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1934 Survey Essays, Sultan types comprising S9 (2) in blue or black and brown; S10 (2) in blue or black and brown; S11 in blue; S13 (2) in red or brown; S14 (2) in blue or ultramarine; S22 (2) in red or black; S23 (3) in red, blue or black and green; S25 (3) in black and green, black and blue or black and red; S28 (2) in brown or black; S29 in black; S32 in black; S33 (17) with the nine recorded monocolours and the four recorded bi-colour combinations in pairs; S33 + Mosque type M40 se-tenant pair in lilac; S34 block of four in black on unsurfaced paper; S34 + Mosque type M41 se-tenant pair in black. A fine lot. (46). Photo on Page 123. £800-1,000
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1935 25c and $1 photographic essays in the issued designs, $1 with the value incorrectly shown as 1$, from the De La Rue archives. (2). Photo on Page 123. £200-250
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1935-41 1c - $5 Set of eighteen perfined "SPECIMEN", 8c with a small tear, otherwise very fine. S.G. £500 (18). Photo on Page 121. £140-160
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1935-41 1c - $5 Mint and used with mint plate blocks including 15c block of fifteen, $1 plate number strip of three, $5 plate block of ten (gum a little toned), mint $2 and $5 singles (2, one with plate number), used $5 blocks of four (2), 2c green joined script variety used on piece, 2c orange joined script variety perf 14 (2) or perf 14x14½ (4) all used, 2c green coil strip of ten, some Japanese Occupation overprints, 30c thin striated paper used, 15c raised head plate on cover, FDCs (4). A fine lot. S.G. £2,000+. Photo on Page 117. £400-500
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1935-41 2c Variety joined script comprising 2c orange perf 14 within a mint corner block of four, 2c orange perf 14 and perf 14x14½ and 2c green all used, and 1936 cover from Sabak Bernam to Sweden bearing 1c, 4c, 5c and 2c green with the variety (unusual on cover). S.G. 69a, 70aa, 70ab, £364+. (4 + cover). £120-140
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1941 30c on Thin striated paper, block of six used with Indian F.P.O No. 58 datestamps (1 Dec. 41), a few split perfs and one stamp with a pulled corner perf, otherwise fine and an unusual block. S.G. 80a, £600. Photo on Page 127. £120-140
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1936-41 Covers and cards bearing 1935-41 issue 1c - $2, including 25c (2), 40c registered (2) or 50c Imperial Airways rates to G.B, 60c KLM rate to G.B, 1941 $2 or $2.40 clipper rates, printed matter rates (3), postcards (2), eight censored, a useful lot. (22). £250-300
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1941 Unissued 8c scarlet plate block of six (2x3), plate number "1" in left margin, very light gum crease to three stamps, otherwise superb unmounted mint. Believed to be the largest existing multiple of this unissued stamp, and the unique plate block, from the single sheet to have escaped destruction. S.G. £6,600+. Photo on Page 117. £3,000-4,000
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1941 $2 Photographic essay, in the issued design, from the De La Rue archives. Also two later photos of essays for a $5 stamp. (3). Photo on Page 123. £100-120
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1941 $1, $2 and Unissued $5, with $1 in mint upper left corner and lower right corner plate blocks of four, used block of four, and 1941 (July 7) cover from a soldier in Kuala Lumpur bearing $1 pair to pay the clipper rate, with army and civil censors (first day of use?); $2 Specimen perfin, mint lower right corner plate block of six, used pair and a single on piece, 1941 (Nov 14) single on cover paying the clipper rate, from Semenyih; unissued $5 corner marginal single, unmounted (toned gum). S.G. £968+. (10). Photo on Page 127. £350-400
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1946 (June 15) Negri Sembilan 5c postal stationery envelope registered to London, bearing unissued 1941 Selangor $5 tied by Singapore Registration datestamps, a further strike on reverse, with Air Mail and Singapore registration labels. The envelope with a small surface scrape at upper edge, the $5 stamp fine; no London backstamps and probably cancelled by favour, but still a very unusual use of this unissued stamp. Photo on Page 129. £200-240
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1948-53 Mint and used collection in an F.G Burleigh album with 1948 Silver Wedding pair on FDC, mint plate blocks of four and used; 1949-55 1c - $5 mint set in lower right corner plate blocks, other additional plate blocks with 35c block of thirty and 40c block of fifty, used including 10c vertical strip of three with pre-printing paper fold, FDCs (4) and other covers (23) bearing nearly all values to $5; 1949 UPU FDCs (2), set in mint imprint plate blocks of six, additional 15c (3) and 25c (2) plate blocks; 1953 Coronation 10c FDC, mint plate blocks of four (7) and 21. A fine collection, the plate blocks all apparently lightly mounted in the margins with the stamps unmounted. S.G. £2,000+. £380-450
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1949-55 Imperforate plate proofs on unwatermarked buff coloured paper comprising 8c marginal block of four, $5 frame only block of four and strip of three (printed on both sides), and $5 pair with frame only printed on the reverse, with issued 8c plate block and used $5. (13 proofs). £300-350
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1952 12c Scarlet with inverted watermark, superb unmounted mint, very scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1958). S.G. 99w. £950. Photo on Page 121. £300-400
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1957-86 Mint and used collection in an S.G. Devon album with 1957-61 1c - $5 set in mint imprint blocks of four or larger with blocks of all 50c, $2 and $5 perfs and many additional plate blocks, used with FDCs (4) and other covers (8); 1961 Sultan Coronation FDC (3) and mint control block; Federation of Malaya and Malaysia issues used in Selangor; 1961-62 set with mint plate blocks of ten and other plate blocks, 10c vertical pair with a spectacular pre-printing paper fold, and covers; 1965 set with mint control blocks and PVA gum blocks; later issues with FDCs and control pairs. A fine lot, the plate blocks mostly mounted in the margins with the stamps unmounted. S.G. £1,460+. £200-250
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1957-61 20c Blue block of ten with margins at top and sides, 1961-62 10c maroon lower right corner plate block of four (plate 1A) and a single 20c blue, all with superb offsets on the reverse, unmounted mint, unusual varieties. S.G. 123, 134/5 var. (15). £150-180
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1961 Coronation of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah 10c mounted mint and used, both with the black printing misplaced. Mentioned by S.G. as a footnote (priced at £180 unused and unpriced used), who state one sheet was affected; this used stamp suggests a second sheet may also have been affected. S.G. 128var. (2). Photo on Page 121. £80-120
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1965 Orchid issue, missing colours comprising 5c with yellow omitted (2), marginal 10c with red omitted, and 20c with yellow omitted in a corner plate block of four (plate 1A) all fine unmounted mint. S.G. 138b, 140a, 142b, £650. (7). Photo on Page 125. £200-250
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1965 Orchid issue 15c, variety green omitted, unmounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 141b, £800. Photo on Page 121. £240-280
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1946 Unissued 8c red Victory stamp in a block of four, no gum, otherwise fine and scarce. 400 8c and 15c Stamps were stolen by an official at the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Incinerator and were sold to the stamp trade. Most were charred, muddy or dirty and few are therefore fine, many having no gum. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 127. £400-500
| MALTA | (Also see lots 249, 266, 342, 1251, 1252)
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1903-55 Mainly KGVI covers and cards with a good range of censor seals and cachets, 1952 cover returned for 3d additional postage with British Fleet Mail 10 c.d.s on reverse, registered covers charged purchase tax in G.B (2), air mails, etc., an interesting selection. (45). £300-350
| MAURITIUS | (Also see lots 1281, 1282, 1368)
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1860-1925 Mint and used selection with various 1860-77 pence issues mint or unused (29) or used (23) to the 5/-, 1880 17c pair mint, many surcharges, 1902 2r50c mint, etc., a useful lot with some good stamps (294). £200-250
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1864 Cover to England bearing 1863 6d violet tied by the numeral "9" within two concentric circles with a red "1½d" accountancy mark, backstamped by a superb "MOKA" c.d.s and at Mauritius and Ulverstone. Some overall soiling, a tear to the back flap which extends 11mm into the upper edge, nevertheless a fine example of this scarce "9" numeral cancel of Moka. Photo on Page 129. £200-250
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1900-03 Cover (8), front and a piece, frankings comprising 1899 Labourdonnais Centenary 15c (5 + front); 1902 12c on 18c (2) including registered cover cancelled by St. Julien c.d.s with Forestside arrival c.d.s alongside; or 1902 12c on 36c (piece + cover), the cover registered from Curepipe to France bearing a vertical strip of three. (10). £200-250
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1911 Double length panoramic picture postcards of Port Louis or Curepipe with 1904 3c or 1910 KEVII 5c stamps on the picture side cancelled to order at Curepipe Road. Very fine condition and very unusual cards from Mauritius. (2). £80-100
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1937-56 KGVI Covers including FDCs with illustrated 1945 Silver Wedding cover, air mails, various frankings to the 10/-, etc. (45). £200-250
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1924-32 French Currency 3f on 2/6 in a complete unmounted mint sheet of forty (4x10), full margins, lightly folded along several perforation lines, otherwise superb and scarce as a sheet. S.G. 200, £200++. £200-250
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1975 Christmas issue designed by Sylvia Goaman comprising preparatory sketches in pencil or ink, many on tracing paper (33), and a fine watercolour of the 5c and 25c design. (34). £140-160
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1925-56 Covers with two 1936 registered covers to Switzerland bearing the 1925 5c -5f French Currency set (S.G. F42/52, £150 as stamps), 1934 cover with 5d tied by "LOOSE SHIP LETTER / SYDNEY" c.d.s, 1944 censored cover to Sydney, 1956 cover to G.B charged 1/-, etc. (10). £160-200
| NIGERIA | (Also see lot 255)
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Niger Coast. 1893 (Dec.) 5/- on 2d Fine mint, very rare, just 28 stamps surcharged. With A. Diena (1958) and E. Diena (1981) Certificates. S.G. 40, £9,000. Photo on Back Cover. £2,500-3,000
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1937-53 KGVI Covers sorted by destination and rate with local covers (6), mail to G.B (121, seventy two registered), USA (41) or other countries (26), frankings to the 5/- value, a few underpaid items with postage dues, a superb range of cancels from many differing offices with unusual registration handstamps and labels and many skeleton datestamps, some very scarce. Ex. Cruttwell. (194). £320-400
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1935-55 Mainly KGVI covers including censors, air mails, underpaid mail with postage due stamps of G.B, Ireland and South Africa, registration envelopes, skeleton cancels, stationery cut-outs on covers (2), various rates and frankings to the 5/- value. (69). £300-350
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1940-45 Censored mail (53), various types of cachet including boxed "PASSED / BY UNIT / CENSOR / 14", frankings to the 5/- value, some skeleton cancels. Also 1946-58 forces covers (5), two stampless to the USA charged 8c or 13c, one with "LAGOS / MIL" skeleton c.d.s. (58). £120-150
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Cameroons. 1944-52 Covers with KGVI Nigeria stamps cancelled at Nyasoso, Bamenda, Victoria, Buea (2) or Kumba, four registered, one an F size 3d registration envelope. (6). £80-100
| NORWAY | (Also see lots 343, 357)
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1855 4sh Blue, large margins, superb used with a Bergen c.d.s (with Albert Matl certificate, 1983). Also 1857 3sk and 1867 1sk used, and various 1922-2011 mint issues in a stockbook. (182). £70-80
| NYASALAND | (Also see lots 331)
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1935 Silver Jubilee 3d, variety kite and vertical log, a couple of blunt perfs, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 125k, £400. Photo on Page 140. £100-120
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1938-54 KGVI Covers including 2/- and 2/6 on 1943 registered air mail cover to Palestine, single 2/- on 1948 registered air mail cover to Switzerland, 1d + 1/- + 2/6 on 1945 air mail cover to USA, 4d H size registration envelope, censors, etc. Also two 1959 propaganda leaflets. (23). £350-400
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1901-41 Mint collection in a stockbook including officials, some earlier issues toned, most stamps from 1907 fine. S.G. £800+ for the fine stamps. (133). £180-220
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1928-2000 Covers (15) including three 1928-34 covers to USA, Canada or New Zealand each franked with N.Z 1d Admiral cancelled "PITCAIRN ISLAND / N.Z. POSTAL AGENCY" c.d.s, also a few recent postcards and three proof impressions of a "Posted at Pitcairn island" cachet struck in 2002 from the original 1920 handstamp. (18+). £250-300
| RHODESIA | (Also see lots 229, 442)
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1910-13 2/- Purple-black and ultramarine perf 14 Double Head mint, superb and rare. With R.P.S Certificate (2015). S.G. 154a, £3,000. Photo on Page 121. £1,000-1,200
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1965-70 Covers to the UK bearing UDI stamps, disallowed and charged by the British Post Office, various cachets and charges, three covers to the Channel Islands, two covers bearing a combination of decimal and pre-decimal G.B postage due stamps. (29). £150-180
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1965-98 Covers showing various cachets, cancels and labels including 1970 cover to India with UDI stamp disallowed and charged, 1976 cover to Mozambique with "NO SERVICE" cachet, Postage Paid datestamps, currency control cachets and labels, pictorial cancels of Victoria Falls, Kariba and Troutbeck, 1997 formula registration envelope with Victoria Falls Mobile P.O registration label, etc. (43). £150-180
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1974-80 Bush War, forces mail with Official Free and unit cachets including Rhodesia Regt., Rhodesian Air Forces, Guard Forces, British South Africa Police, also incoming covers bearing "M.P.O" labels (2) and unused M.P.O. labels (7), an interesting lot on pages. (31). £150-180
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1938-53 KGVI Covers including registration envelopes (3), 1952 cover franked 1/6 with Kafue National Park label charged 3/- due in G.B, censors (11, including triangular cachets and "Northern Rhodesia" seal on cover from Mexico), etc. (27). £300-350
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Air Mails. 1932-64 Covers and cards written up on pages, first flights including 1932 (Jan 29) Broken Hill to Cape Town, 1937 (June) Nkana to Cape Town, Lusaka to G.B, 1939 (Jan 2/3) Lusaka to Mumbwa (pilot signed, 20 carried), Lusaka to Fort Jameson (40 carried), and commercial KGVI (13) or QEII (6) covers. (24). £200-250
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Postal Stationery. 1932-64 Selection comprising KGV 1d and 1½d Specimen postcards, KGVI registration envelopes Specimen or used (3, one size H2) and air letters unused (2), QEII registration envelopes unused or used (2, one size H2) and air letters unused and used. (14). £100-150
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1937-53 Mainly KGVI covers and cards including censors (5), postcard and printed matter rates, British Navy propaganda label, etc. (20). £140-160
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Postal Stationery. KGVI Stationery comprising unused postcards (2), lettercards (4), envelopes (4), registration envelopes (4, two size H2), Active Service 3d air letters (3, types 2, 4, 5), 6d air letters (4); used postcards (2), envelopes (3), registration envelopes (4, one H2 size), 6d air letters (4); also QEII air letters unused (2) and used. (37). £200-250
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Air Mails. 1945-50 Covers (a few to or from Nyasaland or Northern Rhodesia), all sent via Southern Rhodesia, including 1946 "O.A.T", 1946 first flights with March internal S.R.A.S flights between Fort Victoria, Bulawayo and Salisbury (4), May 1 cover apparently flown from Salisbury to Cape Town via Johannesburg, June 3 flights by C.A.A from Salisbury to Gwelo or Fort Victoria, and July 23 cover to G.B, also commercial mail, some ingoing with 1946 (Oct 13) cover to China. (33). £300-400
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Air Mails. 1932-71 Mainly KGVI covers and cards, first flights with 1932 (Jan 28) Bulawayo to Brindisi, 1937 (June) Bulawayo to Livingstone and Bulawayo to G.B (2), and commercial covers with wartime routes and rates, etc. (41). £300-350
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