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Singapore. 1917 Real photo picture postcards of the opening of the Union Jack Club in Singapore by Sir Arthur Young, Governor of the Straits Settlements, and Vice Admiral Grant, messages on reverse written by P.O1 S.J Coney of H.M.S "City of London" who is present on one of the cards, not posted, fine and scarce views. (3). £200-250
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1915 Kelantan Field Force. 1915 Real photo postcard of Tumpat Pier, with pencil message on reverse "10.B Double Coy, Kelantan Field Force, Tumpat Pier. This is the place where we landed, all well, it is a very nice place, do not write to this address but to Singapore, Jack". 234 Men of the 4th Bn. KOSLI, the RGA and the SVI sailed to Pasir Puteh after a disturbance broke out over gambling; they arrived on May 5th, met little opposition and returned after ten days. The card sent under cover but very rare, only one other cover recorded from this force. £150-200
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c.1922-55 Covers, picture postcards, many Christmas cards, photos, ephemera, etc., many from Singapore. (52). £150-200
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1915-18 Stampless covers with F.P.O datestamps from France, to Captain Schomberg of the Malay States Guides at Taiping (3); 1915 picture postcard of the Malay States Volunteer Reserve on parade, written by one of the soldiers and posted from Ipoh to a British soldier in England and redirected to France; and 1916-18 covers from Singapore to British soldiers in France (redirected to London) or in Salonica with Egypt backstamps. (6). £120-150
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1916-19 Stampless covers (3) and picture postcards (8) from British soldiers, sent to G.B (10) or Hong Kong, endorsed "On Active Service", with datestamps of Singapore (9), Keppel Harbour, Singapore, or red "OFFICIAL PAID / SINGAPORE" c.d.s (cover faults), also a 1917 real photo postcard of troops landing at Singapore. (12) £250-350
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1915-18 Stampless covers (2) and picture postcards (6) endorsed "On active service", also two postcards franked 4c, all sent by British soldiers to England, all with datestamps of Tanglin, Singapore, including items from the 4th Kings Own Shropshire Light Infantry (2), 25th Middlesex Regt (5), etc. (10). £200-250
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1917-18 Stampless picture postcards to England endorsed "On Active Service", all from Pte. N. Sergent, A Coy, 25th Middlesex Regt, three 1917 cards from Tanglin Barracks with datestamps of Tanglin or Singapore (2), the 1918 card from Fort Canning with a datestamp of Raffles Hotel, the last very unusual. (4). £150-200
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1917 Stampless picture postcards to England endorsed "On Active Service" all with Penang datestamps, also a card written by a soldier at Penang addressed to Aden but probably sent under cover. (4). £100-120
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P.O.W Mail. 1918 Stampless cover from an internee in Singapore to a relative interned at Yercaud in India with violet "PASSED (To Censor) / COMMANDANT P. of W." and the scarce circular "PASSED CENSOR / SINGAPORE" in blue on both sides, backstamped at Singapore, Madras and Yercaud. Photo on Page 176. £200-250
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P.O.W Mail. 1914-17 Stampless covers with violet "En Franchise de taxe", two 1914 (Dec) covers also with violet "PASSED / COMMANDANT P.of W.", 1917 cover headed "O.A.S" with "Passed Censor Singapore", all with Singapore datestamps. The two 1914 covers sent within Singapore or to Penang, the 1917 cover to a passenger on a ship at Sourabaya with "N.I POSTAGENT / SINGAPORE" backstamp, one 1914 cover very fine, the others with some faults. (3). £300-400
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Penang. 1914 (July 30) Registered cover to USA, posted at Alor Star five days before war was declared franked on the reverse with ten Kedah 4c stamps, detained at Penang for nearly four months with Penang datestamps of 31 July and 18 November, censored with the rare "E. (arms) R / OPENED BY THE / CENSOR AND / OFFICIALLY / SEALED" label tied by violet oval framed initials "A.W.D". Censor labels were strangely printed during the reign of King Edward VII (possibly in anticipation of P.O.W camps being established in Malaya during the Boer War?) only reappearing in Penang in 1914 where a few were used until King George V labels were received in the Straits. Rare, only about half a dozen examples recorded. Photo on Page 176. £400-500
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Penang. 1914 (Nov 17) Cover from Penang to Langsa franked 8c, censored with two examples of the rare censor seal with "E.R" initials of King Edward VII, only about half a dozen examples recorded. Photo on Page 176. £200-300
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Penang. 1915-18 Covers (33) and fronts (2) all censored in Penang, various cachets include boxed "PASSED / LETTER CENSOR", "PASSED / LETTER CENSOR / PENANG", "PASSED BY / POSTAL CENSOR / PENANG", "PASSED / BY CENSOR / PENANG", "POSTAL CENSOR'S OFFICE", "PASSED BY / ASSISTANT / POSTAL CENSOR / PENANG A" or "PASSED BY / ASSISTANT POSTAL CENSOR / PENANG" (both very scarce), unframed "LETTER CENSOR'S OFFICE / G.P.O", nineteen with censor seals. One 1916 cover with "AR" crossed out and fine "N.I POSTAGENT / PENANG" c.d.s, some faults, 23 largely fine, a good lot. (35). £400-500
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Penang. 1915-18 Covers with violet circular "LETTER CENSOR / PASSED / No. ..... / PENANG", numbered 1, 8, 9, 11, 15 (2) or 16 (3), one with oval Dead Letter Office Penang datestamp, one with 1917 "PENANG / (N.I POSTAGENT)" c.d.s, a few faults. (9). £200-300
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Singapore. 1914-18 Covers censored in Singapore with seals, various types, some faults. (32). £200-300
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Singapore. 1915-19 Covers censored in Singapore with circular eye cachet (3) or "PASSED CENSOR / SINGAPORE", unframed eye cachet, straight line "PASSED BY CENSOR", "Passed by Censor" (3), "OPENED BY CENSOR" (2) or "PASSED CENSOR SINGAPORE" (4), also covers from Malaya censored in India (2) and 1915 cover from Singapore to Persia with an accompanying letter to the Censor asking for the enclosed letters concerning opium be forwarded. Some faults, a good group with some scarce cachets. (18). £200-300
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Singapore / Brunei. 1919 (Apr 22) Registered covers from Brunei to India franked 1908-22 4c (3), 5c, 10c, 30c and 50c, or 1c, 2c, 3c, 25c and $1, transit datestamps of Labuan and Singapore, both with the uncommon blue circular "PASSED CENSOR / SINGAPORE", unusual. (2). £200-300
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"Emden". 1914 Picture postcards of the "Emden", sunk off Cocos Island on 9th November 1914, or the British and Australian ships involved in the action, including cards by C.A Ribeiro & Co. Ltd of Singapore (8, five with "Post Card" reverse), etc. (17). £300-400
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"Emden" - P.O.W Mail. 1915 (Jan 30) Picture postcard from a German sailor interned in Honolulu, franked 2c to "J. Lauterbach, Capt., Prisoner of War (S.M.S Emden), Singapore" with arrival c.d.s and violet "Passed by Censor". Photo on Page 176. £200-250
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"Emden" - P.O.W Mail. 1915 (Feb 2) Picture postcard from a German sailor on S.M.S "Gera" interned in Honolulu, franked 2c to "J. Lauterbach, captured officer of German cruiser "Emden", Singapore, India" with arrival c.d.s and violet "Passed by Censor". £200-250
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H.M.S "Hawkins". 1919-26 Real photo postcards of ship's crew or views taken in Malaya in 1919 (2) or 1926 (8, one from Sandakan), also a photo of the ship. (11). £150-200
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H.M.S "Hood". 1924 Real photo postcards taken during the visit of H.M.S "Hood" including visits to the ship by the Sultans of Kelantan (3), Johore, Selangor, Pahang and Negri Sembulan, also three photos probably from the 1934 visit including visits from the Sultans of Kedah, Perlis and Selangor. (11). £250-300
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H.M.S "Malaya". 1916-55 Covers, cards and ephemera including 1917 postcard and 1943 air letter from the ship, picture postcards (25, one real photo card showing two sailors with the Sultan of Muscat & Oman), Christmas cards (4), etc., also a 1916 Singapore postcard with a British naval censor. (34). £300-400
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1941-42 Covers to Singapore or Malaya, all returned, including covers from G.B (4, one to Java) or Ireland with "No Service" cachets; covers from G.B to British forces (7), five of these with "Air Mail fee 1s 1½d / refunded", another with "NO SERVICE" and "POSTAGE REFUNDED" with enclosed slip "returned owing to suspension of service, air mail fee of 1/0½ refunded", etc. (14). £100-150
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1940-41 Covers with violet "PLEASE REQUEST SENDER TO / WRITE ON THE FRONT OF THE / ENVELOPE, IN FUTURE, HIS/HER / FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND / THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE / LETTER" (3), applied in Singapore, or larger "MALAYAN CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS / PLEASE REQUEST SENDER IN / FUTURE TO WRITE HIS/HER FULL / NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE FRONT / OF THE ENVELOPE TOGETHER WITH / THE LANGUAGE USED" (3), applied in Penang. One cover from Singapore with Selangor 6c + Negri Sembilan 6c, other covers from Pahang to Kenya or G.B and Selangor to USA. (6). £300-350
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1940-41 Covers with violet "PLEASE REQUEST SENDER TO / WRITE ON THE FRONT OF THE / ENVELOPE, IN FUTURE, HIS/HER / FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND / THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE / LETTER" (3), applied in Singapore, or larger "MALAYAN CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS / PLEASE REQUEST SENDER IN / FUTURE TO WRITE HIS/HER FULL / NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE FRONT / OF THE ENVELOPE TOGETHER WITH / THE LANGUAGE USED" (3), applied in Penang, two covers from sailors in Singapore sent back to Canada or Denmark. (6). £250-300
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1939 (Sep 1 - Dec 30) Covers censored in Singapore with violet boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR" (curved leg to "R") containing a central number from "3" to "29", some cachets with the corners cut off, nearly all from September 1939. (18). £150-200
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1939-40 Covers censored in Singapore with violet or black boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR" (straight leg to "R") containing a central number from "1" to "83", with cover from Tunisia to a French soldier in Singapore, cover from Kelantan franked 5c + 50c, etc. (26). £200-250
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1939-40 Covers and cards censored in Singapore with black or violet unframed "PASSED / FOR / TRANSMISSION". (34). £150-180
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1939-40 Covers censored in Singapore with unframed "PASSED BY / CENSOR ... / A" (large lettering), numbered from "12" to "332". (61). £200-250
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1939-41 Covers including circular "PASSED BY / 24 / CENSOR" on a cover from Singapore to Sarawak and similar "27" censor on cover from Shanghai to Perak, cover from New Zealand to a sailor at Singapore with both boxed and unframed Singapore censors, air mail covers from Iraq to USA with circular framed "G" and "1" or Canada to Batavia with circular framed "G" and "4", covers with Singapore censor seals but no cachet (4), etc. (12). £150-200
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1940 Covers and cards with violet "PASSED BY / CENSOR ..... / SINGAPORE", unboxed cachets numbered from "6" to "209" (17) and boxed cachets numbered from "108" to "121" (8), including Paya Lebar, Singapore c.d.s, cover from Madagascar to USA, Philippines to Switzerland with red "AV2" handstamp, etc. (25). £200-250
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1940 Covers and cards with violet triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION / SINGAPORE" with a central number, from "1" to "49", includes postcard from Japan to Sarawak, etc. (46). £180-220
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1940-41 Covers and cards with violet triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION" with "Singapore" cut from the base, central number from "1" to "111" (41), or with "Singapore" and the lower bar cut away numbered from "7" to "76" (26). (67). £250-300
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1940-42 Covers with violet "PASSED BY / CENSOR .... / A" with smaller lettering, unframed type numbered from "112" to "120" (7), and scarce framed handstamp numbered "128". (8). £100-150
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1941 2c Postcards from Penang to F.E Wood (the renowned Malayan Philatelist) in Wales with triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION", without number applied in Penang or number 43 applied in Singapore. (2). £100-150
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1941 (Nov 26) Cover from Kuala Lumpur to London franked 8c, censored at Singapore with small triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION / 1 / M" in violet, flap missing, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 182. £100-150
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Penang. 1939 (Aug 29) 2c Postcard franked 4c to USA with violet boxed "PASSED BY / 7 / CENSOR", posted five days before war was declared, probably the earliest recorded censor of Malaya. £80-100
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Penang. 1939 (Sep. 4 - 25) Covers with black circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) / PENANG", the final two covers posted on Sept. 25th with "Penang" removed from the handstamp. Early censors, the Penang removed type scarce. (19). £250-300
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Penang. 1939-41 Covers censored in Penang with violet or black boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR" with a central number, from "1" to "24", one registered cover with wax seals impressed "PASSED BY CENSOR / 3". (21). £200-250
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Penang. 1940 Covers with black triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION / PENANG", with a central number from "6" to "32". (46). £150-200
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Penang. 1940-41 Covers and cards censored in Penang with black or violet triangular "PASSED FOR / TRANSMISSION" with a central number, Penang omitted or cut from the base, numbered from "6" to "45". (41). £150-200
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Penang. 1941 Covers censored in Penang with violet boxed "OPENED BY / CENSOR .....", numbered from "2" to "48". (25). £150-200
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1939-41 Covers and cards with Field Post Office S.P.501 c.d.s (13) or other civil P.O datestamps (21, mainly Singapore) all with army censor cachets, various types. (34). £200-250
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1939-41 Covers and cards with Field Post Office S.P.501 (22) or Singapore (13) datestamps, also a cover with Indian stamps cancelled by Bombay Paquebot c.d.s, all with naval censor cachets, various types. (36). £300-350
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1939-41 Covers with Field Post Office S.P.501 (55) or Singapore (23) datestamps, all with R.A.F censor cachets, various types. (78). £400-500
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1940 (Oct 9) Cover from Singapore to London franked 8c with scarce violet "CENSORED" and "CAPT / GARRISON ADJUTANT. CHANGI" (with two further examples on pieces enclosed), also five other covers with officers signatures above handstamps showing the regiment or unit. A few faults, the Changi cover fine. (6). £150-200
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F.P.O S.P.501 (Singapore). 1939 (Sep 16/23) Air Mail covers to England franked 55c or 57c, cancelled by the uncommon small type "FIELD POST OFFICE / S.P.501" c.d.s, both with R.A.F censors. (2). £120-150
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F.P.O S.P.501 (Singapore). 1939-42 Covers (34), stamps and pieces (20), covers including $2 Clipper rates to G.B (8), stampless covers bearing large Malaya Patriotic Fund labels (2), 25c "U.52" meters (2), stamps of G.B, Johore and USA (paquebot use), late uses in Jan. 1942 (6, latest Jan 29), pieces and stamps of Kedah, Trengganu and Johore, various censors, some faults. (54). £400-500
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F.P.O S.P.501 (Singapore). 1941 (Oct/Nov) Covers to G.B sent at the $2 Clipper rate, with Johore $1 pair or two Pahang $1 stamps cancelled "FIELD POST OFFICE / S.P.501" c.d.s, both with R.A.F censors, the Pahang cover with a little edge creasing, the Johore cover very fine. (2). £200-300
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