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| 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 2 | |||
| 551 | |||
1927 (29 Aug.) long Affidavit for Probate first sworn on 24 August 1927 and bearing 1921-33 $1. This presentation was not accepted by the court because of excess funeral expenses being claimed and new figures were inserted and paid (total $708.53) with 4c. (2), 25c., 50c. $1, $2 $5, $100 (2) and $500 on 25 October 1927. The document once stamped was then re-sworn on 27 October with a fee of 75c. being paid by 25c. and 50c. stamps, all are tied by relevant red embossed datestamp. A hand-written note attached stating the exact amounts of tax and the rates and amounts of interest due and paid. A remarkable document in a fine state of preservation. Photo S$3,500-5,000Penang |
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| 552 | |||
| 1911 (9 Aug.) Receipt for rates etc. bearing 1908 4c. perfinned "m c p" tied by circular cachet of Georgetown Municipal Commissioners; 1913 (17 July) Indenture of statutory mortgage bearing 1906 $25 and 1909 $5 tied by red embossed datestamps; 1913 (12 Dec.) cover of a cheque book and 1924 (17 June) cheque book bearing 1921-33 $2 single and pair respectively tied by red embossed datestamp; 1917 (31 July) statutory declaration made before a Justice of the Peace bearing 1910 $1 tied by red embossed datestamp; 1919 (9 July) Indenture of statutory reconveyance bearing 1910 50c. tied by red embossed datestamp; 1933 (May) fire insurance policy bearing 1921-33 25c. tied by oval firm's chop in violet; 1938 (9 Aug.) first page of Articles of Association bearing 1938 $5 tied by red embossed datestamp; and 1956-57 Receipts (4) each franked at 6c. A fine group of documents showing the range of postage stamps used. (11 items) S$500-600 |
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| 553 | |||
| 1919 (1 Dec.) Conveyance for sale of land and building, bearing 1904-10 $100 (2) and 1906-12 $2 and $5, each tied by red embossed datestamp, clean and fine. Photo S$800-1,000 |
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| 554 | |||
| 1926 (1 Oct.) Indenture for sale of property in Burma Road, bearing 1912 $100 (2) and 1921-33 $1, $2 and $25, each tied by red embossed datestamp. Clean and most attractive. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 555 | |||
1940 (31 Aug.) Indenture gifting a property from mother to daughter, bearing 1938 $1, $5 (2) and Revenue $25, all tied by red embossed datestamp, fine. Photo S$400-500Singapore |
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| 556 | |||
| 1908 (3 Jan.) Bill of Costs to be taxed in connection with a suit, bearing 1905-06 50c., $1 and $2, each with manuscript initials and tied by red embossed datestamp; and 1908 (5 Aug.) Indenture of assignment of debt, bearing 1905-06 $5 (4) and $25, all tied by red embossed datestamp. A fine pair of documents S$400-500 |
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| 557 | |||
| 1925-27 receipts (4, one with small central defect) each bearing 1913 4c. cancelled in manuscript and 1940-41 receipts (4) with one bearing 1938 1c. and 5c., two bearing a 6c. and one with 6c. embossed red handstamp usually reserved for cheques. A good lot S$250-300 |
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| 558 | |||
| 1922 (26 Jan.) Indenture of conveyance for a property in Tanah Merah Kitchil, bearing 1912-23 $5, $25 (3, one with broken Crown and scroll), $100 (2) and $500, all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp leaving upper halves of adhesives clear. Very rare, one of the few recorded examples of the MCA $500 on document. Photo S$5,000-6,000 |
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| 559 | |||
| 1931 (20 May) full set of three Bills of Exchange drawn at three months for £73.1.7 in exchange for 100 cases of pineapples. The first exchange which was transacted is stamped by three revenue authorities, Singapore with 1931 35c., then in France with a 2f. and again, due to delay, and then finally in UK with perfined Foreign Bill 3d. strip of three, unfortunately some other stamps are missing at upper left; and 1933 (24 Aug.) New Zealand Insurance Company Limited document bearing 1927 25c. tied by red embossed datestamp. An interesting pair of documents S$150-180 |
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| 560 | |||
| 1932 (5 Apr.) Indenture for the sale of the Garden Club, Tanah Merah Ketchil, bearing 1921-33 $5 (2), $25 (2) and $100 (3), all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 561 | |||
| 1937 (16 Sept.) Indenture of sale for land and a house at Lorong M off Teluk Kurau Road, bearing 1937 $5 (2) and 1936 "revenue/revenue" $25 (2), all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp and showing large Registrar of Deeds circular cachet in violet, fine. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 562 | |||
| 1938 (15 Dec.) Indenture of statutory mortgage, bearing 1937 $5 (3) and 1938 "revenue/revenue" $25 pair and single, all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp and showing large Registrar of Deeds circular cachet in violet, fine. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 563 | |||
| 1940 (18 Dec.) Indenture of statutory mortgage, bearing 1937 $5 (3) and 1938 "revenue/revenue" $25 (3, one with missing pearl) [HPF12], all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp and showing large Registrar of Deeds circular cachet in violet, fine. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 564 | |||
| 1940 (19 Dec.) Indenture for the sale of inherited property in East Coast Road Penang, bearing 1937 $5 (3) and 1938 "revenue/revenue" $25 and $100 pairs (2), all neatly tied by red embossed datestamp and showing large Registrar of Deeds circular cachet in violet. A very rare franking, only 146 sheets or 7300 stamps of the $100 were printed. Photo S$1,000-1,200 |
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| 565 | |||
1941 (21 Nov.) Certificate of Nominal Capital, bearing 1938 $500 purple and orange-brown neatly tied by red embossed datestamp; some minor staining around perforations. Extremely rare, only 145 sheets of fifty were despatched. Photo S$1,500-1,800Cheque Stamps |
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| 566 | |||
1904 Chartered Bank of India Australia and China cheque showing fine Singapore 3c. embossed handstamp, 1908 International Banking Corporation cheque showing Singapore 4c. embossed handstamp, 1936 National City Bank of New York cheque showing fine Singapore 6c. red embossed handstamp, and 1937 similar cheque but without the embossed handstamp, fine S$200-250Foreign BillImperforate Plate Proofs |
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| 567 | |||
9c. violet and red vertical pair with margin at left on gummed watermarked paper, folded between, fine. Rare, one of only two known pairs. Photo S$1,000-1,200Cancelled and Specimens |
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| 568 | |||
| 9c., 18c., 20c., 30c. and 60c., each handstamped "specimen" in blue (Type D5), all with perforation faults/defects due to carelessness when sheets were split up, and the 9c. with two opposite corners clipped, nevertheless a very rare group. Photo S$500-600 |
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| 569 | |||
36c. violet and red handstamped "cancelled" (Type D7), good colour and with large part original gum; slight wrinkle and bottom perforations cut off, otherwise fine. Barefoot 5. Photo S$150-180First Printing |
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| 570 | |||
| 6c., 9c., 30c., 36c., 60c., $1, $1.50 and $3, the $1.50 with blue firm's chop, the others with manuscript cancellations, three are imperforate at foot, condition generally fine for this issue. Photo S$500-600 |
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| 571 | |||
$6 with perforations cut off and repaired top left corner and $9 with small defect at left and imperforate at foot, both with manuscript cancels. The only known used examples in private hands. Photo S$500-600Second and Subsequent Printings |
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| 572 | |||
9c., 18c. (3, two with manuscript cancels), 36c., 60c. (2, one perf 12 1/2) and $1.50, all unused with small to large part original gum, all with usual perforation faults and the 36c. with reddish stain though generally in fine condition for this issue. A rare group. Photo S$1,000-1,200Judicial1868 IssueDie Proof |
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| 573 | |||
Master die proof with blank value tablets in pale brown on glazed card, margins cut close or touching at top and at foot, fine. Rare. Photo S$3,500-4,500Imperforate Plate Proofs |
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| 574 | |||
10c., 75c., $1, $2.50, $4, $5, $6, $6.50, $20 and $25 on watermarked paper, all except the 10c. with large part original gum, some light gum creasing throughout, otherwise fine. A rare group. Photo S$6,000-8,000Issued Stamps |
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| 575 | |||
| 10c. mint, 50c. (2, one perf 12 1/2), $1, $2, $2.50, $3, $5, $10, $15, $20 and $25, all used with manuscript cancels, generally good to fine. Barefoot cat. £830+. Photo S$800-1,000 Note: Only 504 of both the $10 and $15 were printed. Documents |
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| 576 | |||
| 1869 (10 Aug.) Citation to Next of Kin bearing 50c. (2, crossed by filing crease) cancelled in manuscript; 1871 (21 Nov.) Petition bearing $5 in combination with 1870 $1, both with manuscript cancels; 1872 (1 Mar.) Caveat bearing $3 (late use) with manuscript cancel; 1873 (8 June) Power of Attorney granted at Madras on India 1r. Stamp Office paper and registered at Singapore bearing 50c. with manuscript cancel; and 1874 (22 June) Caveat bearing 25c. (2) and 50c., all with manuscript cancels. A most interesting lot S$500-600 |
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| 577 | |||
| 1871 (25 Nov.) Petition under oath to administer a wife's estate, bearing $25 (4) in combination with 1870 $1, all with manuscript cancels; three are crossed by filing creases. A remarkable document. Photo S$1,000-1,200 |
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| 578 | |||
| 1872 (19 Feb.) Petition for letters of administration, bearing $5 (2) and $20 in combination with 1870 $1, all cancelled in manuscript, the $1 was a fee for swearing to administer according to the law. Photo S$400-500 |
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| 579 | |||
| 1872 (10 July) Petition for probate bearing 50c. (2) and $4, in combination with 1870 $1 (4, one inside document), all with manuscript cancels, a few small faults. Photo S$500-700 |
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| 580 | |||
| 1872 (13 Aug.) Petition by the Acting Superintendent of Convicts, bearing $15 in combination with 1870 $1, both cancelled in manuscript, fine. The $15 is very rare on document, only 504 stamps were printed. Photo S$1,000-1,200 |
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| 581 | |||
1873 (19 July) Petition for Letters of Administration, bearing $6.50 in combination with 1870 $1 and $3.50, another three $1 affixed for swearing the administration, use of the interpreter and entering the judgement each at $1, all cancelled in manuscript; four are crossed by pressed filing creases. Photo S$400-5001870 IssueIssued Stamps |
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| 582 | |||
| $1 (2, one perf 12 1/2), $1 1/2, $2, $2.50 (small fault at left), $3.50 pair, $4, $4.50, $6, $10, $15, $50 and $100, all with manuscript cancels, generally good to fine. Barefoot cat. £1005. Photo S$1,000-1,200 Note: Only 240 each of the $15, $50 and $100 were printed Documents |
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| 583 | |||
1873 (19 Sept.) Administration Bond for penal sum of 4000 Spanish Dollars, bearing $4 with manuscript cancel; 1873 (24 Dec.) Petition for Letters of Administration (damp spotted), bearing $1 (top right corner missing) and $4.50 (2), each with manuscript cancellation. The latter very scarce on document S$300-4001874-78 IssueImperforate Plate Proofs |
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| 584 | |||
25c. (2, one with 45mm. margin at right - two light corner creases at lower left and horizontal crease across top) and $1, all on gummed watermarked paper, fine. Photo S$300-400Issued Stamps |
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| 585 | |||
| 10c., 25c., 50c., $1, $2, $3, $5 and $10, all unused with large part original gum, some with hinge remnants at top, the $2 with straight-edge at foot and the $3 toned, otherwise fine. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 586 | |||
| 25c. brown and purple, a block of eight (2x4) cancelled in manuscript and with perforated date cancellation, a strip of three similarly cancelled, and another strip of three cancelled in manuscript and with central punch hole, condition generally good to fine. Barefoot 42 S$250-300 Note: This lot was the original evidence for a sheet size of twelve before the De La Rue records confirmed this assumption. |
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| 587 | |||
| $1 brown and green block of four, perf 12 1/2, each with manuscript cancel, some light discolouration and pressed creases though a scarce multiple and early usage. Barefoot 44a S$150-180 |
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| 588 | |||
| $5, $10, $25 vertical pair, $50 and $100, each with manuscript cancel and varying amounts of toning and creases as usual, the $5 with small surface abrasion at upper left. Barefoot 48-52, £605. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 589 | |||
| $25 brown and green with marginal watermark, unused with large part original gum, toned otherwise fine. Very rare. Barefoot 50. Photo S$500-600 |
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| 590 | |||
| $50 brown and green, unused with large part original gum, toned otherwise fine. Very rare. Barefoot 51. Photo S$500-600 |
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| 591 | |||
$100 brown and green, unused with large part original gum, toned otherwise fine. Very rare. Barefoot 52. Photo S$500-600Documents |
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| 592 | |||
| 1877 (6 Nov.) Grant of Probate by the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, bearing $100 cancelled in manuscript and showing large black circular cachet alongside. Scarce. Photo S$600-800 |
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| 593 | |||
| 1883 (4 Sept.) Warrant of Execution to the Bailiffs against goods for a debt, bearing $1 (4), each with manuscript cancel; 1884 (1 Apr.) Bankruptcy Ordinance 1870 for appointment of Official Assignee as trustee, bearing 10c. (2) with manuscript cancel; and 1884 (18 Aug.) Supreme Court Judgement bearing $1 (2) with manuscript cancel S$250-300 |
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| 594 | |||
| 1885 (27 Nov.) Memorandum of Judgment, Court of Requests in Malacca bearing 25c. with manuscript cancel; the document with folds and minor fox spotting. Documents from Malacca are very much scarcer than from Penang and Singapore. Photo S$250-300 |
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| 595 | |||
| 1886 (22 Sept.) Bankruptcy Ordinance 1870 bearing $1 (10) each with manuscript cancel; 1889 (11 Nov.) Supreme Court Summons in Chambers, bearing $1 with manuscript cancel and perforation datestamp and showing large black circular cachet; 1890 (8 Mar.) Supreme Court Particulars of Public Auction, bearing 25c. with manuscript cancel and perforation datestamp and 1890 (23 Sept.) Fee Note bearing $1 pair and single, each with manuscript cancel and perforation datestamp. A fine group. (4) S$300-400 |
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| 596 | |||
| 1886 (29 Nov.) Affidavit for the amount recovered from an administration of probate, bearing 50c., $10 pair and single and $50 pair, each with manuscript cancel, the 25c. and $10 single crossed by heavy fold. Photo S$300-400 Note: The document is signed by C.B. Buckley, the Commissioner appointed to take affidavits. He was also the author of "An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore 1902". 1882 Revenue Stamps Handstamped "judicial" |
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| 597 | |||
| 1882 (22 June) Court Order made after a hearing in chambers in Singapore dissolving an injunction, bearing 25c. purple and $1 blue, both tied by manuscript cancel, and showing large black circular cachet. The only known document bearing both of these provisionals. Photo S$1,000-1,200 |
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| 598 | |||
1884 (26 Mar.) Affidavit sworn at Penang, bearing 50c. on 60c. in combination with 1874 50c., both with manuscript cancel, fine. One of three known examples of this provisional used on document. Photo S$1,000-1,2001887 Provisional SurchargesIssued Stamps |
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| 599 | |||
| 10c. on 2c. brown and purple, two horizontal pairs showing the four types of figure "1", each with manuscript cancel, fine. Barefoot 56. Photo S$800-1,000 |
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| 600 | |||
| 10c. on 2c. brown and purple, variety upper "10" double, manuscript cancel, fine. Very rare, fewer than five recorded. Photo S$800-1,000 |
| 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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