MALAYA
MALAYA
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1551 |
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 India used in Singapore. 1861 (Jan 22) Cover to the U.S.A franked India ½a + 1a + 4a + 8a on blue glazed paper each cancelled by octagonal "B / 172" with red London Paid (Feb 26) and "5 / N. YORK AM PKT" (Mar 14)
datestamps on the front, red "16 / CENTS", reverse with partial red Singapore c.d.s and red oval "FORWARDED BY / BOUSTEAD & Co". An attractive cover carried via Marseille and the Inman Line "Etna" from Liverpool to New York under contract to the U.S
Post Office, charged 5c internal U.S postage, 1/9 credited from Singapore to London and 16c (8d) from London to the U.S.A, the Boustead & Co forwarding cachet suggesting this may have originated in Manila or Bangkok. Small part flap missing,
otherwise fine. Photo on Page 184. (Image1)
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Est. £500-700
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1552 |
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 Federated Malay States - Revenues. 1922 $250 Violet and blue revenue stamp, watermark Multiple Script CA, mint with large part original gum, minor toning, good appearance and scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (2002). Photo on
Page 148. (Image1)
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Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1553 |
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Kedah. 1933-35 Air Mail covers from Padang Serai to the same address in England, ten endorsed via Imperial Airways franked 25c, 43c (3), 78c (2) or 80c (4), 22 endorsed via KLM franked 53c (5), 54c (2), 55c (4), 58c, 63c, 98c (3), $1.08, $1.10 (5),
one other with some stamps removed, also a surface mail cover franked 6c, soiling and faults with several rather grubby. (34).
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Est. £200-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1554 |
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Negri Sembilan. c.1902-21 Cancellations on stamps and pieces, mounted on card from Ayer Hitam to Ulo Beranang, with F.M.S period, skeletons, etc., ex Gordon Peters. (100s).
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Est. £100-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1555 |
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Cocos Island. 1950-51 Covers from G.B (2) franked 1/-, or U.S.A franked 25c, all to "E.R Leigh Parkin, Cable & Wireless Ltd., P.O Box 146, Cocos Islands, Singapore", Sept. 4th 1950 cover from London backstamped violet oval "COCOS IS / PER
(Islander)" and circular "C.&W. LTD / 10 NOV 50 / COCOS", Jan. 24th 1951 cover from Richmond backstamped oval "COCOS IS / (16/4/51) / PER (Frigate)", April 26 cover from Pasco, Washington State bearing "QUANTAS / SURVEY FLIGHT / CATALINA / VH-EBA /
DARWIN - COCOS / VIA DJAKARTA" vignette on reverse tied by circular "C.&W. LTD / 30 MAY 1951 / COCOS". The first with a little staining on reverse, the final cover with staining from tape used to seal the flap, a good commercial group. (3).
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Est. £200-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
British Military Administration
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1556 |
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 1945 1c Black with B.M.A overprint in magenta, fine used. With B.P.A. Certificate (2024). S.G. 1ab, £1,500. Photo on Page 140.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1557 |
|
 1945 1c Black with B.M.A overprint in magenta, fine used with 24 JA 1946 c.d.s. S.G. 1ab, £1,500. Photo on Page 140.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1558 |
|
 1945 1c Black with B.M.A overprint in magenta, fine used with 24 JA 1946 c.d.s. S.G. 1ab, £1,500. Photo on Page 140.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
Crash Covers & Air Mails
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1559 |
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1933 (Dec 7) Imperial Airways extension to Singapore, first flight cover from Bulawayo franked Southern Rhodesia 1d + 4d +1/-, Cairo backstamp (Dec. 12), fine and scarce.
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Est. £100-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1560 |
|
1933 (Dec 9) Imperial Airways extension to Singapore, first flight cover from Cyprus franked at the 4½pi printed matter rate, Singapore backstamp (Dec. 19), flown under cover on the return flight with a G.B ½d tied by Lee-on-the-Solent
c.d.s (Jan. 11), scarce.
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Est. £100-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1561 |
|
1935 KLM "Maraboe" Crash. 1935 (July 13) Cover with enclosed letter from Singapore to Amsterdam franked 1c + 6c + 50c, edges singed with upper left corner burnt away, forwarded within a large size (227x132mm) Dutch "DIENST / PTT" ambulance envelope
with printed explanation. Very scarce from Singapore; most of the recovered mail originated in the Netherlands Indies.
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Est. £1,200-1,500
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1562 |
|
1936 Imperial Airways "Athena" Crash. 1936 (Sep 22) Cover from Derby franked 1½d strip of four to 100 Squadron R.A.F Singapore, redirected to No. 3 Ward, General Hospital with Singapore (Oct. 8) backstamp, the edges burnt and repaired with "By
Air Mail" labels. The reverse endorsed "Destroyed by fire on I.A.M "Athena" 29th Sept", with accompanying Singapore Post Office explanatory slip.
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1563 |
|
1936 Imperial Airways "Athena" Crash. 1936 Cover from London to Singapore franked 1/-, the edges burnt, with accompanying Singapore Post Office explanatory slip, also a forwarding note from the recipient "I thought you might be interested to see all
that remains of the envelope containing our mail which survived the Imperial plane fire in Delhi".
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1564 |
|
1939 Imperial Airways "Challenger" Crash at Mozambique". 1939 (Apr 18) Cover from Ipoh to Cape Town, a little water stained with the stamp washed off, handstamped violet bilingual "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER", reverse bearing an
Officially Sealed label with Durban c.d.s (May 7). Fine and very scarce, very little Malayan mail recovered from this crash.
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Est. £1,500-1,800
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1565 |
|
 1939 Imperial Airways "Challenger" Crash at Mozambique. 1939 (Apr. 19) Cover with enclosed letter from Singapore to Cape Town, some water damage with the stamp washed off, handstamped violet bilingual "FLYING BOAT
CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER", the reverse with an offset of a Straits 2c stamp from another cover. Very scarce with very little Malayan mail recovered from this crash; we have recorded four such covers, this being the finest of two from
Singapore. Photo on Page 196. (Image1)
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Est. £1,500-1,800
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1566 |
|
 1939 Imperial Airways "Centurian" Crash at Calcutta. 1939 (June 10) Registered cover from Kuala Lumpur to England bearing Negri Sembilan 1c (3) + 5c block of four with red "SALVAGED MAIL / EX. CENTURION" ("E" below "A"),
London R.L.S registration label, endorsed "Reissued from RLS 20/6" with Registered Retd. Ltr. Section backstamps (June 20). A fine registered cover, unusual with Negri Sembilan stamps used in Selangor. Photo on Page 196. (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1567 |
|
Air Drop Leaflets, WW2 SEAC leaflets dropped to Japanese forces (3, with Victory Herald SMA8) and 1950s Emergency leaflets (15, some pictorial or cartoons), also two 1945-46 copies of the Malay newspaper "Utusan Melayu" published in Singapore, a
couple with faults, otherwise fine. (20).
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
MALTA
MALTA
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1568 |
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1841 (Nov 14) Entire letter to the East India Co. in London, headed "From No. 451 Daniel McNamara Corporal 88th Regt" and countersigned by an officer, prepaid at the 1d soldiers rate, curved "PAID / MALTA" and red London Paid arrival c.d.s, light
file fold and filing note at right, otherwise fine and the latest recorded use of the Malta Paid handstamp type MSP-1b.
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1569 |
|
1851-1944 Covers and cards including 1851 letter to Greece with Malta double arc datestamp ("NO" inverted), 1856 letter from London to H.M.S "Princess Royal" in Malta, 1866 entire to Italy franked 1862-64 4d + 6d with circular "F.L" handstamp, 1901
postcard written by a naval officer en route from Lemnos to Malta with 1d lilac cancelled in London, 1914 stampless O.A.S postcard from Valletta with straight line "Passed By Censor", 1943 airmail cover to an officer in Malta with G.B 2½d and
Green Cross label tied by Tidworth c.d.s, etc. (9).
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Est. £200-250
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1570 |
|
1870-73 Covers from G.B to Colonel Mann R.E or his wife in Malta, posted at Wokingham (3), Bridgwater (2) or Mansfield, two franked 1869 6d plate 8, the others franked at the 8d rate with 1870 4d plate 12 pair, 1d red pair + 1872 6d lilac plate 9, 1d
red pair + 1872 6d chestnut, or by eight 1d reds handstamped "DEFICIENT POSTAGE (8) / FINE (6)" and charged 1/2. The last with minor edge faults, otherwise fine. (6).
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Est. £250-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1571 |
|
1897-98 Covers headed from Lce. Cpl. E. Watts in the Dorset Regt or Worcestershire Regt, countersigned and franked at the 1d soldiers rate, posted from Sliema or Valletta to England. A good pair, the last posted just nine days before Imperial Penny
Postage was introduced making the soldiers concession rate redundant.
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Est. £180-220
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
MAURITIUS
MAURITIUS
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1572 |
|
1824-99 Entire letters and a cover including 1824 letter to France with "COLONIES PAR / BORDEAUX", 1851 stampless letters from India to Mauritius with "Ship Letter" (2) or Packet Letter datestamp, 1864 letter from India to Mauritius franked 2a + 4a
with "6d / TO PAY", 1873-75 letters to France franked 4d pair (2), etc. (7).
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
MONACO
MONACO
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1573 |
|
1878 (Jan 23) Cover from London to Monaco franked 1d, redirected to Poste Restante, Ajaccio, Corsica, treated as completely unpaid with a 5c charge mark, increased to 10c upon redirection, backstamped at Monaco, Nice, Bastia and Ajaccio. Flap
missing, an unusual destination.
|
Est. £100-120
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 1574 |
|
 1919 5f + 5f Rose-red War Orphans Fund, fine mint. S.G. 37, £1,300. Photo on Page 140. (Image1)
|
Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
MOROCCO AGENCIES
MOROCCO AGENCIES
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1575 |
|
1899 5c - 2p QV London overprint set all with variety broad top to "M", the 5c, 10c and 25c - 1p in a pair with the normal overprint, mint. S.G. 9/16b, £1,199. (14).
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Est. £200-240
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
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