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Sarawak

1907 | Sarawak (DR17174)

Sarawak. 1907. Envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 36a, 1c blue and carmine (strip of four) tied by Kuching date stamp with Glasgow arrival on reverse. Very fine.

£275.00
Sarawak

1939 | Sarawak (DR17173)

Sarawak. (Censor). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 110, 5c violet and SG 119, 50c violet and scarlet tied by Sibu date stamp '16th Nov 39', routed via Kuching 'Nov 17' with framed 'Passed by Censor' in violet on face. Lovely item of censored mail from Sibu.

£150.00
Sarawak

1949 | Sarawak (DR17171)

Sarawak. 1949. Registered envelope written from Lubok Antu addressed to Kuching bearing Sarawak SG 151, 2c black (7) and SG 155, 8c carmine tied by Siman Ggang/ Sarawak date stamp with framed 'R/ Siman Ggang on face in violet. Very attractive item of registered mail from Lubok Anti.

£275.00
Sarawak

1909 | Sarawak (DR17170)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1909. Picture post card of 'Sea Dyak women ion full costume addressed to Semarang (Java) bearing Sarawak SG 37, 2c dull green tied by Kuching date stamp. Card published by "Ha Buey Hon, Kuching". Superb and rare item paying the Printed Matter postcard rate.

£275.00
Sarawak

1906 | Sarawak (DR17169)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1906. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak' addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 36, 1c grey blue and rosine (strip of four) tied by Kuching date stamp. Card published by "Ha Buey Hon, Kuching'. Superb item. Exhibition piece.
Ex Watterson.

£375.00
Sarawak

1926 | Sarawak (DR17168)

Sarawak. (Postcards - Algeria). 1926. Photographic post card of 'Logs from Sago trees in boats' addressed to Algeria, North Africa' bearing Sarawak SG 67, 6c claret tied by Kuching date stamp. Very rare photo card to Algeria, North Africa a scarce destination.

£350.00
Sarawak

1929 | Sarawak (DR17167)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1929. Photographic post card of 'Kuching waterfront with Singapore steamer' addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 79, 4c purple tied by Kuching date stamp. Very rare photo card. Superb.
Ex Wateerson.

£275.00
Sarawak

1931 | Sarawak (DR17166)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1931. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak's hunting' addressed to Soekaboemi (Java) bearing Sarawak SHG 81, 6c claret tied by Kuching date stamp. Very rare photo card. Superb. (stamp tied at left)

£275.00
Sarawak

1937 | Sarawak (DR17164)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1937. Air Mail Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak village and children' addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 106, 1c purple, SG SG 107, 2c green and SG 109, 4c bright violet (3) tied by Kuching date stamp with Air Mail label and Kings Cross, Halifax arrival. Very rare Air Mail use on photo card. Exhibition item.
Ex Watterson.

£350.00
Sarawak

1907 | Sarawak (DR17163)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1907. Picture post card of 'Panorama Town of Kuching' addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 36, 1c grey-blue and rosine (2) and SG 37, 2c green tied by Kuching date stamp. Beautiful coloured card published by 'J.P. Reutens.'
Ex Watterson.

£325.00
Sarawak

1908 | Sarawak (DR17161)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1908. Picture post card of 'The Esplanade and Ladies Club, Kuching' addressed to South Africa bearing Sarawak SG 36, 1c grey-blue and rosine (pair) tied by Kuching date stamp with Willowmore arrival. Beautiful colured card published by "J.P. Reutens".

£275.00
Sarawak

1922 | Sarawak (DR17160)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1922. Photographic post card of 'The High Court, Kuching' addressed to Belgium bearing Sarawak SG 53, 4c rosine (2) tied by Kuching date stamp with circular post mans chop '225'. Very scarce photographic card.
Ex Watterson.

£350.00
Sarawak

1908 | Sarawak (DR17159)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1908. Picture post card of 'Fort Margarita, Kuching' addressed to South Africa bearing SG 39, 4c rose-carmine tied by Kuching date stamp with Willowmore arrival. Beautiful coloured card published by "J.P. Reutens".

£275.00
Sarawak

1908 | Sarawak (DR17158)

Sarawak. (Postcards). 1908. Picture post card of 'The Residency, Kuching' addressed to South Africa bearing Sarawak SG 36, 1c grey-blue and rosine (pair) tied by Kuching date stamp with Willowmore arrival. Beautiful coloured card published by 'J.P. Reutens.'
Paying the 2 cent postcard printed matter rate.

£295.00
Sarawak

1940 | Sarawak (DR17155)

Sarawak. (Censor). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from Selalang addressed to England bearing Sarawak SG 110, 5c violet and SG 116, 20c olive and carmine and SG 118, 30c red-brown and violet tied by Rejang date stamp '1st Aug 40', routed via Kuching with framed 'Passed by Censor' in violet on face and 'Opened by Censor/ 375' censor tape applied in Great Britain. Nice item of censored mail from Selalang via Rejang and Kuching to England.

£195.00
Sarawak

1948 | Sarawak (DR17154)

Sarawak. (Great Britain). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to Kuching, Sarawak bearing Great Britain SG 485, 1/2d pale green and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue (pair) tied by London slogan, underpaid with boxed 'T' and framed 'G.P.O. Kuching/ To Pay '46' Cents' applied in violet on face. Scarce postage due mail from Great Britain to Sarawak.

£225.00
Sarawak

1959 | Sarawak (DR17153)

Sarawak. (Great Britain). 1959. Air Mail envelope addressed to Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya, bearing Great Britain 'Wildings' SG 530, 1/3d green tied by London roller 'Jan 21 1959' with instructional 'Missent To Kuching' (Sarawak) in blue on face and Kuching receiver on reverse '25th Jan.' Very scarce Sarawak instructional.

£275.00
Sarawak

1949 | Sarawak (DR17152)

Sarawak. (Burma). 1949. Air Mail envelope addressed to Kuching, Sarawak bearing Burma SG 108, 4a brown (pair) tied by Rangoon/ Sorting double ring, endorsed 'via Singapore' with circular 'T/72c' hand-stamp and framed 'G.P.O. Kuching/ To Pay 54 Cents' applied in violet on face. Fantastic item of underpaid mail from Burma to Sarawak with scarce Sarawak postage due instructional hand-stamp. Exhibition item.

£295.00
Sarawak

1941 | Sarawak (DR17151)

Sarawak. 1941. Picture post card addressed to New York bearing SG 112a, 8c carmine tied by Miri date stamp with framed 'Passed by/ Censor' cachet in violet, routed via Singapore with 'Passed by/ Censor 206/ A' hand-stamp on face. Scarce censor hand-stamp from Miri.
(Card vertical crease).

£150.00
North Borneo

1947 | North Borneo (DR17150)

North Borneo. (Sarawak). 1947. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Palestine bearing Sarawak (British Military Administration) SG 139, 50c violet and scarlet mixed with North Borneo 'BMA' SG 329, 20c violet and slate tied by Jesselton/ North Borneo date stamp with framed hand-struck 'R/ Jesselton', routed via Singapore with m/s 'A/V. 2' in red crayon and Egypt transit with Registered Haifa arrival. Nice Air Mail cover to Palestine.

£225.00
Sarawak

1912 | Sarawak (DR17149)

Sarawak. (Italy). 1912. News-Band wrapper headed 'The Sarawak Gazette Office' addressed to Bologna, Italy bearing Sarawak SG 37, 2c green tied by Kuching date stamp. A scarcer item paying the overseas News Paper rate.

£275.00
Sarawak

1916 | Sarawak (DR17148)

Sarawak. (Straits Settlements). 1916. Envelope addressed to Selangor, Malaya bearing Sarawak SG 38, 3c purple tied by Kuching date stamp 'April 28 1916', routed via Singapore with 'Straits Settlements/ Opened by Censor No 2982' censor label and Kuala Lumpur receiver. Scarce item of censored mail from World War One.

£375.00
Sarawak

1904 | Sarawak (DR17147)

Sarawak. (Burma). 1904. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Malay Street Boy' written from the 'The Cut' near Sibu, Sarawak addressed to Japan cancelled by Sibu date stamp '27 Jan 04', routed via Kuching '28th April' with transit cachet and hand-struck 'T' on face and Hong Kong '11th Feb' with Kobe, Japan receiver 'Feb 20' and forwarded with framed vernacular instructional on face in red to Rangoon via Sannomora '9th Mrs' and Singapore 'Mr 22' with Rangoon, Burma arrival 'March 28th' and forwarded to India with Fort Bombay arrival 'April 6th'. Superb item of destination mail with scarce Kuching Tax mark. Exhibition item.

£950.00
Malaya

1940 | Malaya (DR17145)

Malaya. (French Indo-China). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Camps des Baumettes, Marseille' (written from a Viet interpreter to the Indo-Chinese Camp), bearing French Indo-China SG 168, 1c sepia, SG 172, 4c blue and SG 191, 30c chestnut tied by Mytho/ Cochinchine date stamp, endorsed 'Via Lydda' with 'Opened But Uncensored/ Passed to Penang for Censorship' censor tape in pink with 'Passed For Transmission/ 10' censor hand-stamp in violet applied in Penang. Very rare item 'Opened But Uncensored' label used via Penang. Only the second I have seen (the other via Hong Kong) in 35 years of trading !

£750.00
Malaya

1930 | Malaya (DR17144)

Malaya. (French Indo-China - Postage Dues). 1930. Messageries Maritimes envelope addressed to Hanoi, French Indo-China bearing Straits Settlements SG 229, 6c scarlet tied by Tanjong Pagar/ Singapore double ring '22nd Ap 1930'. underpaid and bearing French Indo-China postage due SG D140, 3c violet and SG D 163, 2c green and grey (pair) tied by Hanoi/ Tonkin receiver '3rd May 1930' on face. Very attractive item of postage due mail from Malaya.

£375.00
Malaya

1935 | Malaya (DR17143)

Malaya. (Netherlands Indies). 1935. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java bearing Straits Settlements SG 258, 12c brown and blue (pair) tied by Singapore double ring '27th June 35', underpaid with framed 'T/ Centimes 45' on face and bearing Netherlands Indies postage due SG D 234, 20c salmon tied by Semarang date stamp '2/7'. Nicer usage of Silver Jubilee's on underpaid mail.
Ex Bulterman.

£225.00
Malaya

1902 | Malaya (DR17142)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Postcards). 1902. Picture post card of the 'St. James River' addressed to France bearing SG 111, 3c purple and orange tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr No 6' date stamp with Chatillon arrival. Very fine paying the 'Imprime' printed mater post card rate.

£125.00
Malaya

1928 | Malaya (DR17141)

Malaya. (Finland). 1928. Unstamped envelope addressed to Penang cancelled by Kuopio date stamp '3rd July 28', underpaid with Finland 'T' tax hand-stamp and bearing Straits Settlements postage due SG D6, 12c blue (pair) tied by Penang double ring '5th Aug' with framed 'Charge Not Collected/ Fresh Label Required' in violet and boxed 'Retour/ A L' Envoyeur/ Inconnu' and oval 'Dead Letter Office/ Penang' on reverse and returned to Finland '15th Sept.' Scarce item of mail from Finland to Straits Settlements.

£225.00
Malaya

1901 | Malaya (DR17140)

Malaya. (Boer War). 1901. Stamp-less envelope written from the Boer Campaign addressed to Straits Settlements cancelled by 'Army Post Office/ Bloemfontein' double ring ring 'De 9 01', endorsed 'On Active Service'/ No Stamps Obtainable' with octagonal 'T/ 10c', routed via India with Tuiticorin transit and boxed 'Foreign Postage Due/ One Anna' on face with Penang arrival 'Ja 22 02' on reverse and circular 'T' hand-stamp with '8' in m/s on face. Lovely item from the Boer Campaign to Penang.

£275.00
Malaya

1900 | Malaya (DR17139)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1900. Registered envelope addressed to London bearing Straits Settlements SG 100, and SG 101, 8c ultramarine (pair) tied by Singapore double ring with 'G & C' firms chop (Guthrie & Co) with hand-struck 'Singapore/ R' and circular 'R' hand-stamp with 'Per P & O Mail' in violet on face and oval Registered/ London arrival. Very attractive cover paying the four times rate plus registration.

£275.00
North Borneo

1907 | North Borneo (DR17138)

North Borneo. (Germany). 1907. North Borneo postal stationery card 3 cents brown upgraded with SG 92, 1c black and bistre tied by Jesselton date stamp addressed to Germany with Singapore transit and Ravensburg arrival on face. Superb.

£195.00
Malaya

1941 | Malaya (DR17137)

Malaya. (Selangor - Netherlands Indies). 1941. Envelope addressed to Batavia, Java bearing Straits Settlements SG 279, 2c green mixed with Selangor SG 68, 1c black (strip of three) and SG 76, 10c purple tied by Kuala Selangor double ring '13th Jan 41', routed via Penang with censor tape tied by framed 'Passed by/ 16/ Censor' on face and reverse with circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 11' in red on face and reverse. Nice item showing the Provisional use of 2 cents Straits Settlements stamp in Selangor.

£225.00
Malaya

1903 | Malaya (DR17136)

Malaya. (Singapore - Postcards). 1903. Multi view picture post card of 'Malay cake seller and Chinese Eating House, Singapore' addressed to France bearing Straits Settlements SG 111, 3c purple and orange tied by Singapore double ring with Gard arrival. Nice card.

£95.00
Malaya

1903 | Malaya (DR17135)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1903. Registered Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to Singapore bearing Straits Settlements SG 114, 8c purple/ blue tied by Singapore date stamp with framed hand-struck Singapore/ R on face and receiver on reverse. Nice item of local Registered Official mail.

£125.00
Malaya

1892 | Malaya (DR17134)

Malaya. (Singapore - Argentina). 1892. Argentina postal stationary envelope 12 olive-grey cancelled by Oficina La Fluesta-Ba date stamp 'Ap 5' addressed to Singapore, Indo-Chine, endorsed 'Per vaper "La Plata" with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne J Paq. Fr. No 5' date stamp in blue-green (Salles 1067) on face, routed via Buenos Aires and Marseille '27th Avril' with Singapore arrival 'May 25' on reverse. Rare item of incoming mail from Argentina.

£450.00
Malaya

1901 | Malaya (DR17133)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - China). 1901. Picture post card of 'Greetings from Singapore' addressed to Tsingtau, German China bearing Straits Settlements SG 100, 5c magenta tied by Tanjong Tagor date stamp 'My 10', routed via Singapore and Hong Kong 'May 18' with British Post Office Shanghai arrival 'May 24th' on face. Nice item of destination mail.

£150.00
Malaya

1915 | Malaya (DR17132)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Burma). 1915. Envelope addressed to Rangoon bearing Straits Settlements SG 196, 4c purple tied by Eastern & Oriental Hotel/ Penang double ring '3rd Aug 15', with ;opened by Censor/ Rangoon' censor label in black on pink paper tied by Rangoon receiver '6th Aug' on reverse. Lovely item of censored mail in to Burma in WW1.

£275.00
Malaya

1939 | Malaya (DR17131)

Malaya. (Italy - Penang - Netherlands Indies). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Garoet, Java bearing Italy 50c violet (3) and 1l 25 blue (2) tied by Firenze/ Posta Aerea double ring '30th Aout 39' with 'Par Avion' label, sent K.L.M.' via Penang with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ Penang' censor cachet on face. Very rare Penang censor only recorded by Morenweiser in September 1939. Exhibition item.

£350.00
Malaya

1939 | Malaya (DR17130)

Malaya. (Hong Kong). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'H.M.S. "Parthian", c/o F.M.O., Hong Kong' bearing Straits Settlements SG 281, 5c brown and SG 289, 50c black/ emerald tied by Field Post Office/ S.P. 501' double ring '19th No 39' with framed 'Passed by/ Naval Censor' in blue on face and endorsed 'K.N.L.I.M.' in red crayon. Lovely item.

£150.00
Malaya

1897 | Malaya (DR17129)

Malaya. (Thailand). 1897. Envelope addressed to 'The United States Minister to Siam, U.S. Legation, Bangkok, Siam' bearing Straits Settlements SG 101, 8c blue tied by Singapore date stamp 'Ap 10 97' with Bangkok arrival '15/4' on reverse. Very fine item of incoming mail to Siam.

£350.00
Malaya

1914 | Malaya (DR17128)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Malta). 1914. Picture post card of 'St. Xavier's Institution, Penang' addressed to Malta bearing Straits Settlements SG 193, 1c green (pair) tied by 'Eastern & Oriental Hotel/ Penang' double ring '16th Dec 1914', underpaid with framed triangular 'T' hand-stamp with circular Malta '1d' charge applied on arrival as postage due. Superb item of underpaid mail from Penang to Malta.

£275.00
Malaya

1894 | Malaya (DR17127)

Malaya. (Singapore - Hong Kong). 1894. Straits Settlements 'one cent' green postal stationery card cancelled by Singapore date stamp 'Ju 5 94', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and m/s '10c' in blue crayon with Hong Kong arrival on reverse 'June 11' and rated '4' for the 'inter-port' rate. Superb.

£175.00
North Borneo

1941 | North Borneo (DR17126)

North Borneo. 1941. Envelope addressed to London bearing North Borneo SG 306, 4c bronze green and violet (2) and 'War Tax' SG 319, 2c purple and blue tied by Sandakan/ North Borneo double ring with framed 'Passed For/ Transmission/ North Borneo/ 16' in violet on face. Lovely item of censored mail.

£375.00
North Borneo

1900 | North Borneo (DR17125)

North Borneo. (Holland). 1900. North Borneo postal stationery card '3 cents' brown cancelled by Sandakan date stamp addressed to Holland, underpaid with Borneo 'T' hand stamp with Rotterdam arrival and framed hand-struck T' applied on face. Lovely item of underpaid commercial mail to Holland.

£195.00
North Borneo

1905 | North Borneo (DR17124)

North Borneo. 1905. Postal stationery card 'one cent' orange upgraded with SG 96, 3c green and rosy mauve tied by Sandakan squared circle date stamp '15th Dec 05', addressed to London with receiver on face. Very attractive item of commercial mail.

£225.00
North Borneo

1908 | North Borneo (DR17123)

North Borneo. (Austria). 1908. North Borneo. postal stationery double reply card 'one cent' orange/ red upgraded with SG 129, 3c green and mauve tied by Jesselton date stamp addressed to Austria with Singapore transit and Wien arrival on face. Very attractive item.
(No message inside).

£225.00
North Borneo

1911 | North Borneo (DR17122)

North Borneo. (Germany). 1911. Postal stationery card 3c brown upgraded with SG 158, 1c chocolate and black tied by Kudat date stamp addressed to an 'The Offcier, Norddenstation, Lloyd, Bremenhavan, Germany', routed via Singapore, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and forwarded on arrival to Bremen. Fine item of underpaid mail.

£175.00
Brunei

1931 | Brunei (DR17121)

Brunei. 1931. Registered envelope addressed to England bearing Brunei SG 78, $1 black and red/ blue tied by Belait date stamp '20th June 31' with matching 'R/ Belait' registration label, routed via Brunei and Singapore 'Mar 23' with oval 'Registered/ Birmingham' receiver '27th July 31' on reverse. Very scarce item of registered mail from this small Post Office, scarce single franking on cover.

£350.00
Antarctic

1954 | Antarctic (DR17120)

Australia. (Macquarie Island - Antarctic). 1954. Registered envelope written from Macquarie Island addressed to England bearing Australia SG 279, 3 1/2d grey (block of four) tied by 'A.N.A.R.E. Macquarie Is,/ Aust.' date stamp '28th Dec 54' with matching registration label with boxed '3 1/2 - Australian Antarctic/ Commemorative Stamp/ First Day of Issue At/ Heard Island' in violet, routed via Melbourne and oval Registered/ Sussex arrival '29 April' on reverse.

£25.00
Isle Of Man

1926 | Isle Of Man (DR17119)

Isle of Man. (Postmarks). 1926. Post card headed 'Printed Matter Only' from the Isle of Man Railway Company bearing Great Britain SG 418, 1/2d green tied by framed 'Join The Kings Roll/ And Employ/ War Disabled Men' with Douglas date stamp 'Dec 29 1926.' Nice item.

£40.00

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French Colonies

6th Apr 2022

Its a real pleasure to add a magnificent selection of French Colonies from Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Oceania. Very fine pre-stamp, British Post Office, Charged Mail, Advice of Receipt, Printed Matter and postage due mail. A lovely selection of censor mail, some with five or six censor cachets and labels, routed Trans-Africa, two Ocean or over the Atlantic with some unusual destinations.

A few items from the Dr. Edward Grabowski collection, this amazing sale sold in three parts by Spink. Also interesting Tahiti and New Caledonia from Tony Eastgate's life time work.

Over the next few months we hope to add many items to grace the finest collections.

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China, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force.

6th Apr 2022

A strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. Many mixed combinations, I.P.O's .

Coming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers.

John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918.

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