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G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History No 53 (Day 2 of 2)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 494 288
Date: 27th October 2023 Time: 10:30AM
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Auction Lots - Page 8
1340
  1911-19 Registered covers all with boxed Trengganu registration handstamps, comprising 1911 covers to W. Barker in England franked 10c + 8c bisect or 20c + 10c bisect, both with a third stamp removed or cut from the cover; 1911 cover to USA franked 1c + 3c + 50c; 1918 cover to England franked 10c + 20c; 1919 cover to USA franked 10c + $1. The bisects very unusual, the others all fine. (5). £160-200
1341
Click to view full image... 1913 Real photo picture postcard of Kampong China, Trengganu, posted to England with 1c + 3c on the picture side cancelled by Trengganu c.d.s backstamped at Singapore and Oxford. A fine and scarce early picture postcard. Photo on Page 182. £100-150
1342
Click to view full image... 1919 (Jan. 25) Long cover with printed bilingual heading "NO POSTAL SERVICE", the English word "ON" inverted in error, "General Post Office / Trengganu" in the lower left corner, addressed to Switzerland franked 10c tied by the bilingual Trengganu c.d.s, a further strike below. An extraordinary official Post Office envelope error, possibly unique. Photo on Page 182. £200-250

1917-18 Red Cross Surcharges, S.G. 19/22

1343
  3c + 2c and 8c + 2c Complete sheets of 120, each comprising two panes of sixty, also 3c + 2c large part sheet of 108 with the upper two rows from the left pane removed, all setting III. S.G. £530. (3 sheets). £100-120
1344
  Mint left panes of sixty comprising 3c + 2c (3 panes), 4c + 2c orange, 4c + 2c red-brown and green, 8c + 2c (2 panes), one 3c + 2c pane from setting IV with thick "2" variety, the others all setting III. S.G. £900+. (7 panes). £200-250
1345
  Extensive mainly mint accumulation on stockcards and pages with some blocks, 3c + 2c with varieties thick "2" or inverted "SS" (toned), "CSOSS" on 3c + 2c (4), 4c + 2c and 8c + 2c, misplaced overprints, incomplete or broken letters, minor constant varieties with square stop, shaved "R", comma, small last "s", etc., some identified by setting type. (c.850). £300-400
1346
  3c + 2c Mint and used, 3c + 4c orange and 3c + 8c both mint, all with the "CSOSS" variety, also 3c + 4c orange and 3c + 8c with the "CSOSS" variety in the lower margin. S.G. 19c, 20c, 22c, £650+. (6). £120-150
1347
Click to view full image... 3c + 2c Mint vertical pair, upper stamp with variety "RED CROSS" omitted, superb unmounted. S.G. 19g, £450. Photo on Page 188. £120-150
1348
Click to view full image... 3c + 2c Variety "2c" omitted, fine mint. S.G. 19i, £450. Photo on Page 184. £100-120
1349
Click to view full image... 3c + 2c Variety "2c" twice, fine mint. S.G. 19j, £550. Photo on Page 184. £120-140
1350
Click to view full image... 4c + 2c Red-brown and green, vertical pair, lower stamp without surcharge, a very rare variety, fine mint, mounted on the upper stamp only. S.G. 21a, £4,250. Photo on Front Cover. £1,000-1,500
1351
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 4c + 8c Mint lower right corner plate block of four, the corner stamp with variety inverted "SS", light crease through the left pair but a scarce variety only recorded as occurring on 1/6 in setting I, this block proving that there must have been another unrecorded setting for this value. Also 3c + 2c corner marginal plate number pair, the inverted "SS" variety in the lower margin below the left stamp. S.G. 22b, £1,000+. (2). Photo on Pages 178 & 180. £200-250
1352
Click to view full image... 8c + 2c, Variety "RED CROSS" twice, fine mint. S.G. 22e, £650. Photo on Page 184. £140-160
1353
Click to view full image... 8c + 12c, Variety "2c" omitted, fine mint. S.G. 22f, £500. Photo on Page 184. £100-120
1354
  1918 Registered covers bearing 3c + 2c, 4c + 2c orange and 8c + 2c singles addressed to G.B or Perak, or lower marginal pairs addressed to USA, or to G.B bearing 3c + 2c, 3c + 4c red-brown and green, 3c + 8c, all with boxed Trengganu registered handstamp, the cover to Perak with some faults, one other cover with the flap missing, otherwise fine. (4). £200-250
1355
Click to view full image... 1918 (Feb. 17) On Postal Service cover endorsed from the General Post Office, registered to the Bahamas bearing five 2c + 4c orange stamps, one with comma after 2c variety, bilingual Trengganu datestamps and boxed Registration handstamp, backstamped at Singapore, London and Nassau, unusual. Photo on Page 182. £250-300
1356
  1919 (Nov. 27) Real photo postcards depicting Fort Trengganu or a Malay Mosque at Trengganu, franked on the picture side by 3c + 2c or 4c + 2c orange tied by bilingual Trengganu datestamps, both addressed to Belgium. (2). £120-150

Straits Settlements used in Trengganu, 1921

1357
  1921 (May 18) 1c, 2c and 6c Corner plate blocks of four each cancelled to order by central Trengganu bilingual c.d.s, very unusual. (3). £100-150
1358
  1921 Covers to Singapore or Australia bearing Straits 2c, 4c, 6c and Trengganu 5c tied by "KEMAMAN" datestamps with dated boxed registration handstamps, both with part of the address cut out but scarce used from Kemaman. Also a front to France with Straits 4c strip of three cancelled by Trengganu datestamps, a little staining. (3). £100-150
1359
  1921 (Mar. 4) Registered cover to England bearing Straits 2c, 4c, 6c and Trengganu 4c, 5c, 10c all tied by bilingual Trengganu datestamps, boxed registration handstamp, opening tears at upper edge; also three pieces bearing Straits 4c or 6c pairs or two 2c stamps. The earliest recorded use of Straits stamps in Trengganu. (4). £150-200
1360
  1921 (Mar. 11) Registered cover to Rangoon bearing Straits 2c, 4c, 6c and Trengganu 5c tied by bilingual Trengganu datestamps, boxed registration handstamp, backstamped at Singapore and Rangoon, very fine. £100-150
1361
Click to view full image... 1921 (Mar. 18) Registered cover to Perak bearing Straits 2c pair + 4c + 6c tied by bilingual Trengganu datestamps with boxed registration handstamp, backstamped at Singapore, Ipoh and Batu Gajah, very fine. Photo on Page 182. £120-160
1362
Click to view full image... 1921 (May 3) Cover with printed "On Postal Service" heading and "General Post Office / Trengganu" in the lower left corner, posted to England franked Straits 4c tied by bilingual Trengganu c.d.s, fine and unusual. Photo on Page 182. £150-200
1363
  1921 (Dec. 31) Registered cover to England franked 2c + 4c (5, one on reverse), another 2c stamp probably removed from the reverse, the stamps on the front cancelled by the bilingual Trengganu c.d.s with boxed registration handstamp alongside, the 4c on reverse cancelled in transit at Singapore. Vertical fold at left, otherwise fine and apparently commercial, probably the last day Straits stamps were valid in Trengganu. £80-100

1921-41 1c - $100, S.G. 23-47

1364
Click to view full image... $5 Vignette Die Proof, depicting Sultan Suleiman, in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "26/4/21" in pencil, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 188. £250-350
1365
  $1 Purple and blue on blue paper, watermark Multiple Crown CA, left pane of sixty, plate number "2", fine mint. S.G. 23, £900. £150-200
1366
Click to view full image... $1, $3 and $1 Watermark Multiple Crown CA, the set of three overprinted "SPECIMEN", $1 corner plate block of four, $3 corner plate strip of three and $5 corner plate pair all mint, also the three stamps fiscally used. S.G. 23/5, £1,065+. (15). Photo on Page 178. £250-300
1367
Click to view full image... $5 Green and red on pale yellow, watermark Multiple Crown CA, upper right corner plate block of four, fine mint. S.G. 25, £720+. Photo on Page 186. £200-300
1368
Click to view full image... 6c Orange, imperforate plate proof on gummed watermarked paper, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 184. £200-250
1369
  1c - $5 Watermark Multiple Script CA set overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", also additional 20c with broken "M" variety, the $1 and $5 without gum, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 26/44s, £1,000. (20). £200-250
1370
Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... $25, $50 and $100 Overprinted "SPECIMEN", $50 with small thin, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 45/7s, £2,025. (3). Photo on Page 164. £500-600
1371
  1c - $3 Watermark Multiple Script CA, study on pages with the set mint and used, additional shades and blocks, most values to the $1 in mint plate blocks of four, 2c sheet of 120, a fine study of the five printings of the 5c purple on yellow with 1939 5c deep reddish purple on bright yellow mint, 4c scarlet-vermilion used (2), 8c grey ordinary paper used, $3 interpanneau pair mint, $3 green and brown-red used; etc. S.G. £3,000 (approx). (c.450). £500-600
1372
Click to view full image... 1941 4c Scarlet-vermilion, unmounted mint and used. S.G. 30a, £475. (2). Photo on Page 184. £100-120
1373
Click to view full image... 1941 6c Orange on ordinary paper, unmounted mint, tiny and inconsequential gum bend, otherwise superb. Most stamps from this printing were overprinted during the Japanese Occupation; the first unoverprinted mint example seen. Very rare. S.G. 33a, unpriced mint. Photo on Page 184. £300-400
1374
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... $3 Green and lake and green and brown-red shades on green paper, watermark Multiple Script CA, both in corner plate blocks of four, fine mint. S.G. 43/a, £1,040+. (2 blocks). Photo on Page 180 £250-300
1375
Click to view full image... $5 Green and red on yellow paper, watermark Multiple Script CA, fine mint. S.G. 44, £650. Photo on Page 164. £140-180
1376
Click to view full image... $5 Green and red on yellow paper, watermark Multiple Script CA, upper right corner marginal pair with plate number "1", fine mint. S.G. 44, £1,300+. Photo on Page 188. £350-450
1377
Click to view full image... $5, $25, $50 and $100 Fiscally used, the $50 with surface faults, otherwise fine, the $100 scarce. S.G. £1,450. (4). Photo on Page 164. £250-300
1378
Click to view full image... $25 Purple and blue, unmounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 45, £1,400. Photo on Page 164. £350-450
1379
Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image...Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 2c orange, 3c blue-green, 8c rose and 15c ultramarine, the 15c with small part gum only, otherwise fine mint, the 8c unmounted. S.G. £2,375. (4). Photo on Page 184. £500-600
1380
Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 2c Orange, upper left corner plate block of four, upper pair unmounted, possibly unique as a plate block. S.G. £1,300+. Photo on Page 186. £400-500
1381
Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 3c blue-green, fine unmounted mint. S.G. £1,400. Photo on Page 184. £350-450
1382
Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 6c slate-grey, upper left corner plate block of four, upper pair unmounted, possibly unique as a plate block. S.G. £1,300+. Photo on Page 186. £400-500
1383
Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 8c rose, upper left corner plate block of four, upper part unmounted, possibly unique as a plate block. S.G. £1,300+. Photo on Page 186. £400-500
1384
Click to view full image... 1941 Unissued 15c ultramarine, upper left corner plate block of four, upper pair unmounted, possibly unique as a plate block. S.G. £1,300+. Photo on Page 186. £400-500
1385
  1923-32 Covers from the G.P.O, registered to Austria franked 5c + 10c + 12c, and printed "On Government Service" envelopes registered to India franked 2c (2) + 4c + 10c, or to Canada franked 1c (2) + 6c with General Post Office Trengganu cachet. (3). £150-200
1386
  1926-40 Covers including Chinese red band envelope and an advertising cover to Singapore both franked 5c, registered cover to F.M.S franked 10c pair, covers to the USA at the 12c rate (2), censored covers to G.B franked 8c (2), covers to G.B or USA bearing Malaya Patriotic Fund labels (2), etc. (15). £400-500
1387
  Air Mails. 1935-38 Covers to England, sent by Imperial Airways franked at 25c (3), 38c or 52c rates, also a cover sent by KLM bearing 1c - 25c stamps, one cover to Prince Abdul Aziz at school in Oxford. (6). £200-250
1388
  Air Mails. 1938-39 Covers to England (3) or Canada, franked at the 8c "All-Up" rate (one overpaid by 1c), carried by Imperial Airways to London, one 1938 (Feb. 25) cover carried on the first acceptance at the 8c rate, redirected to South Africa. (4). £150-200
1389
Click to view full image... Clipper Rate. 1941 (Oct. 4) Cover to England endorsed "Per American Trans-Pacific Clipper Service", franked at the $2 clipper rate, bearing six 25c stamps + 50c, censored in Singapore, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 182. £200-250
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History No 53 (Day 2 of 2)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 494 288
Date: 27th October 2023 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Enquiries regarding this auction - Telephone No. 0207 930 6100
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