Imperf plate proofs in issued or close-to-issued colours comprising 1875 2c x2, 4c x3, 6c x2, 8c & 12c x2, plus 1895 gummed 2c pair (superb **) and 2c perforated colour trials in black & in green. (14 units)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Mint selection with 1875 set (no gum), 1899-1908 set plus listed shades to 12c, 1902 2c, 1918 set plus listed shades, 1922-23 New Colours & Values, 1928-29 set mostly marginal & most to 30c with Plate Number '2', 1932 & 1934-42 sets, 1946-65 Issues (no Flowers) complete - the Silver Weddings in unmounted blocks of 4 - and a few others, generally very fine, Cat £1500+. (200 approx)

Estimate AU$750

Used selection with 1899-1908 set including shades to 50c, 1918 set plus a second set ex 4c tied by pieces by 1926 'SIBU' cds, 1922-41 issues complete, Wedding, UPU blocks of 4, KGVI Pictorials, etc, generally very fine, Cat £1300+. (180 approx)

Estimate AU$650

Packet of commercial & philatelic covers including 1923 registered with 1922 8c & 12c, 1945 endorsed "First Day Cover" with Australian 1d 3d 6d & 1/- tied by 'KUCHING/6/NOV/1945' cds, 1945 with BMA values to 30c (Cat £50+) tied by 'VICTORIA/LABUAN' linotype cancels, etc, fine to very fine. (21 items)

Estimate AU$350

1869 Sir James Brooke 3c imperforate plate proof in black on gummed unwatermarked yellow paper with Damaged Frame at Centre-Right, tiny thin spot otherwise superb. Scarce: not mentioned by Batty-Smith & Watterson.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1869 Sir James Brooke 3c brown/yellow SG 1 block of 10 (5x2), some characteristic irregular perfs, a few minor bends, large-part o.g. - scarce thus - with four units being unmounted, Cat £550++ for mounted singles. A very desirable block. [Batty-Smith & Watterson state that most unused examples on the market have no gum, as a result of being washed-apart from a brick of sheets that had been stuck together!]

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1869 Sir James Brooke 3c brown/yellow SG 1 two used examples with cancel of 9 parallel lines (thinned) or a very fine strike of the diamond 'S'-in-Bars, Cat £450. [Batty-Smith et al state that the 'S'-in-Bars was introduced only a few months before the Charles Brooke stamps were issued and thus "...is very rarely found on the 1869 issue..."]

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1871 Sir Charles Brooke 3c brown/yellow annotated study on ten exhibit pages, mostly unused including blocks of 6 x3 & a block of 15 (5x3), mostly plated with many obvious varieties including the listed 'THREE.CENTS' SG 2a in two pairs (one with oval d/s) & one of the blocks of 4. (76)

Estimate AU$250

1871 Sir Charles Brooke 3c brown/yellow amusing forgery.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1871 Sir Charles Brooke 3c brown/yellow SG 2 block of 4 with light but very fine strike of the large oval 'SARAWAK/15-NOV-74/POST OFFICE' datestamp.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1875 New Denominations 4c to 12c SG 4-7 plus 3c SG 2 & 'ONE/CENT' on 3c SG 27 all tied to 1896 Windrath cover (front only) to Singapore, mss "Registered/No 445". (6 stamps)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1888-97 De La Rue 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' $2 $5 & $10 SG 21a-21c marginal examples from the base of the sheets, full unmounted o.g., Cat £3800+ (for mounted). Unissued. [The finest set we have seen]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1895 Perkins Bacon plate proofs imperf x6 & perf x6 in various colours, mint set plus 2c blocks of 4 from both printings (1st Printing **), 4c & 6c unmounted blocks of 6, used set plus 2c with almost complete 'SIMANGGANG' cds, generally very fine, Cat £500+ plus the proofs & postmark. (45)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1899 Surcharges annotated pages with mint & used sets, unused '2/CENTS' on 12c block of 7 & strip of the 5 sub-types, '4/CENTS' on 6c block of 4 the last unit with Stop at Top of 'S' - a major variety that is unlisted by Gibbons - and strip of the 5 sub-types with 'LNT' Papermaker's Watermark (both items with large-part o.g.), '4/CENTS' on 8c block of 6 with '4/CENTS' also printed on the back of the margin & the 5 sub-types, etc, generally very fine, Cat £800+. (57)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1932 Waterlow 3c to 30c imperforate plate proof pairs in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, lightly mounted. Very attractive. (11 pairs)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1932 Waterlow 1c to $1 SG 91-105 each with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' puncture, lightly mounted, Cat £425. (15)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1932 Waterlow 6c 10c & 30c pairs each with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' punctures, no gum. Scarce multiples. (3 pairs)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1945 'BMA' Overprints 1c to $10 SG 126-145, unmounted, Cat £550. (20)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1945 'BMA' Overprints 1c to $10 SG 126-145, some toned perf-tips but generally very fine, mostly Australian-pattern cds, Cat £750. (20)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1946 Centenary 8c to $1 complete imperf plate proofs in the issued colours, unmounted. Superb! (4)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1947 Crown Colony 1c to $5 SG 150-164 complete set punctured horseshoe 'SPECIMEN', unmounted, Cat £400. Superb! [Absent from Neville Waterson's collection] (15)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400