Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Stamps and Covers of South East Asia (Sale 14026)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 20th September 2014 Time: 10:15AM
Details: Viewing of Lots:
Spink London
69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury
London WC1B 4ET
Available until 3.00 p.m. Thursday 4 September 2014
Hilton Singapore
581 Orchard Road, 238883 Singapore
In Vista Room on 3rd Floor
Friday 19 September 2014 10.00 am to 5.
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Auction Lots - Page 5
701
In black on 5c., 10c., 50c. (2, one without stop), $1, $2, $3 and $5, and in red on $1 (2), $2, $5 strip of three and single and $10, all cancelled by "magistrates court/kuala lumpur" double-ring d.s., mostly fine. Barefoot cat. £245 S$300-400

Sungei Ujong

Revenue Stamps

702
3c. block of four and single and 10c. mint, 5c. (2), 20c., 50c., $1 and $5 used, various types, both dollar values with green washed; condition generally good to fine S$350-450

Trengganu

Postage and Revenue Stamps used for Revenue

703
1910-19 $1 (3), $3, $5 and $25 (2), 1921-41 MCA $1, $3 and $5 and Script $1, $3 (3), $5 (punch hole) and $25, all used, generally fine. Photo S$600-800
704
1921-41 Script 2c., 6c., 50c., $1 pair, $3 and $5 on piece and an additional $3 (defective) on piece, all cancelled by large "stamp office kemaman" bi-lingual c.d.s., rare; also 5c., 10c., 20c. (2), 25c., 30c. and 50c. with Telegraph cancels. A good lot. Photo S$500-600
705
-- $50 green and yellow, fine used. Very scarce and much under-catalogued. S.G. 46, £375. Photo S$400-500
706
-- $100 green and scarlet, fine used. Very scarce. S.G. 47, £600. Photo S$400-500

Revenue Stamps

1950 Issue

707
$25, $100 and $250 affixed to part sheet headed "Specimens of Revenue Stamps" ("Special" deleted), "Date of Issue 6/2/50" and "Date of Withdrawal w.e.f.", fine. Rare. Photo S$4,000-5,000

Japanese Occupation of Malaya

708
A mainly mint range including Kedah $1 handstamped "Dai/Nippon/2602/malaya" in blue; Kelantan overprinted "fiscal" and with Sunagawa seal 10c. on 6c. marginal pair, 50c. on 1c. and $1 on 4c.; General Issues handstamped with boxed "Tax" handstamp on "dai nippon" values of Negri Sembilan, Pahang (12 including 30c. lower right corner block of eight with imprint), Perak (6) and Selangor 40c. marginal block of four and on "Kanji" values including Perak $1 and $5 vertical pair used. A good lot S$500-600
709
Power of Attorney originally executed in Madras and witnessed, registered in Malacca 14 June 1932 of which this is a certified copy. The document was required to be used as a power of attorney in other Malay States each of which required registration. Some of these were pre-war and others during the occupation. The fee for registration was three dollars and remained the same during the occupation. Re-registration in Malacca was 50c. although on 19 December 1940 a penalty for late registration was charged a further 50c. The document bears Federated Malay States $1 and $2 (21.11.32), Johore $1 and $3 (23.2.38), Malacca 50c. (2; 17.12.40), Johore Dai Nippon $1 on 1c. and $2 (9.9.44) and boxed h.s. on Kedah (3; applied Selangor 28.7.45). A magnificent document, much travelled and full of character. Photo S$1,000-1,200
710
Deed of Substitution Pursuant to a Power of Attorney, first registered and duty paid at Malacca (5.8.41) using Straits $1 tied by red embossed datestamp. It was then registered in Negri Sembilan with duty paid used Negri $1 and cancelled at the Seremban Stamp Office. In December 1942 during the Japanese occupation the deed was registered at Muar using Johore "dai nippon" $1 and eventually the deed was re-registered at Malacca on 15 March 1943. Photo S$200-250
711
1941 (14 Aug.) Promissory Note bearing unoverprinted Selangor 2c. and 8c. and Perak 10c. overprinted "dai nippon" and with boxed "Tax" h.s.; 1942-44 Receipts (4) each with 4c. duty using various issues; 1942-43 Receipts (4) each with 6c. duty using various issues; 1943 (2 Sept.) Promissory Note bearing Selangor $2 vertical pair overprinted "dai nippon" and with boxed "Tax" h.s.; 1943 (20 Sept.) Agreement bearing Japan 25s; and 1944 (25 Mar.) Agreement bearing Pahang 25c. overprinted "dai nippon" and with boxed "Tax" h.s. A good lot. (12 items) S$500-600

Johore

712
1942 overprinted "dai nippon/2602", 5c., 6c., 10c., $2 (striated paper), $5 and $10 (striated paper) each in a mint marginal block of four (the dollar values from top left corner with plate number), and $1 (striated paper) used on piece; also a small range of surcharged values including 6c. on 5c. mint corner block of four with plate number and 25c. on 30c. mint marginal block of fifteen. A fine lot S$800-1,000

Kedah

713
1942 handstamped with boxed "Tax", 6c. (2, one with handstamp inverted), 10c., 25c. corner block of four, 40c., 50c., $1 and $5 mint, 50c. and $5 used, fine S$400-500
714
-- $2 green and brown, light vertical crease otherwise fine used. Unlisted in Barefoot and the only recorded example. Photo S$250-300

Pahang

715
"Dai/Nippon/2602/Malaya" h.s. in blue on Pahang $25 purple and blue on blue, fine used. Scarce. Barefoot 202. Photo S$300-400

Perak

716
1943-45 6c. brown and red, a complete unused sheet (5x5) with colourless roulette, fine unused, also two used singles, one with red roulette, the other with variety horizontal roulettes double, fine. Barefoot 141, 141a S$150-180
717
-- 6c. with red roulette on 1943 (16 June) Receipt, and 6c. with plain roulettes on 1944 (31 Oct.) Receipt, both with manuscript cancels S$200-250

Straits Settlements

718
1942 handstamped "Dai/Nippon/2602/Malaya" in blue on 50c. strip of three and inverted on 50c. strip of five, both on small pieces, fine. Scarce. Barefoot 201, 201a; £325. Photo S$500-600

Thai Occupation of Malaya

Kedah

719
1945 (16 June) Affidavit (a re-used Rubber Control form first used in Kulim on 29 Sept. 1937) bearing 1944 Arms 10c. black on blue-green; some faults though very rare, being one of four recorded documents bearing this stamp. Photo S$4,000-5,000

Trengganu

720
1944 marginal proofs with blank value tablets in red-brown and in yellow-brown, and issued 1c. to $50 set of fourteen, four of the dollar values from the lower right corner, fine. Barefoot 41-54. Photo S$500-600

Malayan Federation

721
1961 (18 July) and 1965 (8 Mar.) Fire Insurance Policies both showing Stamp Office Penang machine datestamps in blue for 50c. and 25c.; also 1983 (29 Apr.) Power of Attorney granted by the Government of Gujarat and paid 50r. by use of stamped paper, registered at Pulau Pinang Stamp Office and paid 10 Ringgit by machine datestamp in red S$100-120

1963 De La Rue Issue

Imperforate Colour Proof

722
$25 dull carmine, a lower right corner block of eighteen (6x3) on gummed watermarked paper with imprint and plate numbers, handstamped "colour approved", initialled and dated "29.10.62"; some minor gum wrinkles and the first vertical row with heavy crease, otherwise fine. Photo S$2,000-2,500

Issued Stamps

723
$25 dull carmine top right corner block of nine ex the archives without gum, marked in right selvedge "Block of stamps taken for CA Colour sheet", initialled and dated "6/9/67"; $100 slate-blue and $250 green unmounted mint lower right corner blocks of ten (5x2) with plate numbers and part imprint and mounted mint singles; also used examples of the $25 (5), $100 (3) and $250 (2) S$1,000-1,200
724
$25 dull carmine block of thirty-five (7x5) from the left of the sheet, being part of a file sheet used for colour comparison during a later printing with reference number "sacp 2495", dated "5 sep 1967" and signed; some creases etc. and the fifth and sixth columns re-enforced with adhesive tape S$400-500

Imperforate Colour Proof

725
$250 green imperforate proof affixed to De La Rue printed card in preparation for the Dublin printing, marked "all circular crest to be the same colour as D.P.", "Approved subject to comment above", signed and dated "24/5/73". Photo S$1,000-1,200

1973 De La Rue Issue printed in Dublin

Imperforate Colour Proofs

726
$100 slate-blue and $250 green, both in a block of forty (10x4) on gummed watermarked paper being the bottom four rows of the sheet with 1A plate numbers and De La Rue imprint at foot and colour bars in large margin at right, handstamped "colour approved dublin", signed and dated "5/7/73" and "29/6/73" respectively; some creases and folds S$2,000-2,500
727
$100 slate-blue and $250 green on gummed watermarked paper, both in an interpane block of ten (5x2) showing 1B plate numbers at left below the upper row; some creases/folds S$1,000-1,200

Perforated Colour Proofs

728
$25 dull carmine, $100 slate-blue and $250 grey-green, each in a block of twenty on gummed watermarked paper being the bottom two rows of the sheet showing plate number 1A, handstamped "colour approved dublin", signed and dated "6/7/73" or "29/6/73", also similar $25 and $100 blocks with recess plate number 3A and litho plate number 1A 2A 2A 1A 1A and dated "27.2.74". Fresh and fine S$2,000-2,500

Documents

729
1963 (19 Oct.) Indenture of Conveyance, bearing 1963 $25 (3) and $100 in combination with Malacca Postage $1, $2 and $5 (4), all tied by poor Malacca red embossed datestamp; and 1973 (10 Jan.) Share Transfer bearing 1969 glazed paper $250 (2) in combination with Johore Postage 20c. (2) and Malaysia Postage $1, $5 and $10 (3), all tied by Stamp Office Johor Bahru c.d.s. An interesting pair of documents S$300-400

Malaysia

1975 Issue

Imperforate Proofs

730
$25 grey-black, $100 blue and $250 claret, each an imperforate proof with crest showing hornbill head facing flower, affixed to Harrison presentation card, fine; also the set of three used. Photo S$500-600

1982 Issue

Imperforate Colour Trials

731
$1000 imperforate colour trials (3) in purple, olive-green and in vermilion with crest changed to show hornbill with outstretched wings facing the viewer, each affixed to Harrison presentation card, fine. Photo S$500-600

Issued Stamps

732
$25 lower right corner block of four with plate number and $1000 lower left corner unmounted mint block of four, the latter with the odd minor tone spot; also $25, $100, $250, $500 and $1000 used S$600-800

1985 Issue

733
$25 top left corner blocks of nine and four, $100 lower left corner block of four and $1000 top left corner block of nine, fine unmounted mint. Photo S$800-1,000

Later Issues

734
1990 (Jan.) 10c., $1 and $5 (on piece) pairs used, 50c. and $5 (vertical perfs misplaced to left) lower left corner mint pairs; 1990 (July) no watermark, perf 12 1/2 mint $10 marginal block of four and $250 lower right corner pair) and used $50 and $100 on pieces; 1993 no watermark, perf 10 1/2 $10, $50 and $100 used, perf 12 1/2 $10 marginal block of four, $50 and $100 lower right corner pair unmounted mint, and 2000 watermarked, perf 12 1/2 $10 unmounted mint. A fine lot S$300-400
735
1990 (July) no watermark, perf 12 1/2 $10 violet block of twenty from the left of a sheet showing vertical perforations misplaced 10mm. to right, fine unmounted mint. A spectacular error S$600-800
736
1990 SPM watermark, perf 12 1/2 $100 green, a complete mint sheet (10x5), fine unmounted mint. Unlisted in Barefoot S$600-800
737
c.1993 no watermark, perf 10 1/2 $50 vermilion, a block of forty (8x5) with margins at top and at foot, fine unmounted mint. Barefoot 29 S$800-1,000
738
-- perf 10 1/2 $250 lake block of forty (8x5), fine unmounted mint. Unlisted in Barefoot S$1,000-1,200

Documents

739
1978 (Jan) and 1981 (Feb.) Auctioneer's Licences both bearing $25; 1983 (17 June) Share Transfer bearing $25 in combination with Postage 40c., 50c., $1 and $10; 1985 (Jan.) Share Transfer bearing $25 and $250 in combination with Postage 20c. and 50c.; 1985 (Oct.) Share Transfer bearing $10 (2), $500 and $1000 in combination with Postage 50c. and $2; and 1987 (Jan.) Share Transfer bearing $25 (2), $100 (2) and $1000 in combination with Postage 50c. $2, $5 and $10. An interesting lot S$300-400

Postage Stamps used for Revenue

740
1966-92 range of documents including cheques, Deed of Assignment, Letter of Guarantee, Letter of Indemnity, Marine Cargo Insurance Policy, Agreement for Safe Deposit Box, Praecipe and Writ of Summons, all bearing postage stamps with values to $20. A fine and most interesting lot. (13 items) S$200-250

Social Security

1973 Issue

741
10c. to $5.60 affixed to piece ex the De La Rue archives, and 30c., 50c., 80c., $1.10, $1.40, $1.90, $2.10, $3.10, $4.40, $5.60, $7.90 and $10.10 in complete unmounted mint sheets (10x10); also 30c. (2), 50c. (3) and 80c. affixed to 1973 Savings Card S$1,000-1,200

1974 Issue

742
Seven imperforate proofs without value in various colours affixed to card with suggested values printed above, dated "22.1.74" and with Social Insurance signed handstamp at foot S$600-800

1975 Issue

Imperforate Proof

743
A lower right corner block of twelve in deep blue without value on ungummed unwatermarked paper, the fifth stamp in top row with red ink ring indicating a flaw and marked in bottom margin "Corrected", signed and dated "15.5.75", fine S$200-250

Singapore

Revenue Stamps

1948-53 Issue

Issued Stamps

744
Perf 14 $25 and $100 vertical pair, and Perf 13 $25 and $100 (2, one with tiny surface fault at top), each cancelled by embossed datestamp, one perf 13 $100 in black the rest in red, fine S$500-600

Documents

745
1949 (31 Oct.) Indenture of Sale of a piece of land and buildings in East Coast Road, bearing $25 pair, $100 and $500 (2) in combination with Postage $2 (2) and $5 (2), all neatly tied by red embossed datestamps. A rare and most attractive document. Photo S$2,000-2,500
746
1950 (20 July) - 1954 (2 Feb.) Indenture of Mortgage of land and Godowns in Magazine Road for an overdraft with the duty paid by $100 and $500 on 20 July 1950. The overdraft was increased on 2 February 1954 with the duty paid with $100 (3, one damaged) and perf 13 $500, all clearly tied by red embossed datestamp showing clear differences between the various printings. A remarkable and most attractive document. Photo S$1,500-2,000
747
1953 (16 Feb.) Second Supplemental Debenture bearing $25 (3) in combination with Postage 50c., $2 (2) and $5 (4), all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp, fine S$250-300

1954-64 Issues

Issued Stamps

748
1954 Script $100 and 1964 Edward watermark $25, $100 (slightly rounded top right corner) and $500 pair, each cancelled by part red embossed datestamp, fine. Photo S$400-500

Documents

749
1967 (21 Dec.) Indenture of Mortgage to secure an overdraft, bearing 1964 $25 (3), $100 (4) and $500 (3) in combination with Postage 50c., $2 (2) and $5 (4, one crossed by fold), all tied by red embossed datestamp. A rare and impressive franking. Photo S$1,500-1,800
750
1966 (31 Jan.) Certificate to practice as an Advocate and Solicitor, bearing 1964 $25 pair tied by red embossed datestamp; and 1966 (15 Aug.) Tenancy Agreement bearing 1964 $100 in combination with Postage $2 (2), all ted by red embossed datestamp. A fine pair of documents S$200-300
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Stamps and Covers of South East Asia (Sale 14026)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 20th September 2014 Time: 10:15AM
Details: Viewing of Lots:
Spink London
69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury
London WC1B 4ET
Available until 3.00 p.m. Thursday 4 September 2014
Hilton Singapore
581 Orchard Road, 238883 Singapore
In Vista Room on 3rd Floor
Friday 19 September 2014 10.00 am to 5.
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