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India and Burma. Covers and cards from Singapore, a 2c postal stationery postcard uprated 6c to Rangoon, Speedbird covers franked 15c to Rangoon (2, one a Speedbird label) or 20c to Calcutta, and a plain postcard franked 9c to Allahabad and forwarded to Holland, all with arrival datestamps. All fine, the card to Allahabad very scarce. (5). £100-£150
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Iraq. Speedbird covers franked 23c from Singapore to Imperial Airways at Baghdad or Basrah, the Basrah cover with a 6f due handstamp of Baghdad and violet bilingual "PARTI", reverse with six datestamps of Basrah Unpaid or Magil, finally endorsed "not known at Shaibah" and "The addressee left Shaibah without address". (2). £100-£150
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Bahrain. Speedbird cover from Singapore to Bahrain franked 20c, arrival backstamp. Scarce, very few covers flown. £100-£120
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Kuwait. Speedbird cover from Singapore to Kuwait franked 33c, handstamped "T" in circle and boxed "POSTAGE DUE / (1 anna)", Baghdad, Basrah, Basrah Unpaid and Kuwait backstamps. Scarce, very few covers flown. £120-£150
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Palestine. Speedbird cover to Gaza franked 38c, arrival backstamp. Scarce, very few covers flown. £100-£120
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Egypt. Registered Speedbird covers (differing designs) from Singapore, franked 45c to Port Said or 53c to Cairo, arrival backstamps, very fine. (2). £100-£150
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Sudan and Uganda. Registered Speedbird covers from Singapore, franked 78c to Malakal or Entebbe, with Cairo and arrival backstamps, the Malakal cover forwarded to Liverpool. (2). £120-£150
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Northern Rhodesia. Speedbird covers from Singapore to Broken Hill, one cover to Wyndham franked 63c (one 12c stamp with Thomas Cook perfin), the other registered franked 88c, both with arrival backstamps. (2). £120-£150
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Nyasaland. Cover from Singapore to Limbe franked 63c (one 12c stamp with Thomas Cook perfin), Limbe backstamp. A scarce destination with a very small mail. Photo on Page 196. £120-£150
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Belgian Congo. Wyndham cover from Singapore to Elisabethville franked 83c, flown to Broken Hill, arrival backstamp and Wagons-Lit cachet. Minor toning but scarce, very few covers flown. £120-£150
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Southern Africa. Speedbird covers (two designs) from Singapore, registered to Bulawayo franked 73c (5c + 6c + 12c + 50c, the lower three values with Thomas Cook perfins), registered to Windhoek franked 98c, or to Cape Town franked 83c, all with arrival backstamps, fine. (3). £200-£250
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Europe. Speedbird covers (two designs) from Singapore flown to Brindisi franked 47c or 62c (registered to Parma), 47c to Paris or 50c to The Hague. Also a plain "Inapress" cover franked 43c to The Hague with circular Qantas cachet, the Singapore-London inscription obliterated with red bars. All fine, scarce destinations. (5). £250-£300
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Great Britain. Speedbird covers from Singapore franked 43c (3) or 60c (registered) and a picture postcard franked 24c. Also an unusual registered Speedbird cover from Jasin, Malacca franked 60c, and a Speedbird cover from Kota Bharu franked Kelantan 3c + 10c + 30c. All fine, the Kelantan cover scarce. (7). £150-£200
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Kuala Lumpur. Covers from Kuala Lumpur franked 20c to Calcutta, 83c to Cape Town, or to G.B. franked 43c (an illustrated Souvenir business size cover) or 53c (2), all fine. (5). £100-£150
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Johore. Speedbird covers from Johore Bharu to Calcutta, Wadi Halfa, Mombasa, Mpika, Salisbury, Keetmansdorp, Paris and G.B., various rates from 20c to 73c, and a plain registered cover from Tangkak to G.B. franked $1.10, all with arrival backstamps. Covers from Johore are scarce and many of these are very small mails. A good lot. (9). £500-£600
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1934 (April) Kuala Lumpur & intermediate stops added, first flight covers from Kuala Lumpur registered to Penang franked 10c, or franked 40c from Kuala Lumpur to England (2, differing printed special covers) to U.K. Also an unusual registered cover franked 59c from Ipoh to Athena sent to Kuala Lumpur to connect with the first flight, bearing a provisional registration label (with Kuala Lumpur altered to Ipoh), arrival backstamp. (4). £100-£150
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1934 (Oct. 10) J.S. Davis printed matter cover from Singapore to Brazil franked 55c, inscribed "By Airmail to London, By Zeppelin from Germany", bearing "BY AIR MAIL" and VIA ZEPPELIN / FRIEDRICHSHAFEN" labels both overstruck by red bars in London, probably forwarded by sea. Unusual. £100-£150
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MacRobertson Air Race. 1934 (Oct. 18) Registered air cover from Schwerin, Germany, to Soerabaja franked 15pf + 80pf air stamps, inscribed "Berlin-London-Singapore By Air Race London-Melbourne only to Singapore", with Berlin, Singapore (Oct. 29) and Soerabaja backstamps. Probably just diverted to the Imperial Airways regular service which left the same day as the race started and arrived in Singapore on the 29th. An unusual souvenir of this race with a Singapore connection. £100-£150
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1934 (Dec.) First regular England to Australia flight, printed flight covers from Akyab to Singapore franked 8a6p signed by the pilot Percy Wilson, Kuala Lumpur to Charleville franked F.M.S 20c with "T/CENTIMES/30" and three Australia 1d postage dues applied, or from Singapore to Darwin, Camooweal, Sydney or New Zealand all franked 25c. Also plain covers from Taiping to Melbourne franked F.M.S 25c or Ipoh to New Zealand franked F.M.S 26c. (8). £200-£250
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1934 (Dec.) First Australia to England return flight, printed flight covers (two types) flown from Brisbane or Perth (registered), and plain covers from Darwin bearing Merino Ram set of three or from Wellington bearing N.Z. Air 4d + 5d on 4d, all to Singapore, the New Zealand cover oddly reposted in Singapore (Dec. 15) at local 5c letter rate. (4). £120-£150
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1935 (July 9) Cover from Noumea to Paris franked New Caledonia 1f50 + 3f with rare "PAR AVION / VIA / Australie-Singapour-Angleterre service" air mail label, and cachet of the "Cabinet du Gouverneur", unusual. £100-£120
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1935 (Sep.) Inauguration of bi-weekly London to Singapore service, first flight covers from London franked 6d (3, two with different Silver Jubilee frankings, Wilton Road Hudson's Place cancels) or from Calcutta franked 8a, all to Singapore; and a cover carried on the return flight from Singapore to Cape Town franked 55c. (4). £100-£150
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Sarawak. 1936 (Jan. 19) R.A.F. Flying Boat K.3592 Singapore to Kuching flight by S/Lr K.B. Lloyd, cover to Kuching franked Silver Jubilee 8c, bearing a blue By Air Mail label, with Kuching arrival backstamp (Jan. 20). Fine and very rare, probably fewer than five covers known. Photo on Page 196. £400-£500
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1936 (Feb. 5-12) Imperial Airways Singapore to Nigeria flight, covers from Singapore to Kano, a Feb. 5th cover inscribed "First through Air mail from Malaya to Nigeria via Khartoum" franked 55c, a second cover of Feb. 12th inscribed "First Air Mail, Singapore-Nigeria" franked 70c, both covers backstamped at Kano on Feb. 22nd. Posted a week apart but both delayed en route, catching the third flight from Khartoum to Nigeria. Scarce, the first Singapore flight covers to reach Nigeria, very little mail flown on either date. (2). £200-£250
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1936 (Feb.) R.A.F. Singapore to Japan Goodwill flight, covers from Singapore franked 12c to Kuching or 8c to Hong Kong, both with arrival backstamps, and a cover franked 26c to Japan flown to Shanghai and then sent by sea. Also a cover from Shanghai to Major Graham in Tanglin, Singapore endorsed "By Royal Air Force Flying Boat". The Kuching cover scarce, the cover to Japan a little creased, otherwise fine. (4). £150-£200
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1936 (Mar.) Imperial Airways Singapore to Hong Kong first flight, covers from Singapore, Malacca & Penang franked 12c to Hong Kong; and a scarce India acceptance registered from Rangoon intended for the first flight but too late or misdirected with Hanoi, Haiphong and Hong Kong (Apr. 1) backstamps. Also two return flight covers with cachets from Hong Kong to England. (6). £120-£150
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1937 (Feb.) Junkers JU 86 delivery flight from Dessau, Germany to Melbourne via Singapore, envelope with printed view of the Junkers plane "Buckeberg", apparently sent under cover from Batavia to Germany and hand carried on the flight which left Dessau on Feb. 17th, addressed to a "Chief Pilot bound for Singapore, to be posted in Melbourne" but posted instead at Singapore (Feb. 24) franked $1, forwarded to Batavia (Feb. 26). With newspaper cutting (in Dutch, with translation) about the "Buckeberg" flight and copy page from the Lufthansa archive giving the itinerary of the 22,000km flight by Capt. Kommol, which also tested the reliability of crude oil diesel engines; and a press photo of the aeroplane at Dessau prior to the flight, renamed "Lawrence Hargrave" after a pioneer Australian aviator. A remarkable souvenir cover of the flight and the only item seen. Photo on Page 202. £300-£400
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1937 (April) USA 1c + 1c reply card from New York to Penang, the outward half franked US Air 20c + 50c and carried on the first FAM14 flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong, the attached reply half, reposted from Penang to KLM in Amsterdam franked Straits 25c + 40c, again reposted to New York with Dutch stamps. A colourful round the world card. £100-£150
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1937 (April) Brisbane to Cape Town flight by Mrs Bonney, cover flown to Penang with Australia and Queensland stamps cancelled at Brisbane (Apr. 8), reposted from Penang (Apr. 21) to Brisbane with Straits 1c, 2c, 10c and 12c, reverse with flight cachet and Brisbane Paquebot machine (Apr. 26), pilot signed. Very scarce, stated only four covers posted in Straits Settlements and the only Penang item seen by vendor. Photo on Page 202. £250-£300
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1937 (April) Brisbane to Cape Town flight by Mrs Bonney, cover flown to Singapore with Australian and Queensland stamps cancelled at Brisbane (Apr. 8), reposted from Singapore (Apr. 20) to Brisbane, flight cachets on both sides with Brisbane backstamp (May 4), pilot signed. Very scarce, stated only four covers posted in the Straits Settlements. Photo on Page 202. £300-£400
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1937 (June 16) Printed K.L.M. envelope commemorating the introduction of the Douglas DC 3 on the Holland to east Indies service, posted from Singapore to Berne franked 65c. £100-£120
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1938-41 First flight covers comprising 1938 (Apr. 2) Penang to Alor Star and May 2nd Singapore to Ipoh flights by Wearne Bros; 1940 (Apr. 3) Penang to Kota-Bharu and return flight from Kota-Bharu franked Kelantan 2c pair + 4c both with rare Kota Bharu three line datestamp (Proud D10, only recorded date); 1941 (May 10) first Pan Am Singapore Clipper to Manila franked 30c or to San Francisco franked $1.45, the rate date stamp only used this one flight, a few slight faults. (6). £150-£200
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1938 (Mar. 2) Singapore to England first all-up flight at the 8c rate, cover (Raffles Hotel notepaper enclosed) addressed to Imperial pilot Capt. E.J. Finnegan at Karachi, with Calcutta & Karachi backstamps, a scarce intermediate stage flight. £80-£100
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1938 (Mar. 2) Singapore to England first all-up flight at the 8c rate, cover to Capt. "E. J. Finnegan c/o Imperial Airways Bahrein, Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf", with Calcutta c.d.s. and Imperial Airways Bahrain cachet, endorsed "Returned addressee not here" and returned on IE 640 with Singapore arrival c.d.s (Apr. 8), finally forwarded to London. A rare intermediate stage flight. £150-£200
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1946 (Mar./Apr.) Lord Louis & Lady Edwina Mountbatten S.E.A.C. Goodwill Tour, cover with Australia 2.1/2d cancelled at Stanmore, N.S.W. (Mar. 30) and New Zealand 1d and 2d cancelled at Ohakea Air Force (Apr. 1) or Whengarai Air Force (Apr. 9), red oval "AIR C.S.E.A. / COMM. SQUADRON" with manuscript "10 April '46 SINGAPORE". Rare, just six covers flown. AAMC1035B. Photo on Page 202. £250-£300
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1860-2007 Used collection in two Davo albums including 1860 ½d buff no watermark on blued paper, 1863-84 ½d (3), all 1885-1914 and 1921-2003 issues, both 1922-26 £1 stamps, a few dubious cancels otherwise very and virtually complete. S.G. £6,500 (approx). (2 Albums). Photo on Page 212. £800-1,000
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1919 10/- Black, watermark Multiple Crown CA, fine mint, scarce. S.G. 96, £3,250. Photo on Page 212. £700-800
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c.1917 Stampless P.O.W lettersheets from a Turkish P.O.W in Polverista Camp to Stamboul, all with violet oval "FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR / P.C" and a Turkish censor. (4). £100-120
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1903 Express Delivery 15c on 15c, surcharge type E3, variety surcharge inverted, used, fine and scarce. S.G. E3a, £850. Photo on Page 212. £150-180
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1899 1c - 5p Set of ten handstamped "MUESTRA" type 1 in black, fine mint. (10). £100-120
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1900 1c - 5p Independence set of eleven handstamped 23x1½mm "MUESTRA", fine mint. (11). £100-120
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G.B Used in Montserrat. 1856 6d lilac cancelled "A08", one pulled perf at right, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. Z3, £750. Photo on Page 184. £120-150
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1876 Unissued 6d blue-green, stamp 7/1 superb mint, scarce so fine. S.G. 3, £1,500. Photo on Page 184. £300-400
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1876-1932 Mint and used collection including 1876-85 QV issues complete mint (with additional 1880 2½d and 4d) and used, 1884-85 Crown CA with the scarce 4d blue mint and used and 2½d red-brown mint, also 1d reversed watermark variety inverted "S" used (minor toning), 1903 Specimen set, all KEVII sets mint, 1914 5/- mint, 1916-22 and 1932 sets used, 1922-29 set mint. S.G. 1/93, £8,000 (approx). (150). Photo on Page 184. £700-800
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Bisects. 1883-84 Covers (2) and pieces (8), the two covers to Dominica both with vertically bisected 1d with bogus "½" surcharge subsequently applied in Dominica; pieces bearing two 1d stamps and a bisected 1d to pay the 2½d rate (4 pieces), two 1d bisects, a single 1d bisect (2 pieces), a 1d bisect and one quarter of a 6d. An interesting group. (10). Photo on Page 184. £300-350
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Leeward Islands used in Montserrat. 1890-1902 QV Stamps including 1890 ½d - 1/-, 1897 Sexagenary ½d - 2½d, 6d and 7d, and the three 1902 1d surcharges used on cover. S.G. £800 as basic stamps. (27 + cover). £100-120
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Covers & Cancellations. QV-KGV Covers and cards (7) and stamps or pieces (65) including 1908 ½d newspaper wrapper to Ireland unusually cancelled by Official Paid c.d.s, 1904 local registered cover franked ½d + 1d + 3d with violet straight line "REGISTERED", 1d on piece cancelled "ST. JOHN N.B / SHIP LETTER", also village datestamps, Paquebot, ship or overseas cancels. (72). £150-180
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Revenues & Cinderellas. QV Revenues comprising c.1866-81 1d red mint (4), used with "A08" or c.d.s cancel (3), and revenue use (3), 1887 1d lilac mint and used, and Leeward Islands QV 2/- Fees stamp used in Montserrat. Also WWI French Red Cross 1d + 1d labels imperf or perforated. (15). Photo on Page 178. £100-120
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1898 and 1903 5c - 2p Sets of eight applied by part own gum to an archival piece from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, the 1903 KEVII set with Specimen overprints. S.G. £335 as stamps. (16). £140-160
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1907-37 Overprints and surcharges on G.B KEVII and KGV issues, the mint and used accumulation including blocks, with British Currency KEVII 4d orange block of nine mint, 2/6 Specimen, mint and used, KGV 1914-31 2/6 mint (2), 5/- Specimen; Spanish Currency KEVII 5c on ½d block of forty, 15c on 1½d blocks of forty, thirty and twenty all mint, 3p on 2/6 mint single and block of four and used (3), 12p on 10/- mint (2) and used (3), KGV De la Rue 12p on 10/- mint single and block of four; French Currency high values. Also Kuwait and Bahrain KGVI 10r on 10/- surcharges unmounted. S.G. £4,000 (approx). £400-500
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