Great Britain and British Commonwealth Malayan Region
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 1092
Symbol: **/*O
Cat No: Collection
Small collection mostly post-WWII with used including Straits Settlements 1937-41 KGVI set, Singapore 1948 KGVI Perf 14 set, Johore 1948 Sultan $2 & $5 and 1960 Pictorials $5, Penang 1960 Pictorials set, also some Brunei, North Borneo/Sabah, Sarawak, etc, plus album of mint mostly unmounted including Malaysia 1965 Birds set, Singapore 1962 Fish & Birds set, 1969 Founding M/S, 1970 Expo set, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 2½kg.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 4,600.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 1093
Symbol: *
Cat No: F1
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1937-41 KGVI 'REVENUE - REVENUE' $25 dull purple & ultramarine/blue SG F1, rich colours, well centred, minor characteristic tropicalisation, Cat £1400. A very scarce postal fiscal.
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 1094
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
'BMA/MALAYA' Overprints: 1c black with the Overprint in Magenta SG 1ab marginal pair from the right of the sheet, characteristic light tropicalisation, unmounted, Cat £7000+. David Brandon Certificate (2000). [There was no mint example in Graham Cooper's collection. His used stamp with heavy cds - Cat £1400 - sold in 2016 for £840] (2 pairs)
'BMA/MALAYA' Overprints: 50c Postal Forgery with a normal stamp for comparison. [Created by a postal clerk who rather-crudely manipulated the value tablets on the 1c black & applied a green wash. Graham Cooper's famous piece with 14 singles sold in 2016 for £10,200 = £728 each]
MALAYAN UNION: 1947 Victory 8c carmine, well centred, unmounted, Cat £600. Unissued. [See footnote in Gibbons after the BMA Overprints. Better centred than Graham Cooper's example that sold in 2016 for £324]
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 1097
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 72a
SARAWAK: 1923 Surcharges 'ONE/cent' on 10c blue block of 9 from the base of the sheet with Plate Number '1', the central unit with 'cnet' Error SG 72a, light tropicalisation, most units including the variety are unmounted, Cat £490++ (for mounted singles).
SARAWAK: 1944 local Japanese Occupation philatelic cover with Revenue Overprints 4c 5c 6c 15c & 20c plus 8c x2 both with horizontal handstamp in violet, Kanjo cds of 2/10/2604.