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Uganda Railway. 1901-08 Postal stationery envelopes from G.B to William McG. Ross, Assistant Engineer on the Uganda Railways, addressed to Kilindini (1901, arrival c.d.s), Naivasha, Nairobi Watermarks at Kikuyu (5), Nairobi (2) or Mombasa (3), one 1904 cover with scarce "T.P.O OUT / SET No. 2" arrival c.d.s used on the Mombasa to Kisumu T.P.O, a scarce datestamp. (12). £250-350
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1924-72 Covers and cards (46), telegraph forms (4, two with covers), stamps and pieces, the collection written up on pages including Wilson Airways (with 1932 Nairobi to Zanzibar first flight), forces mail, maritime mail, returned mail, unusual destinations, incoming mail, also a study of Uganda cancels on covers and pieces. (50+). £300-350
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Postage Due Mail. 1928-63 Covers to or from East Africa including 1930 cover from South Africa to Entebbe with 5c + 10c dues, 1928 cover with N.Z Marine P.O R.M.S "Niagara" c.d.s and "PACKET BOAT" to Nairobi with 5c + 20c dues, etc. (13). £100-120
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T.P.Os. 1932-56 Covers and cards including cancellations of Kilimanjaro T.P.O UP or DN, 1932 "TAB KGO TPO" skeleton cancel, 1956 Tabora-Kigoma T.P.O Down cover with manuscript "Tax 2d late fee" deleted in ink, etc., also backstamps, some stamps and pieces, and a postcard of a mail train, all written up on pages. (11+). £120-140
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Air Mails - Imperial Airways Flight Interruptions. 1931-38 Commercial covers all delayed en route between KUT and G.B including 1931 (Mar. 24) cover from Entebbe to England delayed for fifteen days by the break down of two flying boats, other covers delayed by crashes, forced landings, fog, storms, a broken float, theft of gold from the aircraft, snowstorm, faulty fuel lines, etc. An interesting lot, well written up on pages. (11). £180-220
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Air Mails - Imperial Airways. 1934-39 Covers flown between KUT and G.B, including 1936 first flight of "Centaurus", 1937 final flight to Croydon, first flight to Southampton, first flight by "Castor", first all-up rate, 1938 first all-up rate from Malaya to KUT, final flight to Brisbane, 1939 "Cordelia" record flight, etc. An interesting lot, all well written up on pages. (14). £160-200
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World War Two. 1941 Covers and cards including mail from Italian P.O.Ws (4, also two P.O.W record cards), E.A A.P.O datestamps, censors with R.A.F and Royal Navy types, etc., all written up on pages. (28). £100-120
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1923-58 Mint and used collection including 1923-24 5r used, inverted overprints (4), 1929-37 5r mint, 1939 set mint, some India used in Kuwait, overprints on G.B complete mint, etc. S.G. £2,500 (approx). £300-350
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1897 ½d - 5/- Sexagenary overprint set of eight mint, the 5/- with R.P.S Certificate (1992). S.G. 9/16, £750. (8). Photo on Page 178. £120-150
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1951-73 Unmounted mint and used collection in three stockbooks, apparently complete, with additional unlisted imperf issues. (100s). £150-200
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Mint and used selection with various control singles or blocks (55), Kedah 1937 set mint, Malayan Postal Union postage dues in mint blocks of ten with some minor varieties (30 blocks), Siam stamps cancelled in Penang or Singapore (10), etc. (539). £100-120
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Kelantan/Trengganu. 1938 Trengganu $5 watermark Multiple Script CA (S.G. 44) and Kelantan 1940 $2 (S.G. 53), both mounted mint, fine. S.G. £1,250. (2). £150-200
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Postmarks. c.1900-67 Covers, pieces and stamps, the collection of cancellations in an album from Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Trengganu, Johore and Kedah, also BMA pieces and stamps on pages. (100s). £300-400
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Postal Stationery. Various mainly postwar used and unused stationery including Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Perlis and Trengganu, with registration envelopes, etc. (c.190). £150-250
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Singapore - Postal Stationery. 1948-95 Used and unused registration envelopes (88), postcards (25), envelopes (8) and air letters (80), mainly fine. (200). £200-300
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1926-39 Covers and cards including 1926 (Aug 23) Singapore to Port Swettenham first flight, 1937 cover from Singapore recovered from the "Cygnus" crash and 1939 registered cover from Singapore recovered from the "Centurion" crash both with cachets, etc. Also 1936 Penang explanatory slip for mail from the "Athena" crash. (8). £150-200
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Crash Mail. 1953-54 Covers comprising 1953 (May 1) cover from Ipoh to G.B franked $1.40 with violet Calcutta Comet Crash cachet; 1954 cover from Penang to G.B recovered from the Comet crash at Elba with red "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / COMET MAIL", Officially Sealed labels tied by London F.S c.d.s (Jan 26); and covers from Australia (3) or New Zealand to G.B recovered from the Singapore crash, two with cachets, two others enclosed within ambulance envelopes with printed cachets, one of these an Australian Money Order Advice cover, also another ambulance envelope with printed cachet endorsed "Money Order Advice New South Wales No. 3069". (7). £250-300
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1882-83 Straits 2c brown and 2c on 8c orange both cancelled by red circular "STAMPED / RAINBOW / MALACCA", used on S.S "Rainbow", which ran a weekly service between Malacca and Singapore from 1871-87. (2). Photo on Page 178. £120-150
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QV-KGV Stamps and pieces with maritime cancels including Straits stamps cancelled in Netherlands Indies, India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Borneo, Sarawak, Aden, Burma, Australia, Paquebot or Loose Ship Letter, Austrian or Dutch seaposts, also Malayan states and foreign stamps cancelled in Singapore or Penang, 1911 postcard with Netherlands Indies 10c cancelled in Singapore and 1902 postcard with Straits 3c cancelled at Weltevreden. An interesting and extensive lot on pages. (600+). £250-350
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Singapore to Hong Kong Marine Sorter. 1877-1909 Covers and cards with 1877 "HONG KONG / SINGAPORE TO / HONG KONG / MARINE SORTER" double ring backstamp, "SINGAPORE / TO HONG KONG" (3) or "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" (15) single ring datestamps, two cards from Singapore to USA, the others from G.B, India, Ceylon or Netherlands Indies to China or Hong Kong. (19). £180-240
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Penang to Singapore Marine Sorter. 1880-1915 Covers and cards to Singapore (9), Sarawak or Indo-China, with double ring "PENANG TO SINGAPORE" (4) or "PENANG to SINGAPORE / PAID" (3), later single ring c.d.s (2) or double ring c.d.s with bars (2), including 1884 cover from Ventnor, Isle of Wight, franked 5d green to Tanglin Barracks, 1887 cover with G.B 1887 5d die 1 pair, etc. (11). £240-300
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c.1902-66 Covers and cards (50), also a few fronts, picture postcards and photos, including Paquebots of Kuching, Plymouth, etc., on Straits stamps, U.S naval ship cancels, naval mail with 1941 (Dec 8) official cover with "Prince of Wales" cachet sent two days before the ship was sunk, Hamburg America Line coloured postcards of Singapore, 1902 front with Straits stamps cancelled by Saigon Paquebot c.d.s, etc. (c.70). £200-250
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Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. c.1907-47 Stamps and pieces with named ship cancels (16), picture postcards and photos of ships (30), and two menus. (48). £250-350
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Siam. c.1900-35 Covers and cards (7), stamps and pieces including Siam Steam Navigation Co. ship handstamps cancelling stamps of Siam (11 stamps/pieces) or Malaya (16 stamps/pieces), 1901-09 postcards with Siam stamps cancelled in Singapore (4, one with "PAQUEBOT"), circular dotted dumb cancels of Bangkok on stamps of Malaya (39 + two defective covers), Siam (53 + cover) or other countries (4), and Siam stamps cancelled in Singapore (60), philatelic cover with Trengganu 2c cancelled by S.S "Suddhadib" handstamp. (c.200). £250-350
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Paquebot - Penang. 1895 (May 24) Ceylon 5c postcard to USA, written on S.S "Pekin", cancelled at Penang and handstamped violet "PAQUEBOT" (H.3291), very early and scarce. Photo on Page 156. £150-180
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Paquebot - Penang. 1902-78 Covers and cards (69), stamps and pieces (c.80) with various Paquebot cancels and handstamps, including H.3292 (8), 3296 (2), 3297 (2), etc. (c.150). £200-250
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Paquebot - Penang. c.1910 Picture postcard of P&O "Syria", Straits 3c cancelled at Penang, handstamped misspelt "PAEUQBOT" (H.3293), very scarce. Photo on Page 156. £100-120
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Paquebot - Singapore. 1901-2007 Covers and cards (47), stamps and pieces (c.120) with various Paquebot cancels and handstamps, including H.3393 (6), 3394 (3), etc., (c.170). £200-250
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Paquebot - Singapore / Sarawak. 1911 Sarawak 4c postcard from the Sarawak Museum, and a picture postcard franked Sarawak 4c (corner fault), to G.B, both cancelled at Singapore and handstamped "PAQUEBOT" (Hosking 3393). (2). £100-150
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Paquebots. 1920-2000 Covers and cards including 1920 postcard posted at sea with Straits 4c cancelled at Port Swettenham, 1926-30 covers and card with boxed Paquebot of Port Swettenham (H.3309, covers stained, postcard fine and scarce), and later Paquebots of Port Swettenham (4) or Pelabohan Klang (9), Dungun, Port Dickson, Lumut or Kuantan. (21). £120-150
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French Seaposts. 1888-1912 Covers and cards (13) including 1901 cover to USA with Straits 8c blue pair (perfin B&Co) cancelled octagonal "LIGNE N / PAQ. FR. No 6", 1905-12 postcards with Straits stamps cancelled "MARSEILLE A YOKOHAMA" or "YOKOHAMA A MARSEILLE" (2), and Ligne N transit datestamps, also single Straits stamps (21) and a piece with Ligne N cancels. (38). £300-350
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German Seaposts / Naval Cancels. 1898-1909 Covers and cards (17), pieces (2) and stamps (5), with 1900 cover franked 8c blue tied by Ost Asiatische Hauptlinie c.d.s, and similar datestamps cancelling German stamps on postcards with transit datestamps of Penang or Singapore or on Malayan cards; "Kais Deutsche Marine Schiffspost" naval postmarks on cards of Singapore (5, three 1900-01 stampless cards sent en route to or from China); 1903 cover from Singapore sent by a sailor on S.M.S "Sperber"; and German New Guinea 5pf card from Matupi with Neu Guinea Zweiglinie" (Singapore) c.d.s (also a C.T.O card); two pieces with Straits stamps cancelled by Seepost cancels including scarce New Guinea Zweiglinie. (24). £250-300
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Dutch Seaposts. 1922-47 Covers and cards (16), stamps and pieces (115) all with named ship cancels, some also with Singapore Paquebot datestamps, seven covers and cards bearing Straits stamps (including S.S "Buijskes", "Tidore", "Elout", "Rumphius"), 22 other Straits stamps and pieces, the rest on Netherlands Indies stamps, mixed condition, an interesting lot. (131). £350-400
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Wreck Mail. 1921 (Mar 21) Picture postcard of Penang, posted from Taiping to England, water damaged with the stamp washed off, handstamped boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER I.S". From the P&O "Kalyan", whose mails were found to be water damaged upon arrival at Marseille on April 18th, unusual from Malaya. £80-100
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c.1920 F.M.S Railways 1c newspaper stamp on white ungummed paper, a complete sheet of fifty (5x10), serial number 2050-2099, a few minor tone spots, otherwise fine and unique. £1,000-1,200
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c.1920 F.M.S Railways 2c newspaper stamp on blue ungummed paper, a complete sheet of fifty (5x10), serial number 2000-2049, a few minor tone spots, otherwise fine and unique. £1,000-1,200
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c.1920 F.M.S Railways 7c newspaper stamp on yellow ungummed paper, a complete sheet of fifty (5x10), serial number 2050-2099, a few minor tone spots, otherwise fine and unique. £1,000-1,200
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1904-26 Covers and cards to Selangor with transit datestamps of "R.M.S / SELANGOR" (13), "F.M.S / SELANGOR" (4) or "R.M.S / RAILWAY SORTING CARRIAGE" (4), one 1926 card bearing a 4c postage due stamp, also four single stamps with 1902-04 R.M.S Selangor cancels. (25). £200-250
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1924-40 Covers and cards (14) and stamps (100s), from F.M.S, Johore, Selangor or Kelantan with Singapore Paquebot datestamps, used to cancel train letters. Also Straits, Johore or Perak stamps cancelled in Kuala Lumpur, Straits cancelled in Ipoh, cover with Pahang 25c cancelled in Singapore. (100s). £200-250
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1926-41 Covers and cards with "TRAIN LETTER" handstamps of Penang, various types, stamps of F.M.S, Perak, Selangor, Straits or Siam, some faults. (16). £200-250
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1935-41 Covers with "TRAIN LETTER" handstamps of Ipoh (5) or Kuala Lumpur (10), some faults. (15). £200-250
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c.1906-80 Covers, postcards and ephemera including 1918 1c postcard franked 1c from Penang to "A.C Valpy, passenger by up mail train, c/o station master, Parit Buntar", picture postcards and photos (c.70), tickets (37), c.1920 F.M.S Railways brochure, etc., some good cards of stations and trains. (c.120). £300-350
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c.1911-25 Picture postcards of train crashes, two cards of a train derailed by elephants near Teluk Anson (one posted from Taiping in 1911), and four fine real photo cards of a serious crash between Penang and Kuala Lumpur. (6). £150-200
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Midget Machines. 1927-41 Proofs (sent to the U.P.U as specimens), covers and cards comprising 1927 F.M.S tiger design 2c, 4c and 6c proofs from Kuala Lumpur, covers (2); Malaya at top with 1936 Straits Settlements 2c proof from Penang, Perak 5c proofs from Ipoh (2), Straits Settlements covers and cards (10), Selangor cover and fronts (2), also a few pieces. (21+). £150-200
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Midget Machines - Singapore. 1927-46 Proofs (sent to the U.P.U as specimens), covers and cards, comprising Straits Settlements at top 1927 1c, 2c, 4c and 6c proofs, covers and cards (24); Malaya at top covers (10), some with multiple dies or slogans, also some pieces, mixed conditions. (38+). £300-400
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Universal Machines. 1935-41 Proofs (sent to the U.P.U as specimens), covers and pieces, with two Selangor proofs on pieces both with "000" value, 1935 F.M.S 25c cover from Kuala Lumpur (minor faults, the only F.M.S licence to use this type of meter), other covers from Selangor (11), Penang (6) and Malacca (7), also a few pieces, mixed condition. (27+). £200-300
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Universal Machines - Singapore. 1935-41 Covers with Straits Settlements dies (6) or Malaya dies (111) with various licences, some slogans, rates with some clipper mail (one flown on penultimate clipper flight at $16 rate), censors, also fronts and pieces, mixed condition with some duplication but a good lot. (117+). £400-600
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Universal Machine - Singapore. 1941 (Nov 5) Large registered H.K. & S.B envelope registered to London "Air throughout via Manila" with U34 die for $32.15, minor creasing, a scarce high rate. £100-150
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Universal Machines - Singapore. c.1946-73 Covers and cards, also many pieces, covers including Straits Settlements at base (3), Straits Settlements removed (38), new dies with large number inscribed Malaya (53) or "Postage" and small number inscribed Singapore (43), some slogans, dies from U.1 to U.418, mixed condition. (137+). £200-300
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Universal Machines. c.1947-76 Covers (69), also pieces, including Selangor at foot (24) and Perak at foot (5), mainly from Kuala Lumpur. (69+). £100-150
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