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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, Multiple Crown CA $1, variety no stop, mint, hinge remainder, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 247f, £1,400. Photo on Page 158. £300-350
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, Multiple Crown CA $2, variety no hyphen with broken "M" and short third "I", also variety no stop within a vertical pair, fine mint. S.G. 248e/f, £466. (3). Photo on Page 158. £100-120
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, Multiple Crown 2c - 45c, $2 and $5, and Multiple Script CA 1c - $1, also additional Multiple Script CA $1 with raised stop variety, all used. S.G. 241/6, 248/55c, £1,900. (15). Photo on Page 158. £400-500
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 25c and Multiple Script CA $1 pairs, both with the variety badly damaged "EXH" on the left stamp, mint. A scarce variety, occurring on stamp 41 on the right pane, on very late printings only. (2). Photo on Page 158. £100-150
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 10c, variety third "I" omitted from "Exhibition", fine mint. S.G. 254g, £850. Photo on Page 158. £200-250
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 10c, mint block of six with margins at right and base, lower left stamp with variety third "I" omitted from "Exhibition", the variety unmounted. S.G. 254g, £862. Photo on Page 156. £220-260
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, Multiple Script CA $1, two mint examples both with variety no hyphen, one also with broken "M" and short third "I", minor toning and small thins, good appearance and scarce. S.G. 255e, £1,700. (2). Photo on Page 192. £200-250
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1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition, mainly mint study on pages and stockcards with listed and unlisted varieties written up on pages, 1c - 45c plate blocks (11), Script CA 4c pane of sixty (toned), some used including 1c - 45c (2c, 4c, 5c Crown CA) on piece, a few forgeries, etc. S.G. 241/55. (100s). £500-600
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1922 (Mar. 31 - May 13) Covers (3) and postcards (2) bearing Malaya-Borneo Exhibition stamps, comprising March 31st postcard (faults) apparently posted from the exhibition with 1c + 2c cancelled on the first day of issue, 8c commercially used on postcard from Penang to Switzerland, 2c + 5c + 10c on registered cover cancelled at Pitt St. Penang (provisional registration label), 5c on commercial cover from Singapore to Penang, and 1c + 5c + 8c + 10c on registered cover from Penang to Bahamas, a good group. (5). £400-500
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1922 (Apr. 3-12) Registered cover to USA and picture postcards (2), all with Malaya-Borneo Exhibition stamps cancelled at Raffles Hotel, the postcards cancelled to order with 2c or 4c on the picture side, the cover bearing 1c pair + 4c block of six (with no stop and small "A" varieties) + 10c (2), the Singapore registration label handstamped "RAFFLES HOTEL". (3). Photo on Page 150. £200-250
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 4c, frames similar to the issued 4c stamp with the King shown in uniform, in black (2), bright green or pink, fine. Norris type A. (4). Photo on Page 192. £250-300
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed $15, vertical designs each with slightly differing frames and vignettes of the King, the four differing designs printed in se-tenant horizontal strips of four, six pieces each with an essay strip of four, in black, brown, red, reddish purple, deep blue or dull green. Norris type I. (24 Essays on 6 pieces). Photo on Page 160. £1,000-1,200
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed $15, vertical designs each with slightly differing frames and vignettes of the King, the four differing designs printed in se-tenant horizontal strips of four, one printed in black, the others with the vignette in black and the frames in brown, red, reddish purple, deep blue or dull green. Norris type I. (24 Essays on 6 pieces). Photo on Page 160. £1,000-1,200
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed $150, vertical design with the King in robes, six pieces each with a horizontal strip of four essays, printed in black, brown, red, reddish purple, deep blue or dull green. Norris type L. (24 Essays on 6 pieces). Photo on Page 160. £1,000-1,200
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 30c, stamp size essays with an almost full face Kings head within an ornate frame, six pieces each with a block of six essays, in black, brown, red, lilac, blue or dull green. Norris type M. (36 Essay on 6 pieces). Photo on Page 162. £1,200-1,500
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, oblong $25 and stamp size 25c essays with a side view of the King in robes, four pieces each with the two se-tenant essays, in black, brown, deep vermilion or deep green. Norris type O/P. (8 Essays on 4 pieces). Photo on Page 220. £500-600
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 5 cents, stamp size essays with a sideview of the King in robes, eleven pieces each with a block of six essays, in black, grey, brown, chestnut-brown, orange, dull red, reddish purple, lilac, pale blue, bright green or dark green. Norris type R. (66 Essays on 11 pieces). Photo on Page 162. £2,000-2,400
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 5 cents, similar to type R but with a lined background to the Kings head, four pieces each with a block of six essays, one in black, the others with the vignette in black and the frames in blue, dull green or reddish purple. Norris type T. (24 Essays on 4 pieces). Photo on Page 162. £800-1,000
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 5 cents, the frame as used for types R and S but with "Malaya" in positive lettering on a white background, a three-quarter vignette of the King in uniform, blocks of six essays printed in black with the background to the head half solid and half-cross hatched, or in brown with the background all cross-hatched. Norris types U/V. (12 Essays on 2 pieces). £400-500
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1934 Survey Dept Essays, inscribed 5 cents, similar to type U but "Malaya" in negative lettering on a coloured background, five pieces with blocks of six essays printed in black, the vignette in black with the frames in blue, reddish purple or dull green, or the vignette in reddish purple and the frame in black. Norris type W. (30 Essays on 5 pieces). Photo on Page 162. £1,000-1,200
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1934 Survey Dept. Essays, inscribed 5 cents, similar to type W but the background to the Kings head all cross-hatched, eleven pieces with blocks of six essays, in black, grey, brown, chestnut-brown, orange, pale crimson, reddish purple, lilac, pale blue, bright green or dark green. Norris type X. (66 Essays on 11 pieces). Photo on Page 162. £2,000-2,400
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1935 Silver Jubilee, 12c Die Proof in black on thin glazed card, 43x33mm, fine and very rare. Photo on Back Cover. £2,500-3,000
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1935 Silver Jubilee, 12c Lithographic publicity proof in black on glazed card, 50x32mm. The Crown Agents had forty copies of this 12c lithographically printed by Waterlow & Sons (the original die proofs being recess printed) for sending to newspapers and magazines in order to illustrate the stamp and publicise the issue; these were accompanied by a request to return the proof after use, but a few were evidently never returned. Fine and rare. Photo on Back Cover. £1,500-2,000
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1935 Silver Jubilee issue, mint and used study on pages with Specimen set, set in mint blocks of four, used 12c block on cover and 25c block, mint 5c sheet of sixty, 12c block of twenty and 25c block of thirty, First Day Covers (2, one redirected in Johore), etc. S.G. 256/9, £1,000. (160). £150-200
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1936 10c Die Proof, vignette in black and the frame in orange, on white glazed card, reduced to stamp size, a couple of tiny ink marks at top, otherwise fine and a scarce coloured proof. Photo on Page 192. £200-250
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1936 30c Photographic essay in the adopted design, from the De La Rue archives, 33x36mm. Photo on Page 220. £100-120
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1936-37 KGV 1c - $5 Set of fifteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 260/74s, £550. Photo on Page 192. £150-180
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1936-37 KGV 1c - $5 Study on pages with Specimen set, mint and used sets with many additional stamps, multiples including control blocks of all values, some imprint strips or blocks including $5 strip of five, 1c sheet of 100, 1936 (Jan 1) 1c F.D.C and 1936 (Feb 1) 2c + 6c + 25c F.D.C, other covers (23), minor varieties, etc. A good lot. S.G. 260/74, £2,700+. (100s). £500-600
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1936 King Edward VIII 3c Photographic essays, a stamp size essay with "2.7.36" on reverse, and a differing essay enlarged to 113x128mm with the designers name "Edward Dulac" below within the photographic border, the reverse dated "2.7.36" and endorsed "Reduce to ¼ white border not required". Also a third photographic essay for an alternative "ERI VIII" corner ornament also dated "2.7.36" on reverse. A unique group, from De La Rue archives. (3). Photo on Pages 164 & 220. £500-600
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1937 Coronation 25c Photographic essay of an unadopted design, without "Malaya" in the country name, from the De La Rue archives, unique. Photo on Page 220 £120-150
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1937 Coronation issue, mint and used study on pages including Specimen set, plate blocks (15), 4c extra locks variety mint (2) and used on cover, First Day Covers (13, eleven with different illustrations), etc. Also complete sheets of sixty of the 4c (5), 8c (5) or 12c (5), plate numbers A1 or B1, or without plate number. S.G. 275/7. (100s). £200-300
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1937-41 KGVI 1c - $5 Set of eighteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 278/98s, £900. (18). Photo on Page 192. £250-300
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1937-41 First Day Covers, various dates between 8th November 1937 and 6th October 1941, bearing die I 1c pair, 2c, 4c block of four, 5c pair, 6c + 12c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 25c, 30c pair (dated 1 Dec., the date given by S.G) or a single 30c (2 covers, both dated 30 Nov), 40c, 8c + 50c + $1, die II 2c orange (+1c), 2c orange pair, 2c orange block of four + 15c, 3c green. A very scarce group with first day uses of sixteen stamps to the $1. (18). £500-600
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1937-41 1c - $5 Mint and used study on pages including die I Specimen stamps, mint and used sets with many additional stamps, set in mint plate blocks, minor varieties, with mint 8c grey (74, with block of 64), die II 2c green (14, two control blocks), 4c orange (12, two control blocks), 5c brown (10, control block and pair), etc., the 50c on emerald and green papers (one apparently with a white back), also unissued 8c scarlet control blocks of four and thirty mint and postally used in 1946-48 (2), $1 - $5 and $25 - $500 revenues with manuscript "specimen 24.6.38" (status unknown, $500 with faults), etc. A few a little toned, otherwise fine, a good lot. S.G. 278/98, £9,000+. (100s). £1,000-1,500
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1938-42 Covers and cards bearing KGVI issues with all die I and die II values to the $2, including 1941 Clipper covers franked 50c + $1 to USA, $2 or $2 pair (Nov 11, sent on the last clipper flight?) to G.B, die II 2c orange (3) or 15c ultramarine (9), scarce late 1942 uses (7, also a piece, Jan. 5-28 dates) all from Singapore, etc., some unusual covers. (54). £500-600
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1937-41 Die I 6c scarlet, die II 2c green, 2c orange and 15c ultramarine all in sheets of 100, mounted in the margins only, the stamps fine unmounted. S.G. 282, 293/4, 298, £8,700. (4 sheets). £500-600
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1941 Unissued 8c scarlet, mint sheet of 100, folded along three vertical perforation lines and the central horizontal perfs resulting in some splitting of perfs, otherwise fine, mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted. S.G. £2,500. £200-250
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1867-1933 QV-KGV Mint and used collections on pages, also a stockbook of duplicates, many useful stamps noted including 1867 1½ - 4c and 8c unused no gum and 2c - 32c used, 1867-72 set mint or unused, 1879 5c surcharges mint or unused (5) and used (5, one wide "FI" variety, a few short perfs and suspect cancel), 7c surcharge unused and used (2), 1880 10c or 10 surcharges on 30c (17), 1880 (Aug) 5c on 8c surcharges mint or unused (7) and used (3), 1882 (Jan) 5c on 4c unused no gum and used (3), 1882 (Jan) 5c mint (2) and used (2), 10c unused no gum and used (5), 1882 Crown CA 2c mint (2) and used (5), 4c mint, 1883 (Apr) 2c on 8c mint or unused (4) or used (17, one S.G. 58 with a few trimmed perfs), 2c on 32c used (9), 1883 2c on 4c mint (2) and used (5), 2c on 12c unused no gum and used, 1883-91 sets mint (2) and used (2), 1884 4c on 5c red surcharge mint or unused (5) and used (16), 8c on 12c blue used (8), 8c on 12c brown-purple used (6), 1884 (Aug) 2c on 5c mint (8) and used (2), 1884 8 on 8c on 12c mint and used, 1885 3c on 5c blue mint (2) and used (3), 1886 3c on 5c purple-brown mint (3) and used, 1887 2c on 5c blue used (8, with block of four), 1892-99 sets mint (2) and used, 1902-03, 1904-10 and 1906-12 sets to $5 mint and used, 1912-23 set to $5 with most additional papers mint and used, 1921-33 set mint to $5 and used to $25. Mixed condition, some faults and forgeries, but with many better stamps. (100s). Photo on Page 162 & 192. £1,500-2,000
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1867-1902 Issues all collected for their cancellations, including various cork cancels (44), undated two ring "Singapore" (10), undated single ring "Singapore" with central dots (11), octagonal "B/172" (103) and "B/109" (2), "D14" (21), etc, all fine selected strikes, a few on piece. (195). £250-300
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Firms Chops. QV-KGVI Stamps all with firms security chops, the collection written up on pages, most identified, a few covers including 1879 cover with "G&Co" on 12c blue, etc. (100s). £150-200
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Perfins. QV-KGVI Stamps and covers with perfins, most written up on pages or cards, including uses on covers and cards (37), also a few postcards depicting the premises of various perfin users, an interesting collection. (100s). £500-600
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Forgeries. Various forged QV stamps or surcharges including 1867 surcharges, a few genuine stamps included for comparison including 1882 (Jan) 5c on 4c rose mint, an interesting lot. (100s). £300-400
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Forgeries. Spiro forgeries of the 1867-72 set of nine in "used" sheets of 25, also single examples of the forgeries. (234). £200-250
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Propaganda Forgeries. 1944 German forgeries of the G.B KGVI ½d - 3d definitives all with "LIQUIDATION / OF EMPIRE / SINGAPORE" overprints, "used" with imitation "LONDON / SPECIAL STAMP" datestamps dated 6 JUN 44 (D-Day). (6). £100-120
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1923 Undemoninated Master Die Proof, in black on white glazed card, stamped "AFTER / STRIKING" and dated "21/6/23" in pencil, 92x60mm, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 162. £400-500
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1923 12c Imperforate colour trial in purple, on watermarked gummed paper, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 192. £200-250
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1923 12c Perf 14 colour trial in scarlet, on watermarked paper, fine mint, scarce. Photo on Page 192. £200-250
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1924-26 1c - 12c Mint and used study with Specimen set of six, set in mint control blocks of four (additional 4c, 8c blocks), 1c used blocks of four (2) and six, also a remarkable used 12c sheet of 100, etc. S.G. D1/6, £780+. (201). £200-250
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1924-38 Covers and cards with postage due stamps applied at Singapore, including underpaid covers from Netherlands Indies (3, one with ship cancel) bearing 4c, 8c or two 8c dues (one cover redirected with F.M.S 2c + 4c dues on reverse), underpaid cover from G.B with 1c + 4c + 10c dues (redirected with a pair of Philippines 8c dues), underpaid postcards from G.B (2) charged 4c, unpaid covers from G.B with 8c + 12c strip of three or 10c pair + 12c pair, underpaid covers from India bearing 1c + 8c or 2c + 4c dues, etc., some faults. (15). £380-450
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1924-25 Cover and postcards (2), the cover posted unpaid within Singapore bearing ten 1c dues, marked "a/c"; and postcards posted at Muar franked Straits 1c or from Port Swettenham franked F.M.S 1c + Straits 1c, the Straits stamps disallowed but deducted from the final postage due charge, the Muar card with 1c + 2c dues, the Port Swettenham card handstamped triangular "pTs" with a 1c due. (3). £150-180
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