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British East Africa. 1897-1903 1r Dull blue and 1r ultramarine fine mint. S.G. 92a/b, £670. (2). Photo on Page 186. £140-160
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1903-1937 KEVII and KGV Mint selection including 1903-04 set to 5r, 1904-07 ½a - 3r, 1922-27 1c - 10s with additional copies of nearly all values (one 10s corner marginal with plate number “1”), 1935-37 set to £1, some additional shades and blocks. S.G. 1/123, £3,000 (approx). (213). Photo on Page 186. £600-700
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1904-07 10r Grey and ultramarine, fine mint. S.G. 31, £425. Photo on Page 186. £120-140
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1912-21 1c - 500r Set of twenty each with local “SPECIMEN” handstamp type K3 in violet, superb mint, a rare set, ex Samuel. (20). Photo on Page 186. £1,200-1,500
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1912-21 20r Black and purple on red, fine mint. S.G. 59, £475. Photo on Page 186. £130-150
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1912-21 20r Purple and blue on blue, upper right corner marginal with plate number “1” and sheet number “326”, mounted in upper margin only, the stamp superb unmounted. S.G. 60, £600+. Photo on Page 152. £280-350
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1922-27 £2 Green and purple fine mint, hinge remainder. S.G. 96, £1,200. Photo on Page 186. £350-400
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1922-27 £75 Purple and grey overprinted “SPECIMEN”, fine mint, original gum. With David Brandon Certificate (1981). S.G. 104s, £4,750. Photo on Front Cover. £1,400-1,600
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1937-62 KGVI and QEII Mint collection with 1937 Coronation Specimen set, 1938-54 set with additional stamps and various perfs including 2/- (6), 3/- (9), 5/- (4, one perf 13¼), 10/- (5, three perf 13¼), £1 (2, one perf 11¾x13), also six 1c imprint blocks of eight all including retouched value tablet variety, 1954-59 and 1960-62 sets, most unmounted. S.G. 128/198, £3,000+. (180). Photo on Page 186. £600-700
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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+). £240-300
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Tanganyika. 1918-35 Covers and cards, the collection of Tanganyika cancellations in an album, well written up on pages, from Arusha to Usa River, nineteen registered (several with manuscript or handstruck labels), several skeleton datestamps, including Dabaga, Daressalaam Exhibition (registered), Kasulu, Kinyangiri, Lupembe (2 types), Mbeya (skeleton), Mbosi (registered), Madandu (2 types), Ngore Nairobi (registered), Oldeani (skeleton), Sao Hill (skeleton), etc. (54). £300-400
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Tanganyika. 1927 Piece cut from the Goa Post Office specimen stamp ledger, bearing 1927-31 5c - £1 set of sixteen, the original fifteen value overprinted “Specimen”, the 30c blue issued in 1931 perfined “Specimen”, the 5c - 1/- additionally handstamped “Especimen” in violet applied in Lisbon prior to despatch to Goa. The stamps affixed by their own gum (or glue), 30c purple and 1/- with corner faults, 5/- with tiny surface fault and £1 a little soiled, nevertheless a unique archival piece. (16). £200-250
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Postage Dues - Tanganyika. 1933-35 Kenya and Uganda postage dues used in Tanganyika, covers (3, all to Cuttress), pieces (31, bearing 42 stamps), and stamps (37), various cancels from eighteen different offices. An interesting lot from this 22 month period prior to the issue of K.U.T dues, including 30c brown (11), 40c blue (19), etc. (71). £120-150
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1940-41 Picture postcards to Norway (2) and a cover to Denmark all returned to sender, two posted in late March shortly before the German invasion of Denmark and Norway with violet “POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER” applied in London and a “NAIROBI / R.L.O” c.d.s applied upon receipt back in Kenya (May 31 / June 24); and 1941 (June 9) card to Norway sent more than a year after the German occupation handstamped “NO OUTLET” and “UNDELIVERED FOR REASONS STATED” applied at Nairobi. An unusual trio, the No Outlet handstamp not recorded by Proud. (3). £120-150
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Air Mails. 1939-45 Covers flown by Pan Am, a 1939 (May 20) FAM 18 first flight cover from New York to Entebbe flown by Pan Am to Marseille then by Imperial Airways; and 1942-45 covers from KUT to USA flown on route FAM 22 (Leopoldville to Lagos, transatlantic to Brazil, north to Miami via Trinidad and Puerto Rico), two 1942 5sh/75 per ½oz rate covers franked 11sh/50 double rate (with two 5/- stamps) or 6sh/05 (registered), eight 1943 covers sent after the reduction to 4sh/70 per ½oz, three incorrectly franked at the former rate of 5sh/75 (2), 6sh/05 (registered), the others franked 5sh (3, registered) or 4sh/70 (2). A good lot, well written up, two single 5sh frankings, seven censored. (11). £280-350
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1942 (Apr 30) Censored cover from Nairobi to U.S.A franked 1sh strip of three (faults) + 10sh pair, paying the correct £1/3sh rate for a 2oz letter flown by Pan Am over route FAM 22 at 5sh/75 per ½oz. A fine and scarce high franking, with Leopoldville (May 7) backstamps, minor creasing. Photo on Page 190. £150-180
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1942 (Apr 30) Censored cover from Nairobi to U.S.A franked 1sh (3, faults) + £1, paying the correct £1/3sh rate for a 2oz letter flown by PAN AM over route FAM 22 at 5sh/75 per ½oz. A fine and scarce high franking. Photo on Page 190. £200-250
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1944 (July 3) Registered censored cover from Nairobi to New York franked 50c + 1sh + 2sh + 5sh + £1, paying the correct £1/8sh/50 rate for a 3oz letter flown by Pan Am over route FAM 22 at 4sh/70 per ½oz plus 30c registration, inscribed “Air Mail via Lagos”, backstamped at Khartoum, Miami and New York. An exceptional high franking with the £1 value. Photo on Page 190. £300-350
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1942-44 Christmas air letters including 1942 air letter overprinted “POSTAGE / FREE” and “CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS” in red from E.A A.P.O 74 at Mogadishu, or from Kenya franked 30c for air mail, other air letters with “Postage Free” or “Xmas Greetings” from Kenya (4, three types, two with internal pictorial greetings, two from E.A. A.P.O 2, two others with stamps removed), also two 1944 air letters headed “Christmas / Air Letter” and “Postage Free” with R.A.F Middle East pictorial greetings inside sent from F.P.O 718 (Khartoum) or 223 (Palestine), pictorial R.A.S.C Christmas Greetings from Kenya airgraph, and a 1939 Christmas Greetings postcard with printed Air Mail etiquette from Kenya. (10). £220-260
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1940-45 Honour Envelopes locally printed in East Africa, comprising Daynes types EA 1a (2), 1b (2, one unused), 2, 3a 3b, 4, 5 (2), another similar to type EA 2 but with the unrecorded imprint “D.P & S.S - 5390 - 1/43 - 10,000”, seven of these stamped for air mail, also British (3) or South African Honour Envelopes and two air letters, all from Kenya or Tanganyika. A scarce group, most of the locally produced East Africa Honour Envelopes with a printing of 15,000 or less, very small for these envelopes. (17). £350-400
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Madagascar. 1942-44 Christmas air letters from E.A A.P.O 53 at Diego Garcia to G.B, 1942 air letter overprinted “Christmas Greetings 1942” in red franked 25c for air mail (a little torn at upper left), 1943 air letters with “Postage Free” in the stamp box (2), and 1944 Christmas Greetings Postage Free air letter containing pictorial greetings from East Africa. Scarce from Madagascar. (4). £120-150
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Madagascar. 1942-45 Air letters (3) and covers (5) from E.A A.P.O 53 at Diego Garcia (4), 54 at Sakaramy, or 59 at Tananarive (3), two air letters with red Kenya & Uganda 25c meters, four others stamped for air mail, one 1945 (Mar 3) cover registered to a soldier in the C.M.F with octagonal “PASSED / Z.B.1” censor. (8). £120-150
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Madagascar. 1942-44 Covers franked by Madagascar stamps, including 1942 (Nov 19) cover from Nossi-Be to Majunga and Nov. 26th cover from Tananarive to a Free French soldier in South Africa (E.A. A.P.O 59 transit c.d.s) both with scarce oval “BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION / PASSED BY / CENSOR / MADAGASCAR” numbered “I” or “III”, later covers with boxed “PASSED BY CENSOR / 252-1” (Mar. 1943), British ZB/1 label tied boxed “G / II” + French label, or French label and triangular “FFL CFS / CENSURE”. The oval B.M.A censors only used for a short period after the surrender of Vichy forces in November 1942, scarce. (5). £150-180
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Madagascar. 1943 (Jan 23) Air Mail cover to U.S.A with Madagascar 1f50 + 2f50 cancelled at Tananarive and Kenya 10c + 15c + 50c + 5sh all cancelled violet “POSTAGE PAID AT A.P.O”, British Censorship label and cachet, backstamped at E.A. A.P.O 84 (Feb 3, Nairobi). A scarce and intriguing combination franking, the KUT stamps overlapped by the censor seal applied in Madagascar (now partly removed to display the stamps) proving they were applied locally, the cancel being the “Postage Paid at A.P.O in O.E.T.A” handstamp used at E.A A.P.O 74 and 75 in 1941 now reused with the final line cut away. Rossiter illustrates two other January 1943 air mail covers with local stamps for postage to Kenya and G.B stamps applied for the onward air fee to U.S.A all similarly cancelled. The air fee was reduced to 4/70 on January 1st but this was probably not known in Madagascar at this date, with the old fee of 5/75 still applied. Upper and lower edge tears, repaired internally with tape, otherwise fine and scarce, the subject of an article in Spring 2024 E.A.S.C Bulletin. Photo on Page 202. £200-240
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P.O.W Mail. 1941-46 Stampless covers, lettersheets or postcards from (28) or to (5) Italian P.O.Ws including scarce early 1941 covers with address of “Assistant Provost Marshal, Force HQ Nairobi” (3, two handstamped “PRISONER OF WAR POST”), others from camps 352 (7, one from a German P.O.W), 353, 356 (4), 357, 359 (5, one with scarce unframed “Prisoner of War / Post Postage Free”), 360 (3), 365 (3) or 366 (Jinja, Uganda), also an official cover from Camp 360. (34). £350-400
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P.O.W Mail. 1943-45 Lettersheets from Italian P.O.Ws in camp 356 at Eldoret, sent by air mail to Italy with 1/30 postage paid, the provisional 1943 lettersheet with red circular “POSTAGE PAID / Sh / 1/30” and blue “AIR MAIL” printed on lined paper, 1945 lettersheet with skeleton type red circular “POSTAGE PAID / S1.30” and violet “AIR MAIL” both handstamped on plain paper, the printed provisional postal stationery lettersheet scarce. (2). £120-150
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P.O.W Mail. 1943-45 Lettersheets from Italian P.O.Ws in camp 356 at Eldoret, sent by air mail to Italy with 1/30 postage paid, the provisional 1943 lettersheet with red circular “POSTAGE PAID / Sh / 1/30” and blue “AIR MAIL” printed on lined paper, 1945 lettersheet with skeleton type red circular “POSTAGE PAID / S1.30” and violet “AIR MAIL” both handstamped on plain paper (minor faults), the printed provisional postal stationery lettersheet scarce. (2). £120-150
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Internee Mail. 1943-45 Stampless covers and cards comprising 1943 cover from Detention Area Oldeani to Germany, 1944 card from a civil internee in Camp 365 at Loldiani to Germany, 1944 Uganda Internment Camp No. 6 lettersheet with oval camp cachet to U.S.A, and 1945 lettersheet to Italy with “EVACUEES MAIL / POSTAGE FREE” and “ITALIAN EVACUEE CAMP no 1B / KENYA COLONY”, all fine, the Uganda lettersheet and cachet scarce. (4). £150-180
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Polish Refugee Mail. 1945 (Dec 22) Registered air mail cover to U.S.A, from Polish Settlement Masindi Camp II, franked 30c pair + 1sh all cancelled by “MASINDI 2 / UGANDA” skeleton datestamps with Masindi registration label handstamped violet “POLISH REFUGEE CAMP / MASINDI”, red boxed “O.A.T” handstamp. Also a 1948 G.B 6d air letter from a Polish soldier at Seighford Camp near Stafford to his wife at P.R.S Masindi with Masindi 2 skeleton arrival backstamp. (2). £120-140
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1884-1903 Mint and used selection including 1899 50p black overprint used, 1900 1p on 25p pair used, 1903 50ch used, etc., also some forgeries. (172). £200-250
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1905 Souvenir booklet with grey covers containing eight pages of stamps, pasted in with a brief description in Japanese alongside, the stamps comprising 1895 set of four, 1900-01 set of thirteen, 1902 Emperor Kojong 3ch, 1903 set of thirteen, also 1905 Japan postal amalgamation 3s, with brown illustrations of the first 1884 set. 300 Booklets were prepared in 1905 upon the postal amalgamation between Japan and Korea, and were distributed to the Japanese Imperial family, diplomats and public figures. A very fine example of this booklet. £300-400
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Philatelic Literature. Books on stamps and postal history including “Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya” by L.C Stanway in 3 volumes, “Pahang 1888-1903 The Chersonese Collection” and “Kedah & Perlis 1887-1941” by D Holley all published by the Malaya Study Group, etc. (13). £70-80
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Singapore - Photos. c.1900 Photographs, each 270x213mm, with embossed imprint of G.R Lambert & Co, Singapore, extremely well taken photos including busy street scenes, Raffles Square, Raffles Hotel, China Street, Malay and Chinese women, Singapore harbour and river mouth, the village of Pulo Brani, etc., also three smaller photos of Kling, Siamese or Javanese women. (30). £400-500
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1867-1984 Mint and used collection in an album with Straits, Malayan States and Singapore, including Kedah Malaya-Borneo Exhibition raised stop varieties, Trengganu postage dues, Singapore 1969 miniature sheet unmounted, etc. (2 Albums). £200-300
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Various stamps and covers including Straits Settlements in a stockbook, Singapore covers with prewar datestamps and airmails, machine cancels, etc. (100s) £150-200
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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). £100-150
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Meters - 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+). £150-180
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Federated Malay States. 1900 Overprint Issue, 1c - 50c overprints on Negri Sembilan overprinted Specimen, mint set (also 1c block of four), 20c used, and overprints on Perak $1 - $5 set of three overprinted Specimen, 5c - $2 mint, 5c and 10c used. S.G. 1/13, £2,300. (35). £240-280
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Federated Malay States. 1900-34 Mint and used collection on pages including 1900 overprints mint to $5 (no 25c, $5 toned), 1900-01 set mint to $2 with all listed shades, 1904-22 set mint to $5 and used to $2 with all shades, 1922-34 set mint and used to $5 with additional shades, also a few higher values fiscally used, etc. An excellent collection. S.G. £8,000 (approx). (290). £1,500-1,800
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Johore. 1884-1941 Mint and used collection including 1884-91 overprints and surcharges (18, with S.G. 10a, 14 mint, S.G. 18 mint and used), 1891-94 set mint and used, 1894 3c surcharges on 4c, 5c, $1 all no stop variety mint, Coronation set (both spellings), 1896-99 set mint, 1903 surcharges, 1904 set mint to $10 and used to $4, 1910-19 set mint and used, 1918-20 set mint to $5, 1922-41 set mint to $50 and used to $5, all later issues, also 1912 8c dull purple and orange imperf plate proof block of four, 1925 3c green imperf plate proof, and a few fiscally used higher values, some unmounted, a fine collection. S.G. £10,000 (approx). (349). Photo on Pages 188 & 198. £2,000-2,400
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Kedah. 1912-62 Mint and used collection with 1912 set mint, 1919-21 set, 1919 surcharges and 1921-32 set mint and used, 1922 Malaya-Borneo set with Borneo 14mm mint and used (also Borneo 15½mm mint), all later issues mint and used including 1938-40 re-engraved 1c and 2c, also 1922 20c imperf sample proof in blue-green and purple brown with Specimen overprint type DS1, and 1919 Straits used in Kedah cover + six pieces (all used with Kedah stamps), a good lot. S.G. £4,300 (approx). (291). £800-1,000
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Kedah. 1965 20c, Strip of three with upper margin, variety bright purple omitted, superb unmounted. S.G. 121a, £1,650. Photo on Page 152. £300-350
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Negri Sembilan - Sungei Ujong. 1882 8c Orange with Sungei Ujong overprint types 11 + 14, fine unused, small part gum, very scarce. With R.P.S Certificate (1940). S.G. 25. £3,750. Photo on Page 198. £600-700
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Negri Sembilan. 1935-63 Mint and used collection complete, 1957-63 high values with all perfs and $5 brown and yellow-olive. S.G. £1,300 (approx). (163). £200-250
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Negri Sembilan - Registration Envelopes. 1936-56 Envelopes comprising 1936 15c size G Specimen, G, H, H2 and K unused, G used, 1949 20c size G used, 1950 20c size G unused and used, all very fine. (9). £150-200
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Pahang. 1889 2c Bright rose handstamped “SPECIMEN” type SS4, mint, very rare, just one other example recorded with this Straits local type overprint. With B.P.A Certificate (2021). Photo on Page 198. £200-250
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Pahang. 1935-62 Mint and used collection complete, some unmounted. S.G. £1,280. (136). £200-250
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Pahang - Postal Stationery. 1936-86 Used and unused registration envelopes, postcards and envelopes, including scarce 1941 2c postcard with red circular “POSTAGE PAID / 2 CENTS / MALAYA” printed alongside the stamp, superb unused. (46). £100-150
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Selangor. 1896 25c Green and carmine strip of three each overprinted “Specimen”, superb unmounted mint. £80-100
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Selangor. 1935-62 Mint and used collection complete, a few additional papers and perfs, some unmounted. S.G. £900. (167). £120-150
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