379. Auktion

1906/12, 25$ purple & blue, top marginal copy, unused, with large part original gum, light diagonal gum crease and small surface blemish at lower right, otherwise very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1900/01, wm Crown CC, 25$ green & orange, nice colour, unused with large part dried original gum, light pressed wrinkling, otherwise fine, a nice copy of this rare stamp, certificate BPA (2022)

1921/41, 50 $ green & yellow, unused with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS – HAMBURG: 1857, letter sheet to Hamburg, franked with India 1855, 4 anna black on bluish in horizontal pair, tied by octagonal "B/172" with corresponding red "SINGAPORE P.O." on reverse. On front boxed Trieste tax mark "6 ¼" groschen, for the conveyance from Alexandria to Hamburg, to be paid by the recipient and noted on front as "8 ½" Hamburg currency. A very fine and rare entire.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS-NETHERLANDS, 1860, letter sheet from Singapore, prepaid until Alexandria with India 1855, 8 annas carmine on bluish, cancelled by indistinct "B172" with matching red "SINGAPORE GPO 17…1860" on reverse; on front manuscript "1/-" for the prepayment till Alexandria. In Trieste charged with "6" (groschen) for the conveyance till the Dutch border and in Rotterdam with a total of "50" cents total postage due, to be paid by the recipient. The stamp affected by light cover crease, part of lower back flap missing, otherwise very fine. A scarce entire with an unusual destination.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - SWITZERLAND, 1871, cover from Penang, part-paid till Alexandria with 1867/72, 12 c. blue, tied by sender's cachet and duplex "D17/PENANG NO 28 71" with adjacent boxed "VIA TRIEST". In Switzerland additionally taxed with "40" centimes in blue crayon to be paid by the recipient. Fine and scarce 

1902/46 (ca.), ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung einschließlich der einzelnen Staaten, dabei viele $-Werte, u.a. beide 25 $ Trengganu

1880/1960 (ca.), ungebrauchter, postfrischer und gestempelter Sammlungsbestand ab den frühen Ausgaben, dabei bessere Werte, Einheiten und Paare sowie über 50 moderne Briefe und Karten, meist gute Erhaltung