Straits Settlements - Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3279 |
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 1934 (Sept 15) envelope to the Dutch shipping agent for the "SS Parigi ... Singapore" with Netherlands Indies Queen Wilhelmina 12½c
orange solo tied by 'BATAVIA/CENTRUM' cds cancel, underpaid and taxed with small 'T' cachet in violet, Straits Settlements Postage Due 4c green affixed on the face tied by 'SINGAPORE/19 SE/1934' cds but undeliverable, the Postage Due struck with
light 'Charge not collected/Fresh label required' boxed handstamp in violet and redirected to Penang, another Postage Due 4c green affixed on the reverse tied by 'PENANG/24 SE/1934' cds but again struck with largely very fine 'CHARGE NOT
COLLECTED/FRESH LABEL REQUIRED' boxed handstamp in violet and returned to Batavia, Netherlands Indies Postage Due 5c orange on the face tied by 'BATAVIA/30.9.34/CENTRUM' cds but invalidated by 'X' in red ink and again redirected, finally a further
Netherlands Indies Postage Due 5c orange tied to the reverse by 'TANDJONG/9.10.24/PRIOK' cds where delivered, edge faults & transmission marks.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3280 |
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 1934 (Sept 23) Nederlansch Indische Handelsbank Agentshap Singapore bank envelope to Semarang, Netherlands Indies endorsed "per SS
Ophir" and posted directly onto ship with Straits Settlements KGV 6c red & 12c blue tied by 'N.V. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/M.S. OPHIR/MAATSCHAPPIJ' undated double-oval handstamp in violet, 'TANDJONG-/PRIOK' transit cds on the face where offloaded and
Semarang arrival backstamp of the next day, fractionally trimmed at top otherwise very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3281 |
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 1935 (May 6) envelope to "Major LAJ Graham RAMC, Military Hospital Tanglin, Singapore" with KGV Silver Jubilee 8c solo tied by very
fine 'TANGLIN/SINGAPORE' cds cancel. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3282 |
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 1936 (Oct 12) P & O Banking Corporation, Singapore envelope to "F Muller Esq, Poste Restante, Singapore" with KGV Keyplates 5c
purple solo tied by Singapore cds cancel, taxed with ' T /CENTIMES/ "40" ' hexagonal cachet for the Poste Restante fee with 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SINGAPORE' backstamp but forwarded to the "Grand Hotel, Medan", underpaid for the foreign letter rate so
the manuscript tax rating amended to "70" [centimes] and Netherlands Indies Postage Dues 2½c orange pair & 7½c orange affixed on the reverse tied by 'MEDAN/17.10.36' cds cancels, a couple of minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3283 |
PSE |
 1936-54 Airmail Crash Covers comprising 1935 GB-Singapore per 'City of Khartoum' with fire damage; 1936 GB-Penang (from USA, stamp
washed-off) and GB-Singapore both per 'Athena'; 1937 Singapore-GB per 'Cygnus' x5 with four different cachets; and 1954 NZ-GB and Australia 10d Aerogramme to GB both from Singapore crash with cachet in rosine; all with characteristic faults from the
incidents, making them an appealing group. Ex Dr William Wells.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3284 |
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 1939 (March 24) envelope registered airmail to Denmark with Straits Settlements KGVI Keyplates $5 green & red/green corner single
tied by 'REGISTRATION/PENANG' cds cancel with blue/white R label alongside, Copenhagen '31.3.39' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. Very scarce solo usage of the KGVI $5 high value. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3285 |
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 1939 (June) two commercial Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) covers from Singapore to England or Scotland carried per 'Centurion' that
was flipped by a gust of wind on landing on the Hooghly River at Calcutta, the first with the stamp washed-off, the other with Blue Funnel Line 8c meter (EAMS rate for 13 months only), very fine to superb strikes of 'SALV GED MAIL/EX . CENTURION'
(missing 'A') or 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX. CENTURIA' error in magenta, both with a London Postal Region resealing label. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3286 |
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 1939 (Sept 9) usage of Tiang Lee & Co 'Winchester Super-Seal Batteries' illustrated advertising envelope with Flashlight Battery in
red & black, to USA with KGVI 12c blue solo tied by superb 'PENANG/MALAYA' cds cancel, censored with very fine strike of 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/PENANG' triple-oval cachet on the face, a couple of minor blemishes. Very early WWII censored mail: war
was declared on 1.9.1939. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3287 |
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 1940 (June 17) local envelope with KGVI Keyplates 1c black x2 & 2c green tied by very fine strikes of 'PENANG/MALAYA' cds cancels
also tying Malaya Patriotic Fund 'He will thank you ...' [soldier] large-format imperforate undenominated label and small-format 2c green & 5c blue perforated labels all affixed on the face, some light aging marks. Ex Dr William Wells. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3288 |
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 1940 (July 4) usage of 'Joseph Travers & Sons', Malaya envelope airmail to Australia with KGVI Keyplate 1c black tied by Singapore
cds cancel and 'Aylmer Export Foods' Singapore 54c meter cancel in red alongside, Malaya Patriotic Fund 'He will thank you ...' [soldier] 1c medium-format perforated label affixed on the face (not tied), censored with Singapore 'PASSED .../49'
triangular cachet on the face, minor closed tears from rough opening at top not affecting the adhesives. Ex Dr William Wells. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3289 |
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 1940 (Sept 23) The East Asiatic Company, Penang envelope airmail to London with Straits Settlements KGVI Keyplates 25c purple & red
and 50c black/green pair tied by 'REGISTRATION/PENANG' cds cancels and blue/white R label alongside, censored with Penang 'Em.77/PASSED BY CENSOR' crowned resealing tape at left tied by four largely very fine 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ 3 ' wax seals in red
as well as 'PASSED BY/ 3 /CENSOR' boxed cachet in black, censored again on arrival witrh British 'G.&F.Ltd. P.C.90/OPENED BY EXAMINER 4843' resealing label at right, some mostly minor edge faults. Complete examples of the wax seals are scarce; number
'3' is not recorded by Konrad Morenweiser in 'British Empire Civil Censorship'. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3290 |
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 1940 (Nov 6) usage of 'McAlister & Co', Singapore envelope airmail to Canada endorsed 'IM[PERIAL' [Airways] with Director's
authorisation cachet & signature on the face and 'Green Island Cement' Singapore 55c meter cancel in red, Malaya Patriotic Fund 'He will thank you ...' [soldier] 1c medium-format perforated label affixed on the face (not tied), censored with
Singapore 'PASSED .../63' triangular cachet on the face, carried by airmail via Hong Kong with 'VICTORIA/15 NO/40' transit backstamp and partial censor cachet on the face and French jusq'ua marking on the airmail etiquette then onwards by ship,
'BLACKS HARBOUR/DE 12/40/N.B' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. Ex Dr William Wells. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3291 |
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 1940-41 envelopes with Malaya Patriotic Fund 'He will thank you ...' [soldier] labels comprising 1) 1c medium-format perforated
label to England with KGVI Keyplate 8c solo tied by Singapore cds; 2) similar label to the USA with Singapore 15c meter cancel in red; 3) 1c large-format imperforate label to Australia with Singapore 8c meter cancel in red; and 4) 2c green
small-format label to the USA with KGVI Keyplates 5c brown & 10c violet; also with 'ARRIVED SAFELY/Thanks to the British Navy & Air Force' red, blue & white flag imperforate labels 5) to the USA with KGVI Keyplates 5c brown & 10c violet; and 6) to
the USA with KGVI Keyplates 1c black & 2c orange tied 'PENANG/6 OC/41/MALAYA' cds endorsed 'FIRST DAY COVER' (being the day of issue of the 2c orange on Striated Paper), all with censor cachets on the face, some with a few minor blemishes, the first
a little roughly opened. Ex Dr William Wells.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3292 |
PSE |
 1940s surface & airmail envelopes to a mail order house in Melbourne mostly from Singapore plus a few from Penang & Perak, interest
in the censor markings including a very fine strike of the 6-line 'MALAYAN CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS/...' (Morenweiser #9; rated 10/10) on reverse of cover from Penang, three with Malaya Patriotic Fund labels comprising Small '2c', Medium '1c' (on the
face) and Large '1c.' a few registered, Straits KGVI 2c green Postal Card with 2c green added endorsed "Air Mail" but probably not flown, several with 'BMA/MALAYA' frankings including two used in Perak, etc, condition variable.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3293 |
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 1941 (Dec ?) large General Electric New York cover (280x225mm) to "The Borneo Co Ltd/Singapore, Straits Settlements", water-stained
with peripheral damage & the stamps washed-off, complete roneo'd 'This article was damaged by/sea water when the ship in/which the mail was carried/was involved in an accident/en route to Singapore" label, the only date evidence is '25-DE/CC'
(Christmas Day) apparently part of the addressing. War with Japan was declared 7.12.1941. We speculate that the ship was damaged or sunk by the Japanese in January 1942. Singapore fell on 15.2.1942. Research required. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3294 |
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 1941 (Oct 3) envelope from British naval serviceman airmail to England endorsed "By Pan-American Clipper & airmail throughout" with
'FROM H.M.SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR' navy 'tombstone' cachet in blue and KGVI Keyplates $2 green & red solo tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/S.P.501' cds cancel used at Singapore paying the all-the-way airmail service rate, light crease at left not affecting
the adhesive or markings. The Pan-Am Trans-Pacific Clipper service started making regular stops at Singapore only from May 1941, and the service was suspended after the Pearl Harbour attack on 8.12.1941. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3295 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: KEVII & KGV unused collection comprising Postal Cards x33 noted 1907 Overprints on Labuan 1c+1c lilac & 3c+3c
green (both trimmed at base) and 'SPECIMEN' overprints x14 including the unissued KGV 8c carmine, Letter Card KGV 4c violet x2 plus 'SPECIMEN' overprint, Wrapper KGV 2c green 'SPECIMEN' overprint, Envelopes KGV 4c violet, 6c, red, 4c orange & 5c
brown all with 'SPECIMEN' overprints, and Registration Envelopes x12 including some larger sizes and 'SPECIMEN' overprints x8, some envelopes with minor aging marks but generally fine to very fine. Ex Dr William Wells.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
| 3296 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: Usages group including Postal Cards KGV 2c brown 1928 to China with KGV Keyplates 4c violet added, KGV 2c green
to Australia with KGV Keyplates 1c black pair added tied by 'NORTH CANAL ROAD/SINGAPORE' cds cancels, and KGV 2c green with 'The Straits Times Press' printed subscription message on the reverse used 1931 to Australia with Straits Times 2c advertising
meter in red added, Reply Cards KEVII 1c+1c and KGV 2c+2c used to Germany without message, Registration Envelope KGV 10c blue 1925 to India with KGV Keyplates 4c pair, 5c, 10c x2 & 50c added and 'INSURED/(Valeur Declaree)' black/pink label on the
reverse, Envelope KGV 6c red used 1929 to the USA with KGV 6c red added, etc, some minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine. Ex Dr William Wells.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 07:30 PM |
