BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Continued ...

LEEWARD ISLANDS Continued ...

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    445 

--- Another part o.g. set of twenty-two, fine (58-80)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£150.00
    446 

--- Another part o.g. set of twenty-two, some low values with small stains otherwise fine (58-80)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£130.00
    447 

--- Another part o.g. set of twenty-two, some low values with traces of stains, chiefly fine (58-80)   (Photo Plate 26) 
£130.00

MALAYA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price

Federated Malay States

    448 

1900 Stamps of Negri Sembilan ovpt., set of eight, part o.g., a few low values with slight stains otherwise fine. Cat. £475 (1-8)   
£150.00
    449 

1900 Stamps of Perak ovpt., $1, $2 and $5, part o.g., fine. Cat. £660 (11-13)   (Photo Plate 26) 
£200.00
    450 

1900-01 Wmk. Crown CC, $1, $2, $5 and $25, part o.g., chiefly fresh and fine. Cat. £3,550 (23-26)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£1,000.00
    451 

--- $1, $2 and $5, part o.g., some slight stains affect the $2 otherwise fine. Cat. £550 (23-25)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£160.00
    452 

--- A similar group of three, part o.g., fine (23-25)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£160.00
    453 

1904-22 Wmk. Mult Crown CA, set of twenty-two, parto.g., some lower values with slight stains otherwise fine. Cat. £550 (27-50)  (Photo Plate ) 
£160.00
    454 

1922-34 Wmk. Mult Script, set of thirty, part o.g., a few small stain spots affect some of the lower values otherwise fine. Cat. £450 (52-81)  (Photo Plate ) 
£150.00
    455 

--- $25 green and orange, large part o.g., fresh colour, fine and scarce. Cat. £1,000 (82)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£350.00

Kedah

    456 

Kedah: 1937 Sultan Hamlimshah set, part o.g., the $1 value with a few short perfs, otherwise fine. Cat. £225 (60-68)  
£48.00

Perak

    457 

Perak: OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1899 4c. brown, the varieties "Wide space between G and S" unused and "No stop after S" part o.g., fine. Cat. £255 (O2a, O2b)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£65.00

Selangor

    458 

Selangor: 1895-99 set of nine values to $2, part o.g., the $2 with small corner crease at lower left otherwise fine. Cat. £850 (54-62)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£260.00
    459 

--- $3 green and ochre, $5 green and blue and $10 green and purple, part o.g., some tiny stains, gum bends and other small imperfections otherwise fine and scarce. Cat. £1,500 (63-65)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£350.00
    460 

--- A similar lot with the same overall imperfections, (63-65)  (Photo Plate 26) 
£350.00

Trengganu

    461 

Trengganu: 1941 (Aug. 28), envelope addressed to Kedah and subsequently re-addressed to Malaka, franked on reverse 1941 8c. on 10c., Kedah transit datestamps of Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, Batang Malaka arrival c.d.s of Sept. 3 also on reverse, two central vertical tears (25mm. and 10mm.) and a little roughly opened at right, scarce  (Photo Plate 25) 
£100.00

MALAYA -- JAPANESE OCCUPATION ISSUES

Lot Symbol Description Est Price

Kedah

    462 

Kedah: 1942 (May 13), local envelope franked 30c. green and scarlet tied by Alorstar c.d.s., this being the first day of issue, small stain spot at right of adhesive otherwise fine (J10)  (Photo Plate 25) 
£100.00
    463 

Postal Stationery: 1942 locally produced 8 duit post card, used with "GENERAL POST OFFICE/4 PM/10 FE/1942/ALORSTAR.KEDAH" c.d.s. cancellation, this being the first day of issue, two other cachets alongside, fine and very rare  (Photo Plate 25) 
£1,000.00

MALAYA -- THAI OCCUPATION

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    464 

Postal Stationery: 1945 (Aug. 16), 4c. purple postal card, additionally franked Japan 1937-40 30s. and 50s., and on reverse Thai Occupation General Issue 2c. to 15c., all with Alorstar c.d.s. cancellations, the card unaddressed though attractive and unusual   (Photo Plate 25) 
£100.00

MALTA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    465  **4 

1882-84 Wmk. Crown CA ½d. red-orange, upper right corner marginal block of four, u.m., fresh colour and fine. Cat. £72++ (19)  
£40.00
    466 

1886 5/- rose part o.g., also 1899-1901 10/- black part o.g., fine. Cat. £200 (30, 35)  
£70.00
    467 

--- 5/- rose, a used horizontal pair with "A25" duplex cancellation of March 2 1896, fine and attractive. Cat. £160 (30)  
£60.00
    468 

1914-21 Wmk. Mult. Crown 2/-, 2/6 and 5/-, all used, good to fine. Cat. £210 (86-88)   
£60.00
    469 

1922 Wmk. Mult. Crown 2/- purple and blue on blue "SELF-GOVERNMENT", fine used with small part Valletta c.d.s. at lower right. Cat. £475 (111)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£150.00
    470  **4 

1926 "POSTAGE" ovpt. on 2/- brown and blue, an u.m. block of four, each with small handstamp on reverse, fine. Cat. £200+ (153)  
£70.00
  * 471  **4 

1935 Silver Jubilee ½d. corner marginal block of four from the upper right of the sheet, the third stamp showing the "Lightning conductor" variety, 2½d. corner marginal block of four from the lower left of the sheet, the first stamp showing the "Extra flagstaff" variety, both blocks u.m., fine. Cat. £165+ (210c, 211a)   
£75.00
    472 

Incoming Mail: Selection of five covers all in the same hand addressed to Major McCracken, 1st. Royal Berkshire Regt., Pembroke Camp, from Great Britain (July 30 1886) franked 1883 or 1884 2½d. (2), India (3 dated between Dec. 1886 to Jan. 1887) and Italy (March 1887), all with receiving datestamps on reverse, fine   
£60.00
    473  *O 

Small selection of five used blocks of four, comprising of 1885-90 1/-, 1904-14 4½d. (both), 5d. pale sage-green and 1/- grey and violet (one with small thin), also 1904-14 5/- used and 1921-22 2/- part o.g., chiefly fine. Cat. £244  
£70.00
    474 

Postage Dues: 1925 set of ten in used tete-beche unfolded pairs, fine and scarce. Cat. £428 (D1a-D10a)  
£160.00
    475  **4+ 

--- 1953-63 2d. grey-brown, an u.m. block of seventy-two (12 x 6) with sheet margins at both sides, fine. Cat. £360 (D24)  
£60.00

MAURITIUS

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    476 

Selection of three items, all addressed to Madagascar, comprising of 1886 (Aug. 11) long envelope franked 25c. horizontal strip of four with interpanneau margin at centre, 1886 (Oct. 8) wrapper from England franked 1881 1d. violet tied by Sevenoaks c.d,s., Mauritius 4c. applied in transit, also undated piece franked Great Britain 1881 1d. violet (damaged), 1884 4d. green (both with perfins) and Mauritius 4c. horizontal strip of five (one damaged), all with faults but scarce and unusual  
£120.00
    477 

1935 Silver Jubilee 20c. brown and deep blue, variety "Dot to left of chapel", part o.g., fine. Cat. £250 (247g)  
£80.00
    478 

1938-49 25c. brown-purple on Ordinary paper, a horizontal pair, the right hand stamp showing the "IJ flaw", large part o.g., fresh and fine. Cat. £225+ (259b-ba)   (Photo Plate 26) 
£100.00
    479 

--- A similar pair, large part o.g., a few small stain spots on reverse of both otherwise fine  (Photo Plate 26) 
£85.00
    480  ** 

Booklets: 1953 5r. black on white cover, slightly rusty staples and the pane of four airmail labels attached to interleaving, otherwise fine. Cat. £180 (SB1)   
£30.00

MONTSERRAT

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    481 

1876-83 1d. red with variety "Inverted S", used, fine and scarce. Cat. £750. With B.P.A. certificate (1965) (1b)   (Photo Plate 27) 
£200.00

NATAL

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    482  O4+ 

1874-99 5/- carmine, block of six (2 x 3) with Richmond cancellations of Nov. 17 1902, a little creased and a few coloured marks on the reverse; fine (73)  
£48.00
    483 

1908-09 "POSTAGE POSTAGE" set of seven, part o.g., fine. Cat. £425 (165-171)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£125.00

NEW SOUTH WALES

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
  * 484 

1895 (October 14), small attractive envelope with embossed Tasmania ½d. impressions in red and in orange, alongside ½d. and 1d. (horizontal pair) tied by Sydney duplex cancellations, addressed to Walthamstow and with, on reverse receiving c.d.s. of Nov. 16, fine. A scarce and unusual combination envelope, Inter-Colonial usage was not accepted until October 1910. Tasmanian envelopes with double embossings are rare  (Photo Plate 28) 
£190.00

NEW ZEALAND

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    485 

1857-63 No wmk., Imperf. 1/- blue-green, margins all round and showing trace of adjoining stamp at top, neatly cancelled, minute thin at top not visible from front and not detracting from the fine appearance. Cat. £1,700 (17)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£400.00
  * 486 

Incoming Mail: 1899 (May 31), Postage Paid envelope from the "Tattersall" correspondence in Hobart Tasmania addressed to Wellington, red "UNCLAIMED", green "GONE NO ADDRESS" and red Wellington arrival c.d.s. of Sept. 19 all on front, also two similar envelopes dated Aug. 1 (top left corner removed) and Aug. 2 both addressed to Auckland and with red "UNDELIVERABLE" markings, all three have various original enclosures, the envelopes with some perimeter faults and bends, otherwise fine and unusual   
£60.00

NEWFOUNDLAND

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    487  Ae 

1932 (May 19), DO-X $1.50 on $1 deep blue tied to envelope addressed to London by St. Johns Forest Fires machine cancellation, fine (221)  (Photo Plate 28) 
£100.00
    488  Ae 

--- A very similar envelope, fine (221)  (Photo Plate 28) 
£100.00
    489  Ae 

--- Another similar envelope addressed to London but with St. Johns machine cancellation of May 20, fine (221)  (Photo Plate 28) 
£100.00
    490  AO 

1933 Air set of five values, used with central St. John's c.d.s. cancellations of Nov. 9 1933, fine. Cat. £300 (230-234)  
£100.00

NIGERIA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    491 

1914-29 set of twelve, part o.g., fine. Cat. £250 (1-12)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£75.00
    492 

--- A similar part o.g. set, fine (1-12)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£75.00
    493 

--- Another similar part o.g. set, fine (1-12)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£75.00

NORTH BORNEO

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    494 

1909-23 Pictorial set of thirteen ovpt. "SPECIMEN", part o.g., fine. Cat. £275 (158s-176s)  
£85.00

NORTHERN NIGERIA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    495 

1912, set of thirteen, part o.g., fine. Cat. £225 (40-52)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£85.00
    496 

--- A similar part o.g. or unused (5/-) set, fine (40-52)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£75.00

NOVA SCOTIA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
  * 497 

1851-60 Bluish paper, 1/- cold violet, margins all round, used, repaired, though an attractive example of this scarce stamp. With "Royal" certificate (1946) Cat. £5,000 (7)   (Photo Plate 27) 
£500.00

NYASALAND

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    498 

1897-1900 3/- black and sea-green, central Blantyre c.d.s. of June 1 1898, some paper adhering to the reverse, fine. Cat. £250 (49)  
£65.00
    499 

1908-11 set of ten values, part o.g. (the 4/- with heavy hinge remain and a trifle rubbed), chiefly fine. Cat £700 (72-81)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£230.00
    500 

1913-19 Wmk. Mult Crown set of twelve values, part o.g., chiefly fine. Cat. £300 (83-98)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£100.00
    501 

--- Another part o.g. set, chiefly fine (83-98)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£100.00

PAKISTAN

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    502  P4 

1948-56 4a. reddish brown "Lloyds Barrage", an imperforate Proof block of four on ungummed and unwatermarked paper in a claret-rose shade, fine and scarce. (33P)   (Photo Plate 27) 
£100.00
    503  **4+ 

1948-56 15r. blue-green Perf. 13 and 25r. violet Perf. 12, each in a complete sheet of sixty (10 x 6), u.m., overall toning, a few small marginal tears affect both sheets and one 25r. with pin-hole, otherwise fine. Cat. £3,360 (42b, 43a)  
£150.00
    504  **4+ 

1951-56 3½a. blue Type II, two complete sheets of eighty, folded horizontally through central perfs., u.m., fine. Cat. £560 (57a)  
£100.00
    505 

1962-70 2p., 10p., 20p., 25p., 40p. and 50p., 1963-79 2r. and 25r., 1978-81 60p., 75p. 1r., 4r. and 5r., (the last two are vertical pairs without gum) all in imperforate blocks (some marginal) or pairs, a total of seventy-six stamps, chiefly u.m. and fine   
£80.00
    506  **4+ 

1963 Freedom From Hunger and Red Cross sets, each in complete sheets of eighty, folded centrally, u.m., fine. Cat. £680 (184-186)   
£100.00
    507  **4+ 

1999 Centenary of American Express Travellers Cheques, 7r., a complete u.m. sheet of twelve with variety "Red (traffic light and value etc.) omitted", with normal sheet for comparison, fine and scarce. A striking multiple (858 var.)   
£140.00
    508  ** 

1999 9th. Asian Sailing Championship, 2r., an u.m. horizontal strip of five with variety "Red (Country name etc.) omitted", (faint traces visible on left stamp only), with normal strip for comparison, fine and attractive (1082a var.)   (Photo Plate 27) 
£50.00
    509  **4+ 

--- 10th. Asian Optomist Sailing Championship, 2r., a complete u.m. sheet of fifteen with variety "Red (traffic light and country name etc.) virtually omitted", (faint traces visible on all stamps), with normal sheet for comparison, fine and unusual (1087 var.)  
£200.00

RHODESIA AND NYASALAND

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
  * 510  ** 

1959-62 1d. carmine-red and black, variety carmine-red (V.H.F. mast) omitted, an u.m. vertical coil strip of eight, fine and rare. Cat £2,000++ S.A.S.C.C. R36,000 (19ac)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£800.00

SAINT HELENA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    511 

1900 (Sept 4), envelope addressed to Christiana Transvaal, franked 1884-94 2½d. tied by broken bars cancellation, despatch c.d.s. alongside, censor marking below and arrival datestamp of Oct. 6, some overall stain spots, otherwise attractive and scarce  (Photo Plate 28) 
£100.00
    512 

1903 set overprinted "SPECIMEN" and another set handstamped "SPECIMEN" in violet, part o.g., a few small faults but fine appearance and scarce (55s-60s)  
£95.00
    513 

1922-37 Master Die Proof of the vignette in black on glazed card (92 x 60mm.), dated "25/3/22" and with "Die 2" both in manuscript and marked "BEFORE/STRIKING", fine and rare  (Photo Plate 27) 
£500.00
    514 

1922-37 Wmk. Mult Crown CA set of five, part o.g., fine. Cat. £475 (92-96)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£150.00
    515 

--- Another part o.g. set of five, the 4d. with a few small stains otherwise fine (92-96)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£150.00
  * 516 

--- Wmk. Mult Crown 2/6 and £1, Wmk. Mult Script 5/-, 7/6, 10/- and 15/-, the 5/- large part o.g., the remainder u.m., fresh and very fine. Cat. £1,600+ (94, 96, 110-113)   (Photo Plate 29) 
£600.00
    517 

1922-37 Wmk. Mult Script set of fifteen, part o.g., some values (incl. 7/6) with slight stains, otherwise fine. Cat. £300 (97-112)   (Photo Plate 29) 
£100.00

SAINT KITTS NEVIS

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    518 

1920-22 set of thirteen, all with margins from the sides of the sheets, part o.g., some values (incl. 10/-) with slight stains, otherwise fine. Cat. £250 (24-36)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£80.00
    519 

--- A similar part o.g. set, some values with slight stains (24-36)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£80.00
    520 

--- Another part o.g. set, some values with slight stains (24-36)   (Photo Plate 29) 
£80.00
    521 

1938-50 Perf. 14 5/- grey-green and scarlet on chalk-surfaced paper, variety "Break in oval at left", large part o.g., fine and scarce. Cat. £750 (77ae)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£300.00

SIERRA LEONE

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    522 

1872-73 wmk. Crown CC sideways 4d. blue, imperf. Imprimatur with the value tablet in deep blue, small part o.g., fine (9P)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£160.00
    523 

1896 Imperforate Proof of the 6d. value in dull mauve and orange on gummed unwatermarked paper, the "SIERRA LEONE" hand painted to match the printed value tablet, fine, attractive and very rare  (Photo Plate 27) 
£500.00
    524 

1907-12 set of thirteen, part o.g., fine. Cat. £325 (99-111)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£100.00

SOUTH AFRICA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    525 

1911 (Dec. 27), Kenilworth to Muizenberg first flight card, franked Cape of Good Hope ½d. tied by special datestamp, similar same day arrival datestamp alongside, the adhesive with stained perfs and the card with bends and other slight faults   (Photo Plate 28) 
£100.00
    526 

1913-24 10/- deep blue and olive-green, large part o.g., fresh and fine. Cat. £180 (16)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£70.00
    527 

--- £1 green and red, large part o.g., fresh and fine. Cat. £600 (17)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£220.00
    528 

--- £1 pale olive-green and red, large part o.g., fresh and fine. Cat. £800 (17a)  (Photo Plate 27) 
£280.00
    529 

1927-30 set of seven in horizontal pairs, part o.g., fine. Cat. £500 (34-39)  
£160.00
    530  O4 

--- 10/- bright blue and brown, a fine used block of four (two pairs) with Fox St Johannesburg c.d.s. of Oct. 17 1935. Cat. £260 (39)   (Photo Plate 29) 
£100.00
    531  **4+ 

Official Stamps: 1937-44 ½d. grey and blue-green with "Type O 5" ovpt., an u.m. corner marginal block of thirty-two (4 x 8) comprising sixteen pairs from the lower right corner of the sheet, sheet number in margin, slight bend affects one pair, otherwise fine. Cat. £720+ (O32)   
£140.00
    532  **4+ 

Postage Due Stamps: 1932-42 ½d. black and blue-green, variety "Wmk. inverted", two corner marginal panes of sixty, 1d. black and carmine, corner marginal block of fifty-four, u.m., fine. Cat. £391 (D22, D25)  
£65.00

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    533 

Incoming Mail; 1852 (Dec.) to 1853 (Jan.), selection of five entires or entire letters from Melbourne to Adelaide, all addressed to Mrs. Francis Dutton from her husband, each with various endorsements, despatch and arrival datestamps on the front and endorsed "3" in red crayon and "6" in ink, also two other EL's dated 1850 and 1851 addressed to Mr. Dutton in Adelaide, fine and scarce Mr. Francis Dutton discovered the copper mine at Kapunda near Adelaide which was the first discovery of copper in Australia. He was a member of the Legislative Council of South Australia (1851-57), member of the House of Assembly (1857-65) and Agent-General in London for South Australia (1865) (Photo Plate 28) 
£500.00
    534  P4+ 

1883 ½d. imperf. colour trial in green, block of eight (4 x 2) from the top of the sheet on gummed, unwatermarked paper, fine and scarce  (Photo Plate 29) 
£150.00

SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Lot Symbol Description Est Price
    535 

1923 Setting I, £1 green and red, horizontal pair, large part o.g., trace of gum toning on one otherwise fine and scarce. Cat. £750 (12)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£270.00
    536 

--- Setting II, 5/- purple and blue, horizontal pair, part o.g., fine. Cat. £140 (13)  
£50.00
    537 

--- Setting II, £1 green and red, horizontal pair, part o.g., fresh, fine and scarce. Cat. £1,000 (15)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£340.00
    538 

--- Setting III, 5/- purple and blue, horizontal pair, used on small piece, fine. Cat. £140 (25)  
£50.00
    539 

--- Setting VI, 5/- and 10/-, horizontal pairs, large part o.g., fine. Cat. £125 (38-39)  
£50.00
    540  ** 

--- Setting VI, £1 green and red, horizontal pair from the foot of the sheet and with interpanneau margin at right, u.m., fine. Cat. £250+ (40)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£150.00
    541 

--- Setting VI, £1 pale olive-green and red, horizontal pair, part o.g., fine. Cat. £250 (40a)  (Photo Plate 29) 
£80.00
    542 

--- Setting VI, £1 pale olive-green and red, horizontal pair, used, fine. Cat. £450 (40a)   (Photo Plate 29) 
£170.00
    543  O4+ 

1927 Afrikaans ovpt. on stamp inscribed in English and vice versa, 6d. green and orange, two blocks of twelve (6 x 2) comprising a total of twelve pairs, used, fine. Cat. £384 (47)   
£80.00
    544 

1927 (April), the set of six in horizontal pairs, part o.g., fine. Cat. £180 (49-54)  
£70.00