QEII-period unmounted mint selection comprising 1954 QEII sets from Malacca & Penang and 1957-60s Pictorials sets from Johore, Kedah, Malacca (QEII & Tree), Negri Sembilan, Penang & Selangor, also Brunei 1952-58 Sultan & Houses, North Borneo 1954-59 & 1961 Pictorials, Sabah 1964-65 Pictorials Overprints, Sarawak 1955-59 Pictorials, Singapore 1955-59 Pictorials, plus 1979 Pictorials booklets x13 different, lots of thematic interest, stated Cat £1400+.  (few 100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

BRUNEI - JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1942-44 Handstamped 'Imperial Japanese Government' 2c orange & 15c ultramarine SG J3 & J13 tied by Japanese-style Brunei Town Central '10/1/2605' d/s to locally-addressed envelope endorsed "First Day Cover 10.1.1945 (2605)", a couple of very minor blemishes. Gibbons provides only a year of issue for J3 (1943) & J15 (1944); this local source suggests they were issued later.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BRUNEI: 1945 (Dec 17) endorsed "FIRST DAY of ISSUE - BRUNEI..." with Sarawak Charles Vyner Brooke 'BMA' Overprints complete set to $10 tied by multiple fine to very fine strikes of 'BRUNEI/17/DEC. 1945' Linotype d/s, a couple of minor bends & blemishes, Cat £750+,  for single stamps used in Sarawak. Gibbons states that the stamps of Sarawak & North Borneo were available for use in Brunei until the reappearance of Brunei issues on 2.1.1947, but does not list or price their usage in Brunei.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000