 October PAHANG Bentong. Registered Airmail letter to Blackpool with 7 stamps making up 65c correct rate cancelled with Proud type D10 (x4) . The registered cachet is in red ink manuscript BENTONG R 721. Transit Kuala Lumpur on back no arrival £44.00 £ 85.00
280 1946 KEDAH BMA 8c on local cover to Penang with Thai style BEDONG KEDAH manuscript date 18/9 no year. Clean fine cover Proud D6 in Violet x40 £74.00 £ 95.00
281 1946 7th October Kedah BMA AR registered cover from Alor Star to Changkat using registration label for KEDAH with as for Alor Star, Endorsed Beyond postal delivery Retour. In red mss. On reverse 35c stamps and further Malay endorsement by postman. One of only three covers with this endorsement the other two pre-war. Comes with Rob Holley’s original album page as well as vendors. A most important cover £100.00 £ 100.00
282 1946 12/11 date. 1946 12th November Kuala Ketil A clean cover with three stamps hence two postmarks both clear in violet and with manuscript Proud D3 x 25 Scarce £74.00 £ 200.00  
283 1946/47. JITRA Kedah. Two examples of the very scarce Thai type triple ring Post mark Proud 6 . The first, a legible name on an Advice of Delivery card dated 23.9.46 and another illegible but known to be Jitra because it is sent from Kelubi Estate a Rubber Research reply on 3c rate to Kuala Lumpur. A fine page £90.00 £ 125.00  
284 1946 19th April Airmail to Ceylon franked 2 x 25c BMA tied by SAGIL post marks , the earliest recorded date of the locally refurbished cancel Proud D3 x2. £40.00 £ 80.00  
285 1946 1st December Surface letter to Malung Sweden 15c rate made up of 6 BMA stamps on back all cancelled PANCHOR salvaged date stamp ., and another Rubber Research Inst. Circular with 3c return to KL also with Panchor date stamp. Proud D4. Two covers £36.00 £ 36.00  
286 1946 11th February JOHORE. Clean surface mail cover from LAYANG LAYANG to Philadelphia using pre war cancel added to with a new but much smaller year slug Proud D2. Scarcer than Proud admits. £25.00 £ 60.00
287 1946 7th October YEN KEDAH Provisional chop in capitals. On pink AR card printed by BMA Press, 30.11.45. and a large piece with 3 x 8c and 1c cancelled with the straight line cancel. £30.00 £ 38.00
288 1946 Undated Sungei Patani Post Office. undated locally manufactured post mark replacing the intaglio Seal, on 8c local cover. Rare on cover Proud D11 and a nice large piece 4 x 5c and 3c blue-green cancelled same pm. twice. x40 £44.00 £ 85.00
289 1946 30 March BMA A Straits Settlements 15c SIZE K registered envelope used to London with a complete set of the then available BMA stamps 1c (2) , 8c (2), 10c (2), 15c (2) including the Orange and purple $5. Registration label SINGAPORE B in pencil, Part of the address scratched out but otherwise most acceptable condition seeing that in thirty years the vendor has not seen another £100.00 £ 170.00
290 1946 Straits Settlements Registration Envelope George VI 15c size H over stamped with 2 x 6c BMA and 1 x 3c BMA mint presumably ready for sale at the Post Office Rare £100.00 £ 100.00
291 1946 1st March et seq, BMA 4c Magenta post cards used in PERAK , Parit Buntar 1/3, Bidor 5/3 and Kampar 25/3. Bidor with FMS others FMS removed . Fine Used £50.00 £ 50.00  
292 1946 19th March BMA 4c Magenta post card with damaged A in MALAYA used from Kuala Kangsar double ring postmark pre-war with FMS removed Proud type D11 date etc from local digits, a scarce error, small stain left side, £20.00 £ 20.00  
293 1946 9th May PERAK prewar 2c Orange postcard cancelled BENTA and with 2 x 2c BMA stamps over, used for Sturrock Club circular from Ipoh – reused from pre war. £15.00 £ 19.00  
294 1946 2 9 POST OFFICE SERDANG Kedah local made Japanese chop with pencilled date on back of registered cover Transit Registration GPO Penang. And Serdang Kedah label on front with typed number. £30.00 £ 85.00  
295 1946 22nd June ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE on cover to Kuala Lumpur. 15c Black BMA o/p and 12c and 4 x10c one with dinked oval. ? Philatelic but addressed to Messrs Guthrie & Co £25.00 £ 25.00  
296 1946 10 11 BAHAU Negri Sembilan 10c BMA cover in Chinese script. Postmark Proud type D3 State 2 with FMS removed and no year date unlike Proud’s illustration. £20.00 £ 20.00  
297 1946.5.6 Clean neat cover Johore Bahru to HSBC Singapore with 2c orange pair and two pale orange singles. 1946.8.1 to HSBC Singapore franked 8c cancelled FPO 594. 1946 cover to HSBC Singapore with 8c red cancelled rectangular PAQUEBOT in Hong Kong, Webb type Q cds on reverse 10 FE but year unclear. £25.00 £ 85.00  
298 1947 Two 'Jai Hind' printed envelopes used in BMA. 1st 24 Nov 1947 Klang with skeleton pmks registered to South India. 2nd 17 June 1947 Panchor, Penang to Scudai Johore. Stamps on reverse. Chetty condition £20.00 Unsold
299 1947. Bentong BMA 10c on Chinese red band cover, fine double ring cancel 24 MR 1947, slight scuffing to red band cover surface near stamp otherwise good. Ex Malcolm Wade. £40.00 Unsold
300 1947 27 September KUALA TRENGGANU . Registered surface mail envelope to London franked with 2x 15c BMA stamps and Trengganu Registration label with Manuscript K . No arrival but with Kuala Lumpur Transit. Blue crayon number 285 perhaps added on arrival ? Any mail from Trengganu in this period is scarce £35.00 £ 46.00  
301 1947 13 January Rubber Research Inst. Circular sent postage paid 3 CTS Kuala Lumpur to Pagoh Johore where it received an arrival mark PAGOH D3 Fair strike £20.00 £ 48.00  
302 1947 20 12 Malacca Registered cover to Denmark Rate 36c in total 4c on back, with small hand stamped MALACCA on the registration label, £20.00 Unsold  
303 1947 2nd April. Home made post card addressed in Chinese and franked 4 x 1c BMA stamps nicely cancelled twice with KUALA PILAH Proud type D7 £15.00 £ 15.00  
304 1947 21st March SNIGAPORE error for SINGAPORE on cover to Glasgow franked with 50c for air mail rate made up of 2 x 10c (fugitive head) 2c, 3c and 25c Striated paper. The reason for this is well known but they are scarce especially on overseas covers. This cover ex: Ian Dyce. £100.00 £ 190.00
305 1948 17 January. PAHANG Jerantut . A 15 Cents BMA Registration envelope Size G slightly cut down on opening at left side. Franked with 3c and 2x 6c BMA stamps. Arrival on back Kuala Lumpur B 19 January 48. The Registration label is marked with a rubber straight line purple JERANTUT a month earlier than Proud type R3 £35.00 £ 42.00
306 1948 29th January Kedah Alor Star to USA registered cover with stylish label B 868 franked six stamps including a 1c showing an almost black BMA overprint probably caused by oxidation ? All expected back stamps including REGISTRATION GPO PENANG without year date Nice cover £35.00 Unsold  
307 1948 29 January. Aerogramme Franked 60c BMA to Czechoslovakia ( 25c would have been enough) Postmarked TANGKAK 1 29 JA. Proud D8 but missing time and Year £20.00 £ 20.00  
308 1948 24th April BMA 15c size G registered envelope used from LABIS Johore to KL additional 30c in stamps. A.R. in red small box. Crinkled but does not detract from a very pretty cover, SEGAMAT transit on back £60.00 £ 145.00
309 1948 21st October JAI HIND cover from Kluang to Penang A propaganda cover printed in Ipoh and used after Indian Independence in 1947. £20.00 £ 20.00  
310 1948 29th July Sungei Patani Kedah local registered letter AR Proud D12 but with rubber stamped registration cachet ‘Retour Left.’ Correct rate 42c. £20.00 £ 20.00  
311 1949 4 October Alor Star KEDAH registered cover to Penang with Crayon hand written Registration mark on front and on back three 10c BMA late printing bright magenta stamps. £20.00 £ 20.00  
Covers and Postal History Forces
312 Undated ON ACTIVE SERVUCE envelope used from Sungai Patani , stamp less and post marked with the Parcel Bag intaglio seal. A clear chop interrupted by the original contents which cuts it off about 20% from the outer ring. Sought after Proud x30 £50.00 £ 50.00
313 1941. Five clean censored Active Service covers from 1941. 2 to the UK cancelled FPO No 31 and 3 to India cancelled FPO No 32 £25.00 £ 39.00  
Covers and Postal History Johore
314 1908 Johore Hotel PPC of Sultan as Commandant Johore Military forces, 1c rate to Malacca, Crown Bandar Maharani cancel, red Bandar Maharani Muar 19 JY 08 alongside. Malacca receiving mark 20 Jy 1908. Deep vertical crease which misses the stamp. Would be super if uncreased ! £10.00 £ 10.00
315 1949 Registered from Tangkak to Majeedi Detention Camp. Posted Tangkak 14 Oct49, 30c rate. Segamat transit same day and Johore Bahru receiving mark the 15th. Stamps + cancels on reverse. Registration label handstamped TANGKAK on the front, noted $20 showing the amount enclosed £40.00 £ 115.00
316 1952. Johore/HK/Macao 1950 registered (relief Johore Bahru in blue italics) franked with Perak SG 140 & 143 cancelled JB 17NOV52, with Singapore/E and Registered/GPO Hong Kong transit postmarks and Portuguese Macao delivery of 20XI52 £10.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History Kedah
317 KEDAH: 1912 1c & 3c, each tied by a fine & complete SEMILING cancel dated 28 NOV 1912 to face of a separate Kaulfuss PPCard which has location, date & initials of sender but otherwise blank £20.00 £ 46.00
318 KEDAH: 1922(6 May) L.K. Seng cover to Penang franked M.B.E. 1c (thin I), 2c, 3c, 4c (raised IBITION), 10c (oval O), tied by Alor Star Proud D2 cancels, Registered with uneven R3 dated cachet, Penang backstamp, minor glue mark but fine. Philatelic but any cover bearing this issue scarce. £120.00 £ 140.00
319 1909 FMS used in Kedah 4c rate cover to South India franked by 1c green and 3c scarlet both tied by clear and complete Kedah bilingual cancel 29 OC 1909, Penang and Madras transit cancels. £250.00 £ 250.00
Inward Mail
320 1858. Penang incoming mail, entire from Calcutta franked 2 x ½ a blue both neatly cancelled, endorsed “per Str Thebes” on front, Calcutta Ship Letter Paid handstamp in red on reverse, sent to Captn Dumaresq c/o Messrs Revely & Co. Contents re. shipping rates and trade matters. Fine condition. Ex Iain Dyce. £80.00 £ 80.00
321 1890 3 on 4c on 2c green very fine newspaper wrapper from Mauritius addressed to Messrs H & E Hinnekindt, Singapore £45.00 £ 45.00
322 1913 4th Jan French Indo China into SINGAPORE. A picture post card addressed to Kelly and Walsh marked with inverted triangle T and charged 10 cents postage due in Indochina, 2 in blue and with clear Singapore arrival. Clean and interesting item £15.00 £ 15.00  
323 1953 6th June Light air letter Coronation cover with the two GB stamps 2½d and 4d addressed to SINGAPORE with over stamped arrival; Coronation Day Air Mail Flight. June 3 1953.boxed chop in violet. £10.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History Labuan
324 LABUAN: 1910(31 DE) Ed VII 3c red PStat Pcard with long message that extends to front (contrary to regulations!) with double ring POST OFFICE LABUAN cancellation, top half is partly off card & unclear but LABUAN very clear across impressed stamp, Singapore transit & Petit Lancy (Switzerland) arrival on face, good condition. Scarce card used in Labuan £80.00 Unsold
Covers and Postal History Malacca
325 1945.10.8 clean fine Freepost cover to India with clear Malacca GPO cds (D31 only in use for two weeks) and octagonal Passed DHD/7 on front. With paper seal Opened by Examiner resealing right hand edge. On reverse arrival cds 28 Oct 45. £64.00 Unsold
Covers and Postal History Malayan Emergency
326 A bundle of forces airmail covers, 10c rate, variety of postmarks and regiments condition a bit mixed. 51 covers. £20.00 £ 64.00
327 1949 6th May registered envelope from Pudu to Majeedi Detention Camp Johore. Franked 2 x 15c and Censored by the camp authorities. Nice clean example of this interesting correspondence £20.00 £ 62.00  
328 1956. Pahang/Malayan Emergency 1956 6c grey on grey PS Postcard used Triang 1956 to Police Radio Malaya from ‘A. Khalid Pc 27843 Fort Shean, Pahang’. Malayan Emergency item £10.00 £ 23.00  
Covers and Postal History Malaysia
329 1954 7th January MALAYA meter mark covers Ong Type 2E all used by William Jacks N169 and advertising their agency products. Philips light bulbs, Snowcem, Halls distemper, Chatwood , and one without slogan. Five clean covers £35.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History Malayan Federation
330 1957 Display of History & Commemorative covers to 1966 19 pages. £15.00 £ 15.00  
Maritime Mail
331 1946. A Size G Registered letter posted on board a Royal Navy ship with additional 50c for air mail postage uncancelled. The Fifteen Cents imprint Brit.Military ADmn Malaya cancelled with a red circular Postage Paid Maritime Mail , repeated on the back. The Registered cachet is M.M.2981 No 0042. Rare and from Derek Clayton’s Maritime collection. £100.00 £ 680.00
Covers and Postal History Negri Sembilan
332 1943 15 Dec postcard, 2c on 5c Perak stamp, commemorative cancel. Ex Milo Rowell with his small oval chop on the reverse. Fine. £20.00 Unsold
333 1956 10c brown postal stationery envelope, sent registered from Gemas to Singapore. Additional 2x 10c stamps on reverse 14 Sep 56 Gemas cancels. Singapore receiving mark next day. Filing hole and has been opened for display, but fine. £30.00 £ 30.00
Covers and Postal History Pahang
334 1948 31 August Pahang, Pekan registered cover to Kuala Lumpur with 3 x 10c BMA stamps cancelled single ring Proud D7. Registration in manuscript with PEKAN chop in purple as Proud R5 – possibly the only one recorded. Transit through Kuantan 31/8 and arrival Kuala Lumpur next day. £44.00 £ 85.00
Covers and Postal History Penang
335 PENANG: PAID, 1941 POSTAGE PAID PENANG 8 CTS in red on censored readdressed UK cover, similar 1946 8 CTS fine, & 1953 4 CTS flap stain on face. Also 1957 4c PAID machine cancels on 3 somewhat toned window envelopes. Proud PD9, PD10 & PD12 £25.00 £ 25.00
336 1907 JA 8 neat clean small cover to Belgium with KEVII 1c, 3c & 4c cancelled Bukit Tambun (Proud D5) £200.00 Unsold
337 1912. Penang postmarks. Ayer Itam on KGV 1c + Proud PP2 on NS 10c, Jerak Proud D2 on KGV 5c orange, Jarak Proud D3 on KGV 4c violet Runnymede Hotel Proud D2 on KGV 35c scarlet & purple, $1 black & red/blue. £64.00 £ 64.00  
338 1923 NOV 2 clean surface cover to Germany from Key Cycle Company bearing KGV 8c blue cancelled superb Penang British Empire Exhibition 1924 (Proud HS2 state 1) £80.00 Unsold
339 1929 MY 30 inward ppc from Japan with arrival cancel Balik Pulau (Proud D6) £25.00 Unsold
340 1936 27 August Meter Mark Proof pull of M.15 Straits Settlements Penang Town Post Mark 2 Cents unknown user Ong Pg 35 £25.00 Unsold  
341 1937. Penang/E&O Hotel registered (Penang S.S. 2 label) Eusoff Stamp Co, Penang pictorial FDC with SS Coronation set cancelled weak ‘EASTERN AND …../PENANG/ 12 MY/1937’. Same date Penang postmark & purple handstamped ‘K.A.&N.K. & Co/News Agents & Money Changers at E.&O. Hotel’ on reverse. Roughly opened £10.00 £ 10.00  
342 1937. Penang/E&O Hotel registered (Penang S.S. 2 label) Penang Stamp Co pictorial FDC with SS Coronation set cancelled ‘EASTERN AND ORIENTAL HOTEL./ PENANG/ 12 MY/1937’. Same date Penang postmark on reverse & purple handstamped ‘K.A. &N.K. & Co/News Agents & Money Changers at E.& O. Hotel’
on reverse. Very attractive
£20.00 £ 29.00  
343 1941. Penang postmarks. Glugor Cantonment 1941 on KGVI 4c & 8c Jelutong on 8c and Tassek Glugor (Proud D3) on 5c £20.00 £ 20.00  
Covers and Postal History Perak
344 Fine 1900 Nov 2 locally addressed cover from Tanjong Malim inscribed in red Paid + signature, with squared cds Tanjong Malim on front and the paper postal receipt for 1 cent attached to bottom left corner £180.00 £ 240.00
345 1893.11.6 fine clean cover to UK with SS 5c blue tied by M/S ‘Stamped’ & Batu Gajah squared circle cds. On reverse Taiping, Ipoh & Penang transit cds and UK arrival. £230.00 Unsold
346 1911 Red Band Document3x 1c green 1911 from Tronoh Perak , Proud D1
With Telok Anson & Ipoh cancellations .
£10.00 Unsold  
347 1913.10.20 picture postcard showing ‘Landing goods at Weld Quay’ to England bearing FMS 1c tied by INTAN double ring cds (D2), with fine oval Post Office GRIT in violet (D3) and fine circular I/T/N/cts postage due mark (UP1) 10c in blue nearby. Kuala Kangsar & Taiping transit cds and GB 1d/I.S.o hand stamp. £480.00 Unsold
348 1935. Perak postmarks. Over 100 fine copies of pre-war issues with clear small-town cancels Kati, Pulau Tiga etc. No Taiping or Ipoh £20.00 £ 36.00  
349 1936 28 August Meter Mark Proof pull of M.8. PERAK Ipoh Town post mark 5 Cents Singapore Cold Storage Co Ltd Ipoh E D K Ong Pg 35 £25.00 Unsold  
350 1938 22 August Meter Mark. Proof pull of “E N24 Lukut Tin Dredging Ltd 2 Cents. Earliest date known. See Ong Pg 62. Fine £30.00 Unsold  
351 1948 5th May Ipoh franked 4c (2 x 2c) for postcard rate and 1949 22nd Oct franked 6c (2 x 3c) for postcard rate, both cancelled with 29 mm single ring D23/24, plus 10c letter rate cancelled with double ring D22. All three Chinese trade correspondence. 6c postcard has been hole punched for filing. £25.00 Unsold  
352 1950. Perak postmarks. Over 100 fine copies of post WW2 issues with clear small-town cancels, Some better values 8c, 12c etc. No Taiping or Ipoh £20.00 £ 42.00  
353 1956 7 Apr Kuala Kangsar to Singapore. Franked Singapore 10c, to Royal Malayan Navy Singapore £10.00 £ 50.00
354 1961. Perak Teluk Anson registered cover with 3 x separate 10c maroon each cancelled M.P.O. TELUK ANSON/20JUL61/PERAK with Singapore/E transit & Queen Street delivery £10.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History Perlis
355 1951 issue. Perlis postmarks 15 stamps (5 Padang Besar, 6 Arau, 4 Kuala Perlis of which 2 are skeleton) 1957 issue 14 stamps with Arau, K. Perlis, Kaki Bukit, Padang Besar & Simpang Ampat. 7 Federation or Malaysia used Kangar. £40.00 £ 130.00  
356 2000. Fine cover with Perlis 5c, 10c x 2 & 30c definitives from Pos K. Sanglang with skeleton cds 13 AP 2000. £25.00 £ 36.00  
357 2000. Very fine registered cover to Singapore from FELDA CHUPING with 3.4.2000 cds £50.00 £ 80.00  
Covers and Postal History Selangor
358 SELANGOR: PAID, 1932(6 MY) Specimen on piece supplied to UPU of double ring PPI Proud PD3, fine, PD6 1946 good strike 2 CTS on roughly opened & stained wrapper from Malay Mail to ENSA HQ in Calcutta & another fine strike but 3 CTS in 1947 on Rubber Research Institute form posted back to them, fine, both PD6 strikes in black instead of UPU required red. Also long folded OHMS (so on cheap paper that has toned!) window envelope with 4 CTS Proud PD9. Interesting lot, reserve based on 2 fine items £35.00 Unsold
359 1931 2 October OGS envelope unstamped within Kuala Lumpur marked O.C. “A” Coy. M.S.V.R. and signed Elton Major. This is the Malay States Volunteer Reserve. Clean £10.00 Unsold  
360 1939 PPC posted Lucerne Switzerland 9 Dec 1939 to KL. 3 line PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION and forwarded from KL 11 Jan 1940, to Rawang. fine £20.00 £ 39.00
361 1941. Selangor 1935/41 6c scarlet overprinted ‘ORIENTAL’. Oriental Bank, Klang? Cancelled ‘. MAY 1941’ in purple, light crease £10.00 £ 10.00  
362 1961 and earlier Meter mark Ong type 3C A proof pull undenominated SELANGOR U1 and an envelope using similar mark U71 for 10 cents within Kuala Lumpur £20.00 Unsold  
Covers and Postal History Singapore
363 SINGAPORE: 1896(DE 29) 5c blue size H PStat registration envelope franked QV 24c green tied Singapore single ring fleuron cancel with registered dated cachet alongside, to Koetei Dutch Borneo with N.I. Agent Singapore squared circle backstamp, some light overall toning or speckling but a good looking example of this scarcer size stationery envelope £80.00 £ 170.00
364 SINGAPORE: HOTELS, Raffles 1934 to 1992 selection, including 1934 & 1935 pictorial Hotel envelopes on different stock with legend at left in slightly different positions, 1937 Hotel notepaper (2, one with hotel envelope used from Ned Indies), large oval coloured luggage label showing hotel plus 3 modern items + PPCard of Raffles Institution £80.00 £ 80.00
365 SINGAPORE: HOTELS, 1898 c Hamburg chromo litho coloured PPCard with 3 vignettes, largest being Hotel De La Paix, unused QV 3c red affixed to reverse, few small perimeter faults but not oxidised and attractive. £35.00 £ 35.00
366 SINGAPORE: HOTELS, 1910 c PPCard of Adelphi with large script name printed on picture side, pinhole doesn’t detract, plus later card same hotel, photo PPCard of Hotel de Europe plus blue circular luggage label, Goodwood Park Hotel PPCards (2), 1964 Cameron Hotel cover and Biltmore Hotel undated PPCard but 8 stories! £40.00 £ 40.00
367 SINGAPORE: PAID, 1937 piece and 1940 censored cover to U.K. with Singapore G.P.O. machine SAVE TIME AND MONEY USE AIR MAILS struck in red to denote paid, Proud PD16(M) State 1 but both have PAID at foot of datestamp portion, former 2 CTS and latter 8 CTS paid, latter a bit grubby but with HSBC logo on flap. Machine Paid marks rare £90.00 £ 90.00
368 SINGAPORE: PAID, 1941(2 JAN) local HSBC envelope to Alexandra with Singapore G.P.O. machine SAVE FOR VICTORY BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES struck in red and with PAID at foot of datestamp with 8CTS at top, unlisted in Proud. Rare. The envelope then opened out, turned and sent censored to U.K. bearing 4c(2) tied Singapore G cancel 17 FE 1941, a little toned one side and one flap has become detached from being used twice but an interesting war time item £60.00 £ 60.00
369 SINGAPORE: PAID, 1932 to 1971, selection including 1932(3 MY) Specimen on piece supplied to U.P.U. of double ring PPI Proud PD17 POSTAGE PAID SINGAPORE & scarce 1939 example on censored cover to U.K., both 2 CTS, post occ 3 CTS small part strike piece, 4 CTS (3 covers & 2 pieces), 4c PAID in wavy line machine (cover & 5 pieces), large POSTAGE PAID SINGAPORE datestamp on 1959 KLM front or wrapper to USA Embassy with their receiving cachet, plus two 1971 pieces of same mark. Mixed condition in places but an interesting & scarce lot £80.00 £ 80.00
370 1910. Singapore/ Raffles Hotel – 1c green KEVII block of 4 cancelled complete ‘SINGAPORE/4.15 PM/21DE/1910’. Early usage of Proud D2 £10.00 £ 14.00  
371 1911 ppc coloured view of Johnstons pier, sent 3c rate to Paris. Raffles (Hotel) postmark (incomplete see scan) 24 Nov 1911. Singapore cds of the 25th £25.00 Unsold
372 1922. Singapore/Raffles Hotel cover to Japan with KGV 12c blue cancelled Proud D4 RAFFLES HOTEL/3.15PM/15N/1922. Singapore transit
and Osaka arrival postmarks. Includes 2 page letter in Japanese on
Nippon Shoka North Bridge Road stationary
£20.00 £ 20.00  
373 1927 24 June Meter Mark Proof Straits Settlements 2 Cents with ss closely spaced in SINGAPORE town postmark. Type 1B Ong Pg 24 £25.00 £ 25.00  
374 1927 24 June Meter Mark Proofs of 1 cent, 4 cents and 6 cents all M.7. Singapore town post mark on unwatermarked paper. Type 1B Ong Pg 25 £60.00 Unsold  
375 1928. Singapore/Raffles Hotel – Hamburg-America Linie envelope to USA with 12c blue cancelled strong complete RAFFLES HOTEL/3PM/14MR/1928’ with ‘PM’ inverted. Variation of Proud D4. Singapore transit. Light central fold £20.00 £ 20.00  
376 1934. Singapore 10th July GV 5c on Chinese red band cover, Sungei Lembing D4 arrival, plus 1934 10th Dec GV 4c on Chinese red band, Kuantan arrival. Both with bilingual linear Kuantan directional handstamps. £12.00 £ 12.00  
377 1934 4 October Meter Mark cover V.R.Vick &Co Midget M32 to USA paid with two impressions of 5 cents and one of 2 cents to make the 12c rate. Ong Pg 29 Early date £30.00 £ 30.00
378 1934 21st August Singapore Meter Mark type 1B 2 x 4cents with Use the Imperial Air Mail slogan. Operated by Mansfield & Co Ltd whose logo is on the back of the envelope. Perhaps of most interest is the addressee Hudson Fysh who founded Quantas Airways . A cracking meter cover £50.00 £ 85.00
379 1937 KGVI ,QEII Detailed display Letter rates, forces, airmail,including Lyons Type Registrations 16 pages.inc 1 page Penang. £28.00 £ 28.00  
380 1937 6 July Straits Settlements meter mark cover Ong type 3C 50 cents airmail to Scotland. Number U16 Evatt & Co. ; and another similar U31 1941 11th July 8 cents to Sydney Censored triangle no 76 Town name erased. Nice logo on reverse. 2 covers £25.00 £ 25.00  
381 1939 16 September early censored cover airmail to UK bearing 40c,12c,2c,and 1c Straits George VI stamps paying the standard 55c per half ounce rate. Boxed Passed by 1 Censor. Another 1940 18th January double rate cover PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION. and stamped $1 and 10c cancelled Singapore A. 2 Covers £15.00 £ 21.00  
382 1939 to 1941 Geoge VI straits stamps on covers to UK all from Singapore, demonstrating various pre war rates, 8c,55c, 50c, 12c etc. most censored by variety of censor marks. The rump end of the Hadden correspondence. Mainly long covers and condition very mixed, but ideal research material. Thirty covers £20.00 £ 20.00  
383 1941 5 August Cover from Singapore to UK $2 Clipper rate (KGVI $2 stamp) Passed by Censor 247, and another 16 September $2 rate ($1 x2) opened and resealed, censored, By Air Throughout. Same address £30.00 £ 30.00  
384 1941 and 42, 9 December and 2 January. Two airmail covers from Singapore to the same address in UK. The smaller December one is from Singapore E and bears a 50c stamp the rate by BOAC, opened and resealed by censor 264. A larger cover and of double weight with 2 x 50c stamps is into 1942. Again opened and resealed by Censor 70.A trifle rumpled! This rate was quite short lived. £15.00 £ 31.00  
385 1941 5th September Singapore Straits Settlements 2 cents Neopost meter Type 2E N28 on Dunlop Fort printed envelope and another front Straits Settlements Mansfield & Co Ltd M14 double print of 6cents making 12 cent rate to Batavia. With fine Mail It via Imperial Airways slogan, partially over stamped with Batavia arrival. Ong pg 131Two items £20.00 £ 26.00  
386 1946 18th April General Post Office Singapore to Switzerland franked 70c BMA Sent from sailor on MS FENGTIEN £10.00 £ 10.00  
387 1947 3 May CHRISTMAS ISLAND .Printed matter envelope with 3c BMA stamp . Earliest recorded date for Proud type D10. Flap missing £44.00 £ 115.00
388 1950 25th August SINGAPORE meter mark U34 from HK&S Bank to Holland. Rate 18c being the surface rate for Rest of World introduced 22nd Feb 1950 arrived 18 September. Uncommon Rate £10.00 £ 12.00  
389 1956 Singapore envelope with 10c ship imprint dated on back 4.FEB.19 57 looks like accession date at UPU in Berne. And a ppc of Govt Offices Singapore with 150th Anniversary Philatelic Exhibition 20.8.69 special cancel on 1c orchid stamp and another on a plain envelope. £15.00 £ 26.00  
390 1969 12th July SINGAPORE meter mark cover PB 79 to York 75 cents further hand stamped ‘SINGAPORE 1819-1969 150 YEARS YOUNG’ in double margined box. And another PB420 George Lee motors 30 cents 2nd class airmail. Clean covers £15.00 £ 15.00  
391 1973-1990. Detailed Display of commemorative issues, postal rates,
Air mail,Registrations inc Lyons Types , fine display 27 pages
£50.00 £ 50.00  
392 1991 Singapore /Johore Postage due cover with 20c Singapore T 10/30 Surcharged 50c and 10c DENDA stamps. Marked Tidak diketahui (Unknown) and returned from JB on back. Arrow with DIKEMBALIKAN on front a trifle crinkled. And a letter from Postal Services Singapore To Rob Holley in 1967 about postage due stamps £10.00 £ 10.00  
Covers and Postal History Japanese Occupation
393 Selangor used within KL. Franked 8c red of Perak, Dai Nippon 2602 Malaya overprint inverted. Censor chop on the front £20.00 £ 20.00
394 1942 Singapore 8c Straits grey, with red single frame chop on cover to KL. Postmark Syonan 8 13 2602 (13th August 1942) fine and clean £30.00 £ 52.00
395 1943. Trengganu. 4th April 1943 totally non-philatelic rare cover from Dungun, Trengganu addressed to R. M. Davar, K L Dairy Farm, Rifle Range Road, Kuala Lumpur bearing on the reverse 8c on 10c overprinted DAI NIPPON 2602 MALAYA (SG No J127) a little scuffed, cancelled Dungun (Proud D3), Kuala Trengganu (Proud D4) and Kota Bharu all on 4 Apr. Censored in Kuala Trengganu. £350.00 £ 460.00
Picture Postcards
396 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.1’ A back street, Victoria, Labuan. Unused £18.00 £ 18.00
397 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.3’ Dwelling house on river bank, Labuan. Unused £18.00 £ 18.00
398 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.5’ View on railway, en route to coal mines, Labuan. Unused. This shows train with steam engine £25.00 £ 25.00
399 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.10’ View of coaling pier, Victoria, Labuan. Unused £18.00 £ 18.00
400 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.13’ Native Quarter, Victoria, Labuan. Unused £18.00 Unsold
401 PICTURE POSTCARDS: LABUAN ‘No.14’ North Road, Labuan. Unused £18.00 £ 18.00
402 Singapore postcard ‘The Cocoanut Palm, Singapore’. The building in the background is clearly the Seaview Hotel. Similar view to Item 402 in ‘500 Postcards of Singapore’. Unused. £10.00 £ 10.00  
403 Early Twentieth Century . A group of thirteen picture post cards of SINGAPORE in pale hand coloured tints all marked UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE – CARTE POSTAL with a publishers name in Japanese characters. There are no motor vehicles on any of the cards. Not seen before £20.00 £ 42.00  
404 1900 PPC H.H. The Rajah Mudah and Tongkoos returning to Kedah, Pub. By A. Kaulfuss, Penang, No.64 £30.00 £ 42.00
405 1901 22 picture postcards , mint, with stamps, some stamps removed era EVII Majority Singapore but also rubber, tin mining etc. £50.00 Unsold  
406 1909 Kedah PPC Same scene (No. 64) and publisher as 15. but divided back. Used from Penang to U.S.A, Reverse franked S.S. 3C red cancelled Penang AU 3 1908. V.G. (Fig 3) £20.00 £ 20.00
407 1913 18th December Deutsche Seepost on 10c German stamp through Penang to England on Ceylon ppc of Talipot Palm in Flower. Attractive £12.00 £ 12.00  
408 1914 Kedah. Real photo card titled 'ALORSTAR (KEDAH)' river pageant, franked 2 x 1c (SG1) cancelled (favour) Alor Star 14 SE 1914, no message or address. Very attractive £25.00 £ 74.00
409 1914 Jy 13 clean picture postcard of Kandy Lake to England with KGV 4c violet cancelled Eastern & Oriental Hotel Penang. Proud D2 £50.00 Unsold
410 1917 Kedah Real photo card no title, but inscr. on the Real photo card no title, elephant and Howdah, franked 2c (SG1) cancelled (favour) Alor Star, Kedah / General Post Office 28 AP back Zahara Mosque franked 2 x VG £20.00 £ 64.00
411 1930 19 April original sepia photograph of H.M.S. Repulse at Sheerness, and a picture Post Card of H.M.S. Malaya Ship’s Trophies published by Sellicks of Plymouth £10.00 £ 10.00  
412 1933 Kedah. Real photo card. No title. Elephant and Howdah. franked 2c (SG1) cancelled favour Alor Star/ General Post Office 28 AP 1933, no message or address. VGC £20.00 £ 44.00
413 1954 Kedah used in Perlis. Real photo card 'A Chinese Wedding' to the U.K. Franked Kedah 4c (S.G. 54) cancelled KANGAR / PERLIS (Proud D5), two small corner bends, a superb card, short message £20.00 £ 54.00
Miscellaneous
414 Japanese Occupation. Post office savings card issued at Negri Sembilan with $1 of stamps, completed and stamped ‘RETURN TO DEPOSITOR’ £40.00 Unsold
415 Japanese Occupation. Post office savings card issued at Malacca with $1 of stamps, completed and stamped ‘RETURN TO DEPOSITOR’ £40.00 Unsold
416 T.B. LABELS: MALAYSIA, 1961 to 1988 written-up collection of 212 labels, including 1961 large ‘Greetings’ se-tenant block of 6, 1964, 1967(2 different), two different types se-tenant strips of 5 for 1971 Orchids, 1972 Fruits & 1973 Roses, 1974 Hindu Gods block of 4 plus a torn single on air letter, 1975 to 1981 se-tenant blocks of 8 or 10 depicting flora or fauna (N.B. 4 blocks are fine but inappropriate gum used has soaked naturally in to the paper), 1982 flowers, 1984-85 small mammals, 1986-87 fruits & 1987-88 traditional dress in sheets of 24. Good attractive lot. Ex. Mac McClaren as are the following T.B. Label lots £85.00 £ 105.00
417 T.B. LABELS: SABAH, 1963, 1964, 1965 & 1966 issues in blocks of 4, 1968, 1969, 1970 & 1976 in singles, all inscribed SABATA, plus Malaysia 1967 single and the two different 1972 strips of 5 orchid designs with SABATA overprint for use in Sabah. 31 unused labels. Fine and less often seen lot. No issues listed for years 1971, 1974, 1975 in catalogue £30.00 £ 30.00
418 T.B. LABELS: SARAWAK, 1956 neat 50c Iban Woman franked air cover to Wales with two different 1956 T.B. labels depicting snow scenes, good condition. Labels likely to be of British or North American origin so unusual use £12.00 £ 21.00
419 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, SATA 1949 to 1982 collection of 100 unused labels, singles to 1959 and then se-tenant strips of 3, 4 or 5 with some issues for 2 years, etc., colourful lot with a broad range of themes. Most neatly written-up £60.00 £ 60.00
420 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1950 couple with child design, complete sheet of 20 with marginal inscriptions, one with small scuff but a scarce early sheet, fine. £12.00 Unsold
421 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1958-59 dragon in green & red and sailing junk in blue & red, se-tenant design in a fine folded sheet of 40 comprising two panes of 20 with marginal inscriptions £25.00 £ 25.00
422 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1959 three smiling children sheet of 20 with marginal inscriptions, fine £12.00 Unsold
423 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1960 smiling musicians se-tenant part sheet of 20 with margins and inscription at top, fine £12.00 £ 12.00
424 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1961 children & orchids, 3 se-tenant designs in a part sheet of 20 with marginal inscription at top, fine £12.00 Unsold
425 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1962 local sailing ships, 3 se-tenant designs in a part sheet of 20, fine. Mac implies this issue did not have marginal inscription. £12.00 Unsold
426 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE,1963 dancers, 3 se-tenant designs in part sheet of 20 with marginal inscription at top £12.00 £ 12.00
427 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1985-86 combined with World Conference on TB & Respiratory Diseases held in Singapore, 4 se-tenant designs in sheet of 20 with inscriptions, fine £12.00 Unsold
428 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, 1986-87 religious sites, 4 se-tenant designs in complete sheet of 20 with inscriptions, fine £12.00 Unsold
429 T.B. LABELS: SINGAPORE, related slogan cancels comprising 1953 Chest X-Rays Save Lives, Proud M6 State 9 on cover to N.Z. with contents written on M.V. Merkur of Burns Philp Line notepaper, same cancel but 1954 on cover posted on ship ‘BELARU’, both with Singapore frankings, plus 1958 Buy S.A.T.A. seals to Fight T.B. Proud M7 state 20 ties Selangor 10c to window envelope. Also 1935 French T.B. label used as seal tied by Singapore transit cancel to registered 1936 Indo-China to Malacca cover, bit toned and ratty. £20.00 £ 48.00
430 1866 STRAITS TIMES Overland Journal for Despatch per P&O Steamer Northam 6.9.1866 & Singapore Market Report 12.86.9.1866 and notes on both. £60.00 Unsold  
431 1867/72 Set of forgeries (9 vals). Quite realistic, no wmk, Perf 12.75 and all ‘used’ with black barred oval £10.00 £ 11.00  
432 1896 Book Malay Sketches 2nd ed. Frank Athelstane Swettenham in yellow Cloth bound with 3 kris on cover. £50.00 Unsold
433 1905 Perak Early 20th C. photographic reproductions in colour on art paper of 1891surcharges whole sheets 1con 2c pink SS 1st to 6th settings,1c on 6c Mauve 7&2c 6c green – total 6 sheets £18.00 Unsold  
434 1925 Telegram Eastern Extension Penag ex Penang & Received Registered Postal Article AR Pitt Street Penang 18.5.1939 £12.00 Unsold  
435 1926 Handbook of British Malaya full of facts and photos; front photo Sir Laurence Guillemard Gov S.S. Plus,Handbook of Oriental History 1951 Royal Historical Society. Section III S.E Asia & Archipelago 99-154 Mint Condition £40.00 £ 40.00  
436 1930 Leibig advertising card for meat extract showing two tigers at the kill of a deer. Adorned with an illustration of the FMS 3 c scarlet Tiger stamp with part reproduction of a post mark from Teluk Anson. Clean £10.00 Unsold  
437 1935 11th July Federated Malay States British PASSPORT. Photographs removed . Issue, Renewal and wife addition all present with stamps to pay the tax. Scarce Item £35.00 £ 35.00
438 1941 24th July FMS Driving Licence Complete without endorsements Fine £15.00 Unsold  
439 1945 THE STRAITS TIMES first 2 after liberation each of 2 pages , Friday
7.9.45 & Saturday 8.9.45 in good condition .
£60.00 £ 105.00
440 1946 MALAYAN WEFARE FUND 1c green pair, 5c blue 2 copies, 10c 4 copies. Uncommon £15.00 £ 37.00  
441 1949 23 December FEDERATION OF MALAYA British PASSPORT No 2214 .Complete with photograph , renewal and $10 payment with Penang Stamps. A well-travelled lady 15 pages of Visas. etc. Clipped corner as always after expiration. £50.00 Unsold