Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction number 49) Day 2
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 494 288
Date: 11th March 2022 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Please contact the office for sale details.
Please note new locations: Great Connaught Rooms,
61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DA
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Auction Lots - Page 14
1403
Click to view full image... 1943 5/- Grey-green and scarlet on chalk-surfaced paper, perf 14, variety break in value tablet frame, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 77ab, £800. Photo on Page 224. £200-240
1404
  1945 5/- Bluish green and scarlet, perf 14, variety break in value tablet frame, lightly mounted mint. Also 1938 perf 13x12 5/- mint. S.G. 77, 77ba, £415. (2). £100-120

ST. LUCIA

1405
Click to view full image... 1902 KEVII 3d Duty Plate die proof, in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm. Photo on Page 240. £120-150

ST. VINCENT

1406
Click to view full image... 1902-11 King Edward VII Stamps overprinted "SPECIMEN", comprising 1902 ½d - 5/- set of nine, and 1904-11 2/- - £1 set of three, all fine mint. S.G. 76/84s, 91/93s, £360. (12). Photo on Page 226. £100-120
1407
Click to view full image... 1911 KEVII £1 Duty Plate die proof, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "12 APR. 11", in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm. Photo on Page 240. £160-200

SARAWAK

1408
  1891 5c on 12c, First type surcharge, mint (2, shades) and used (5, one with no stop after "C"), one cancelled by large part Borneo Company Limited "Forwarded" oval cachet in blue. S.G. 25, £399. (7). £100-120
1409
Click to view full image... 1891 5c on 12c, First type surcharge mint, variety surcharge double, two tiny thin spots, scarce. S.G. 25c, £1,200. Photo on Page 226. £120-150
1410
Click to view full image... 1891 5c on 12c, Second type surcharge without stop after "C", mint pair with reduced corner margins. S.G. 26a, £380. Photo on Page 226. £100-120
1411
  1891 5c on 12c, Second type surcharge without stop after "C", three used examples. S.G. 26a, £600. (3). £120-140
1412
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1899 50c Sage-green and carmine imperforate marginal plate proof superb mint; and a used example of the 50c stamp, the value tablet in green, presumably a colour changeling but still most unusual, thinned. (2). Photo on Page 226. £70-80
1413
Click to view full image... 1899 4c Rose-carmine overprinted diagonal "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type SAR2), cancelled to order with a Kuching c.d.s, original gum, superb. The only recorded copy of this Specimen overprint on this stamp, recorded in the Sarawak Handbook Supplement. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
1414
Click to view full image... 1901 1c Grey-blue and rosine pair each overprinted diagonal "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type SAR 2), superb mint, very rare. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
1415
  1899-1908 1c - $1 Mint selection, various shades with at least two examples of each value, including unissued 5c (6), 2c on watermarked paper (2), 1c plate block of twelve (with malformed "S" variety on 8/1), 1c, 2c and 10c with collar flaw, etc., all fine. S.G. £720+. (49). £140-160
1416
  1899-1908 1c - $1 Used with additional shades of all values to the 50c, including 2c on watermarked paper (4), also 1902 commercial cover to USA bearing 2c + 4c pair, and two registered 1917 covers to W.T Wilson bearing 1c - 8c or 20c + 25c. (S.G. £375 for stamps). (52 + 3 covers). £160-180
1417
Click to view full image... 1918 1c - $1 Set of twelve overprinted "SPECIMEN", 20c with broken "M" variety, 8c, 10c, 12c and 16c all with short left foot to "M", all superb mint. S.G. 50/61s, £400. (12). Photo on Page 226. £150-180
1418
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1918 16c Chestnut and green and 50c olive-green and carmine imperforate marginal plate proofs, fine mint. (2). Photo on Page 226. £80-100
1419
Click to view full image... 1922 3c Dull green imperforate marginal plate proof pair, fine mint. (2). Photo on Page 226. £80-100
1420
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1922 5c Yellow-orange and 6c claret handstamped "SPECIMEN" (10x1½mm, not recorded by Samuel), very unusual and rare. (2). Photo on Page 226. £150-180
1421
Click to view full image... 1918-23 Sets in mint plate blocks and other blocks, the fine group comprising plate blocks of four of the 1918 1c (2), 2c - 8c, 10c (2, shades, one with unusual doubling of right stamps), 12c - $1 with additional plate blocks of six of the 12c and 16c and double plate block of thirty of the 1c, plate block of four of the unissued 1c slate-blue and slate, plate blocks of four of the 1922-23 2c - 4c and 6c - 30c with additional plate blocks of eight of the 6c (2) and pairs of the 2c and 30c, and blocks of four of the 1918 2c, 3c (2), 4c (2), 10c, 25c and $1 and 1922 5c, with a few other mint singles or pairs. A superb group, most blocks mounted on one stamp only, some unmounted. S.G. £1,500++. (208, including 37 blocks). Photo on Page 230. £400-500
1422
  1918-23 Sets used with additional shades, blocks, cancels and covers, including 1918 8c (3), 12c (2, one with Limbang c.d.s), $1 singles (2, one with Limbang c.d.s) and block of four, 1c and 3c blocks of six, various Singapore Paquebot datestamps (14) and 1922 registered cover franked 8c + 10c + 20c; 1922-23 8c (3), 12c singles (2) and blocks of four (2, both shades), 5c blocks of four (3) and block of six with Simanggang c.d.s, also 1923-25 commercial covers franked 2c strip of three to G.B or 4c + 8c to USA. S.G. £1,280+. (120 + 3 covers). £200-250
1423
Click to view full image... 1918 1c Slate-blue and slate with "RED CROSS Three Cents" surcharge essay in black, superb mint, very scarce. Photo on Page 226. £180-220
1424
Click to view full image... 1918 1c Slate-blue and slate with "RED CROSS Three Cents" surcharge essay in red, superb mint, very scarce. Photo on Page 226. £180-220
1425
  1923 One Cent on 10c surcharge, first setting, left pane of sixty comprising blocks of 18, 24 and corner plate block of 18, rejoined with hinges, position 53 with the major error "cnet", other varieties include broken "O" (position 16) and differing font "C" (position 60). An attractive mint multiple, the majority unmounted (including the "cnet" variety within an unmounted corner plate block of ten). S.G. 72/a, £900. £250-300
1426
Click to view full image... 1923 Surcharges from the first setting comprising 1c on 10c mint and used (8, with a pair and block of four), 2c on 12c mint singles (2, one narrow "w") and a plate block of six (2 x 3, four with narrow "w"), and used (2). S.G. 72/3, £774+. (19). Photo on Page 230. £180-220
1427
  1923 Surcharges from the second setting, 1c on 10c bright blue, and 2c on 12c (2, one with narrow "w"), all fine mint. S.G. 74/5, £430. (3). £100-120
1428
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1928-29 1c - $1 Set of fifteen overprinted or perforated "SPECIMEN", also additional 16c Specimen overprints with plate flaws "line below A of Sarawak" (position 3) or deformed "E" (position 36) and 20c Specimen with the deformed "E" flaw. A superb mint set, scarce so fine and with the perforated 5c issued later in 1929. S.G. 77/90s, £425+. (18). Photo on Page 226. £200-240
1429
  1928-29 Plate number "2" set mint comprising 2c, 10c, 16c and 25c - $1 singles, 1c - 4c, 6c, 8c, and 12c pairs, 16c block of four, 20c block of six, 5c block of eight, 1c blocks of twelve (with position 3 flaw) or twenty (with position 36 flaw). Also mint singles with plate flaws for position 3 (1c, 3c, 8c), position 28 (2c, 5c, 6c, 10c), position 36 (4c, 16c) or position 60 (6c, 8c), all fine. S.G. £300++. (82 including 19 plate blocks/singles). £80-100
1430
  1928-29 Set used with additional plate flaws for position 3 (10c), position 28 (4c), position 36 (20c) and position 60 (50c), and 1928-29 commercial registered covers franked 16c + five 1c stamps to G.B or 2c + 25c to USA, both with large violet "R / KUCHING / SARAWAK / No." registration handstamp. (20 + 2 covers). £100-120
1431
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1932 1c - $1 Set of fifteen in imperforate plate proof pairs, the 1c and $1 pairs marginal, all on ungummed watermarked paper, very fine. (15 pairs). Photo on Page 226. £300-350
1432
Click to view full image... 1932 1c - $1 Set of fifteen perforated "SPECIMEN", the $1 with a few short perfs at base, 50c with small fault at right, otherwise fine mint. Also 1c and 20c sample stamps in unissued colours with small punch holes and "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN" overprints. S.G. £425+. (17). Photo on Page 226. £160-180
1433
  1932 1c - $1 Set of fifteen mint and used, also 6c + 50c used on piece, and 20c imperf plate proof block of four with central punch hole. S.G. £284+. (33). £100-120
1434
  1932-34 Covers bearing 1932 issue stamps comprising 1932 registered cover to USA franked 1c, 2c, 4c, 8c + 12c charged 10c postage due for U.S Customs service; 1932 (Sep 17) cover to G.B endorsed "By Dutch Air Mail via Alor Star - Amsterdam - London" franked 6c, 12c, 15c, 20c, 25c + 30c and bearing a large blue "BY AIR MAIL (via Alor Star)" label; 1933 O.H.M.S cover to the Sarawak Govt. Office in London bearing a blue "BY AIR MAIL" label and endorsed "Singapore - Amsterdam - London" franked 1c + 2c + 50c; and 1934 cover to USA franked 2c + 3c pair + 4c. A good group, the two air mail covers both backstamped in Singapore. (4). £140-180
1435
  c.1934 Large die proof of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke on wove paper, 66x98mm, his name and title and the imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd below, applied to card with a die sunk centre, 210x256mm. This portrait was used for the stamps of 1934-41. A fine and attractive item, three examples recorded. £250-300
1436
Click to view full image... 1934 8c Die Proof in black on wove paper, applied to a thick card, 62x102mm, a Bradbury Wilkinson & Co label applied at the base. Fine and rare. Photo on Back Cover. £500-600
1437
Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1934 1c - $10, Imperforate plate proof pairs of the twenty values issued in 1934, with an additional 3c black pair, all on gummed unwatermarked paper, very fine. S.G. £1,300. (21 pairs). Photo on Page 226. £400-500
1438
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1934-41 1c - $10 Set of 26 perforated "SPECIMEN", the $10 with a few short perfs at right, otherwise fine mint, a scarce set. S.G. £850. (26). Photo on Page 226. £250-300
1439
Click to view full image... 1934 1c - $10, the twenty values issued in 1934 all perforated "SPECIMEN", the holes larger than the previous specimen set, possibly forgeries, very unusual. (20). Photo on Page 226. £80-100
1440
  1934-41 1c - $10 Set mint, the twenty values issued in 1934 in singles with the six additional colours issued in 1941 in blocks of nine, also 1c - 4c, 6c, 10c, 12c blue, 15c orange and 20c - $1 in blocks of four or six, and other 2c - 8c blocks or strips showing minor value tablet flaws. A few blocks a little toned, mainly fine. S.G. £1,000+. (168). £200-250
1441
  1934-41 1c - $10, the twenty values issued in 1934 all used with 1934-41 cancels. S.G. £315. (24). £80-100
1442
  1934-41 1c - $10, Post-war re-issue, the large part set (missing six 2c - 15c values) used with 1946-47 cancels. S.G. £350. (26). £80-100
1443
  1934-39 Covers with 1934 issue stamps, comprising registered cover to South Africa franked at 23c rate or to G.B franked 21c, other covers franked 5c to Singapore, 6c to Canada or 25c to G.B, also a picture postcard of Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke with a 3c block of four on the picture side cancelled to order at Kuching. (6). £120-140
1444
Click to view full image... Rajah C.V Brooke. 1940 (Sep 28) Air mail cover to the Sarawak Govt. Offices in London endorsed "B.O.A.C & Pan-American Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Airways", addressed by the Rajah and signed "C.V Brooke" on the front and reverse with the violet cachet "RAJAH OF SARAWAK" below both signatures, franked 10c + 30c + $2, handstamped violet boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR". A fine and scarce wartime air mail cover from the Rajah. Photo on Page 232. £400-500
1445
  WW2 Censors. 1939-41 Covers franked 2c + 5c pair or 12c blue to USA, 8c red brown or 8c carmine to Australia, with violet boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR" (3) or white "(crown) / PASSED BY / CENSOR" seal. One with circular violet "POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS DEPARTMENT / KUCHING / SARAWAK", another with enclosed letter sending used stamps (4). £150-180
1446
  1941 (Sep 24) Centenary of Rajah James Brooke, cover posted within Kuching franked 1c - 25c (2c, 3c and 8c 1941 issue colours), and a registered cover carried on the special Centenary flight to Singapore franked 2c + 6c + 15c with Kuching and Singapore censor cachets. (2). £100-120
1447
  1946-47 Covers bearing stamps of the 1934-41 issue, which were reissued after World War Two, comprising philatelic cover sent within Kuching bearing 1934 1c - $1, air letter to G.B franked 25c, air mail covers franked 50c to G.B or USA or $1.05 to USA, and a cover to G.B franked 8c, five with Australian type Kuching c.d.s. (6). £100-120
1448
Click to view full image... Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke. 1945 Large die proof of the Rajah on wove paper (65x85mm), applied to card with a die sunk centre (253x291mm), signed "C.V Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, 25/10/45", a rare signed presentation proof. Photo on Page 230. £300-350
1449
Click to view full image... 1945 B.M.A 1c - $10 Overprint set mint, the 4c, 5c, 12c - 25c and $3 - $10 mounted in the sheet margins only with the stamps unmounted. S.G. £550. (20). Photo on Page 226. £120-140
1450
Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1945 B.M.A 1c - $10 Overprint set used, fine. S.G. £750. (20). Photo on Page 226. £200-240
1451
  1945-46 Covers bearing B.M.A stamps, comprising 1945 (Dec 17) First Day Covers of the Sarawak B.M.A 1c - $1 or North Borneo B.M.A 1c - $5 set of fifteen (spread over four covers) all used within Kuching; and commercial covers from Kuching to Miri franked 4c (2), to Singapore franked 2c + 3c (2) or 2c + 6c (both with violet boxed "Delay Your Spending" applied in Singapore) or to Australia franked 2c + 6c. Also a cover to the same Australia address with an unoverprinted 8c carmine. A useful group, the North Borneo B.M.A stamps unusual used in Sarawak. (10). £200-250
1452
Click to view full image... 1946 Centenary Issue, progressive die proof of the central vignette of Charles Vyner Brooke, in black, die sunk on white wove paper, some details of the proof unfinished, dated in pencil "Aug 25th 1941" and subsequently crossed out, 80x91mm. A fine and very rare proof. Photo on Page 230. £500-600
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction number 49) Day 2
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 494 288
Date: 11th March 2022 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Please contact the office for sale details.
Please note new locations: Great Connaught Rooms,
61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DA
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