334 / September 2008

1910/19, Sultan Zain ul ab din 1 c.-5 $ complete, unused, 20 c. some toning, otherwise fine/very fine (SG £ 375,-)

25 $ rose-carmine and green, unused o.g., fresh and very fine, a scarce stamp, signed Gebr. Senf and Bloch (SG £ 950,-)

1921/41, wm. mult. crown CA 1-5 $ complete, unused, 5 $ unhinged mint, very fine (SG £ 100,-)

5 $ green and red on yellow, unused, very fine (SG £ 350,-)

25 $, 50 $ and 100 $ with overprint "SPECIMEN", unused, very fine

1922, Malaya-Borneo exhibition 2 c.-5 $ complete, unused, signed Roig, fine/very fine (SG £ 400,-)

1896, postal stationery enevelope 50 c. yellow from "CUREPIPE 30 JY 96" to Sarajevo with adjacent "REGISTERED MAURITIUS 30 JY 96" and French "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE 30 JUIL 96", reverse with framed "K.und K.MILIT.POST XXXII 1/9 96 SARAJEVO", fine (H&G no. 16)

1857/64, 8 d. scarlet-vermilion, vertically bisected, left half with wide margins, tied by barred oval to extensively repaired cover from "ST. JOHNS-NEWFOUNDLAND JL 28 1860" to New York with Boston arrival mark on front; still attractive and rare, certificate BPA (2008)

1899, 'The Royal Niger Company/Chartered & Ltd./20 Dec. 1899/Post Office Burutu', boxed marking on GB 1 d. lilac on official cover to England, also same mark as arrival cancel on front of cover from England to Nigeria; fine pair

1922, Malaya-Borneo exhibition 1 c.-50 c. complete with overprint "SPECIMEN", unused o.g., very fine (SG £ 450,-)

1925/28, pictural issue 1 c.-10 $ complete, unused, fresh and very fine (SG £ 700,-)

1 c.-5 c. and 12 c. on registered envelope from "SANDAKAN 16 DEC. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks

16 c. with 8 c. and 20 c. on 18 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks; 16 c. little toned, but very scarce on cover, fine

24 c. with 1 c. and 6 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks on reverse; the envelope slightly stained in the borders; the 24 c. is very scarce on cover

1931, 50th anniversary 3-5 $ complete, unused, very fine (SG £ 250,-)

1998, Money Order 2 d. violet with additional franking Cape of Good Hope 1 d., vertical pair on reverse canc. "MOO JU.6.99" (Higgins and Gage no. 6 + SG no. 59)

1869, 4 p. on yellowish toned paper, tied by barred oval cancel to entire letter from Summerside to Maine, fine and attractive entire, BPA certificate

1885, 5 s. dark-carmine with additional franking, tied by cds. "KINGSTOWN AU 4 96 St. VINCENT" to registered cover to Aue, front showing red "REGISTERED LONDON", reverse with large registration label and arrival mark, fine

1897, 1 m. brown, two singles with additional franking, tied by cds. to registered cover to Cairo, covers shortened at left, but still an appealing four color franking

1903, 5 m. on 5 pia. with inverted surcharge, hinged, certificate BPA, fine

1931, 15 m. - 10 p., eight values each with "SPECIMEN" overprint, hinged, a scarce set

15 m. red brown and sepia, block of four with right sheet margin, watermark sideways inverted, hinged, fine

2 p. black and orange with shifted albino double impression, hinged, a very scarce variety of which to our knowlegde only one sheet of 50 was printed, tiny rubbed spot at lower right otherwise fine

2½ pia. magenta and blue, vertical pair, imperforated, hinged, fine

1935, 15 m. on 10 m. with double surcharge, hinged, fine, certificate BPA

2½ pia. on 5 m., vertical strip of three, the two lower surcharges dropped, making the middle stamp without arabic letters, the lower stamp with part arabic letters at top, hinged, a interersting and scarce multiple, fine

2½ pia. on 5 m. with inverted surcharge, few short perfs, hinged, certificate BPA

1940, 1 m. - 20 p., cpl. set in blocks of four with sheet margins, some values slight stain spots, otherwise fine

ARMY SERVICE OVERPRINT STAMPS: 1906, 1 m. - 10 pia. cpl. set, hinged, some smaller values slight faults, otherwise fine

2-10 pia., hinged, 10 pia. corner crease otherwise fine

1912, 1 m. - 10 pia. cpl. set perforated "AS", 1 and 5 m. without gum, rest hinged, 5 pia. slightly stained otherwise fine

MAFIA ISLAND: 1915, reddish violet overprint: 2½ h., horizontal pair, unhinged mint, fine, signed Bühler

2½ h., block of eight with left sheet margin, slightly stained, unhinged mint, signed Bühler

4 h., horizontal pair (almost separated), unhinged mint, left stamp slightly stained, signed Bühler

4 h., block of four with right sheet margin, slightly stained, unhinged mint, signed Bühler

4 h., block of four, slightly stained and some perfs separated, unhinged mint, signed Bühler