Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. Sale - 867
British Empire & Commonwealth Stamps & Postal History Auction
Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.
153-157 London Rd, Derby DE1 2SY, UK
| Lot | KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | KGV 1918 20r PURPLE & BLUE/BLUE MINT: Fine mint example. SG 60 £600. |  | $120 |
| 152 | KGV 1922-27 DEFINITIVES: Mint set of 20 values to £1 black & orange. Minor toning on top two values. SG 76/95 £500. (20) |  | $100 |
| 153 | KGV 1925 £2 GREEN & PURPLE: Fine mint example with Brandon Cert. (1999). SG 96 £1,200. |  | $240 |
| 154 | KGV 1926 £3 PURPLE & YELLOW OPTD. "SPECIMEN": Mint example, horizontally optd. "SPECIMEN". SG 97s £475. |  | $80 |
| 155 | KGV 1925 £4 BLACK & MAGENTA OPTD. "SPECIMEN": Mint example horizontally optd. "SPECIMEN". SG 98s £700. |  | $100 |
| 156 | KGV 1925 £5 BLACK & BLUE OPTD. "SPECIMEN": Fine mint example vertically optd. "SPECIMEN". SG 99s £850. |  | $130 |
| 157 | 1935-37 5c BLACK & GREEN USED: Perf. 13 x 12 types I & II, used with a few blunted perfs., otherwise fine. SG 111b/111ba £950 & £250 respectively. (2 stamps) |  | $130 |
| 158 | KGV 1935-37 MINT DEFINITIVE SET: Mounted mint set of 14 values to £1 black & red (SG 110/125) plus 1935 SJ set (SG 124/127). Cat. value £510. (19 stamps) |  | $80 |
| 159 | KGVI & QEII REGISTERED, AIRMAIL, P. DUE, ETC.: 1937-61 display collection inc. 1937 registered env. to local address franked with 1937 Coronation set tied by "MOMBASA/26 AU/1937/EXHIBITION" skeleton cds's with purple "POSTED OUT OF/COURSE" hs, 20c p.due stamp tied by "MOMBASA/REGISTERED" cds, and Mombasa registration etiquette added; attractive 1938 large piece registered to UK franked top left marginal block of 10 x 1c + 50c (SG 131 & 144a 'rope note joined to sail' var.) stamps all cancelled/tied by double ring "TONGA/REGISTERED" cds's; two 1944 long envs. to USA franked 30c (SG 141) tied by oval "WASHINGTON/D.C." hs's addressed "Per Favour of The American Consular Mail Bag." with purple "This article originally mailed/in country indicated by postage.", "U.K.C.C. (East Africa) LTD./[signature]/Chief Representative" & boxed "AM-M/from/F C" hs's (one endorsed "Second Mail Copies." scarce items; 1954 PPC of Ava Gardner sent air mail to UK promoting the film "Mogambo" franked KGVI 15c + 50c; 1953 FDC special Coronation Air Letter Sheet to South Africa franked QEII strip of 3 x 20c (SG 165) tied by Nairobi skeleton cds's; and others ex Dar-es-salaam, Kisumu, Tanga, Lira, Dodoma, Nzega, Nakuru, Tabora, etc. Mostly v. fine, many registered. (25 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS |  3 | $110 |
| 160 | KGVI TO EARLY QEII MINT COLLECTION ON ALBUM PAGES: Includes 1938-54 defins. to £1 (the commoner perf. types), 1948 RSW and QEII Postage & Official sets to 1963. (c.107 stamps) |  5 | $100 |
| Lot | MALAYA - KELANTAN | Estimate | |
| 161 | 1967 EAST AFRICAN AIRWAYS MAJOR SG LISTED ERROR: 50c value unmounted mint marginal block of four var. missing red colour. Plus a normal (used) stamp for comparison. SG 236a £3,200. Cross Reference: ERRORS |  | $400 |
| 162 | KGV DEFINITIVE MINT RANGE TO 10r: 1923-34 mixed wmk range. SG between 1-28. The 1r-5r values are 1929-34 issue and the 10r value is 1923-24 (SG 15). Cat. value c.£900+. (22 stamps) |  | $150 |
| 163 | KGV 1923-33 MINT OFFICIAL RANGE: Seventeen values to 10r blue & olive. High values 1r-15r are 1929 issue (large opt., SG O23/O27), but lower denominations also inc. some 1923 types. SG between O1-O27. Fine. Cat. c.£600+. (17) |  | $100 |
| 164 | KGV-QEII MINT COLLECTION: 1933-57 mint ranges on album pages. Includes KGV 1933 Air set of 4 (SG 31/34 £180), KGVI 1939 defin. set of 13 (some yellowing of gum, SG 36/51w £400) and 1945, 1948 & 1950 KGVI definitive sets, 1948 RSW, etc. plus QEII Wildings & Castles sets to 1957 new currency surcharges. (c.88 stamps) |  3 | $130 |
| 165 | KGV 1937 15r BLUE & OLIVE MINT: Fine, mounted mint example of the 'large' opt. type, wmk inverted. SG 29 £950. |  | $160 |
| 166 | KGVI/QEII FINE 1945-58 USED COLLECTION: Basic collection complete from 1945 opts on issues of India through to 1957-58 QEII surcharge issue. SG 52/130 c.£650. (c.70 stamps) |  3 | $50 |
| 167 | 1879-1904 MINT COLLECTION: Substantially complete collection for the period, but missing some of the very scarce early surcharges (SG 12, 22, 37 & 38). High cat. value assembly. (89 stamps) |  3 | $650 |
| 168 | 1885 SURCHARGE 2c ON 16c BLUE: Used example. Surcharge type 7. BPA Cert. (1994). SG 24 £900. |  | $110 |
| 169 | QV-EARLY QEII MINT COLLECTION: Fine 1890-1954 mint collection on album pages. Includes 1890 QV defin. set to 5/- (SG 1/8 £190) and 1897 Diamond Jubilee opt. set of 8 values to 5/- (SG 9/16 £750); KEVII 1902 defin set to 5/- green & blue plus 1905 set of 10 vals. to 5/- green & red/yellow (SG 36/45 £200). KGV 1912-32 mixed wmk range of 22 values to £1 purple & black/red (cat. c.£450). Continues with KGVI & QEII definitive sets to 1954. Fine & fresh throughout. (112 stamps) |  4 | $400 |
| 170 | KGVI 1938-51 UNMOUNTED MINT SET: Two stock sheets with a range of mostly unmounted mint vals. inc. shades from ¼d to 5/-. All identified by SG number between 95-112c. Cat. value £300+. (29 stamps) |  2 | $26 |
| 171 | 1885-1921 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION on album leaves with 1885-88 set, 1887-96 set, 1893 40pa on ½d (cat. £450), 1902-05 set, 1905-08 2pi on 5d, 1906 1pi on 2d with forged surcharge, 1909 set, 1910 set, 1913-14 set to 4pi, then British Currency 1905 set, 1921 set, Turkish Currency 1921 set & British Field Office in Salonica complete set (2d value with BPA Certificate). Fine and fresh looking collection but ovpts cannot be guaranteed. Cat. value well in excess of £4000. (69) |  3 | $500 |
| 172 | QV-KGV USED COLLECTION: Mostly fine used collection on album pages with QV to 12pi on 2/6d, KEVII ranges to 24pi on 5/- and KGV ranges to 180pi on 10/-. (60 stamps) |  3 | $110 |
| 173 | KEVII-KGVI USED COLLECTION INC. "BMA" OVERPRINTS: 1906-33 ranges on album pages. KEVII with values to $2 (2), $5 (2) & $25 grey-green and black (fiscal cancel) and KGV issues to $25 (SG 240b). Includes KGV 1936-37 & KGVI 1937-41 definitive sets plus 1945-48 "BMA" opt set with both types of $5 value. Also a few QV issues. A useful lot. (c.120 stamps) |  2 | $130 |
| 174 | KGV 1923 $25 MULTIPLE ON PIECE: $25 purple & blue/blue in irregular block of 7 on piece of parcel. Accompanied by original 1935 letter from a dealer to collector validating postal used. Extremely rare. Potential exhibition item. SG 240b £1,400 as singles. |  | $340 |
| 175 | 1900-34 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION on leaves with 1900 set of 8 ovpts on Negri Sembilan (cat. £600) plus set to $5 ovpts on Perak (cat. £1125), 1900-34 'Tigers' all 36 value & colour combinations (mixed wmks) to $5 plus 'Elephants' $1, $2, $5, $25; the latter having 'Specimen' ovpt. Very fresh looking lot. Cat. in excess of £3000. (53) |  2 | $440 |
| 176 | 1900 $25 fresh hinged mint ovpt. 'Specimen' (SG 14s, £600) with some light patches of paper adhesion on reverse. |  | $100 |
| 177 | KEVII & KGV 'TIGER' DEFINITIVES & HIGH VALUES: A mixed wmk group, 1900-34 with values to $2 (2), $5 (2) and $25, some of these with "Stamp Office" cancels. A fine lot. (40 stamps) |  | $80 |
| 178 | 1886-1955 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1886 2c (SG 8) unused no gum, 1884 2c (SG 9), 1891 2c on 24c (SG 17), 1891-94 set, 1894 surcharges set, 1896 Coronation set, 1896-99 set, 1904 -41 all vals and colour combinations to $10 with mixed wmks then all definitive & commemoratives to 1955 inc. 1948 RSW & 1949-55 set. Cat. value approx. £1350. (104) |  3 | $190 |
| 179 | 1912-53 MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1912-40 types all values and colours to $5 as per SG 'Simplified' 1919 Surcharges, 1922 Borneo Exhibition set, 1937 set complete, 1948 RSW set & 1950-55 set complete. Fine lot. Cat. value in excess of £1000. (75) |  3 | $130 |
| 180 | 1911-53 MINT COLLECTION WITH GOOD DEGREE OF COMPLETION on leaves inc. 1911-28 all vals & colours to $25 with mixed wmks, 1922 Borneo Exhibition set, 1928-35 $1, 1937-40 set complete (cat. £1600), 1948 RSW & 1951-55 set of 21. Fine lot. Cat. value approx. £2450. (72) |  3 | $320 |
| Lot | MALAYA - TRENGGANU | Estimate | |
| 181 | 1937-40 USED SET with all values present. SG 40 to 54 £1,300. (15) |  | $180 |
| 182 | 1948-57 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION on leaves with 1948 RSW, 1949 UPU,1949-52 set, 1954-57 set & 1957 set. Fine lot. Cat. value £320. (54) |  2 | $38 |
| 183 | 1891-1955 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION on leaves (ex 1898 4c on 8c black ovpt., SG 20). Inc. 1891 2c, 1891-94 & 1895-99 both sets of 3, 1898-1900 surcharges, 1935-41 set & 1948 RSW, 1949-55 set. Fine lot. SG 1/67 (ex SG 20) cat. value in excess of £900. (66) |  2 | $120 |
| 184 | 1889-1956 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1889 10c (SG 3) & 2c (SG 4), 1891 2c on 24c (SG7), 1891-95 & 1895-99 both sets of 3, 1898 ovpts. on stamps of Perak complete set (cat. £3000) with $1 having expertising mark on reverse, the $1 & $5 have hinge thins and couple of others have gum issues, 1899 4c on 8c & 4c on 5c, 1935-41 set, 1948 RSW & 1950-56 set. (63) |  2 | $260 |
| 185 | 1897 KUALA LIPIS: Provisional '2'c manuscript surcharge and initials 'JFO' in red on lower half of diagonally bisected 1891-95 5c blue, SG 18, unused, with part original gum with part marginal selvedge at right with BPA cert. (2018) stating 'genuine but a little rubbed'. Cat. value £1600. |  | $260 |
| 186 | 1898 $5 GREEN & ULTRAMARINE: With central lightly struck cds. Slightly faded but very scarce. SG 24 £3,500. |  | $200 |
| 187 | 1948-57 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION on leaves starting with 1948 RSW, 1949-52 set 1949 UPU, 1954-57 set & 1957 set. SG 1/54, £330. (54) |  2 | $38 |
| 188 | RARE OVAL VIOLET "TANJONG RAMBUTAN" DS: 1911 (July) PPC to Germany bearing tiger 1c vertical strip of three on view side tied by a v. fine strike of this rare ds. On back Taiping & Penang cds's and purple boxed "STAMPS/ON/VIEW SIDE" & MARKE-N/AUF/BILDSEITE." hs's. |  | $130 |
| 189 | 1882-1956 MINT COLLECTION on leaves with a range of overprints & surcharge types from 1882 inc. SG 10, 16 (no gum), 19a, 26, 28, 29, 43, 48 & 59; 1889 Officials 8 values to 24c with top vals (no gum & 24c with surface rubbing), a few with expertising marks; 1894 & 1897 Officials, 1900 surcharges set, 1935-37 & 1938-41 sets, 1948 RSW & 1950-56 set. Good lot. Cat. value in excess of £2700 as fine. (93) |  3 | $280 |
| 190 | 1895-99 COMPLETE SET OF 14 to $25 hinged mint & mounted on part album leaf. The $1 value has some paper adhesion, $3 has light tones, & $25 has a 'Specimen' overprint. Fresh looking set (SG66/79 & SG80s, £3350). |  | $500 |
| 191 | 1896 $5 GREEN & ULTRAMARINE: A fine used example. SG 79 £750. |  | $110 |
| 192 | 1896-98 HIGH VALUES: 1896 $2 green & carmine with almost complete "IPOH/POST OFFICE" squared circle cancellation; and 1898 $3 green & ochre with part revenue cancellation. SG 77 & 78. (2) |  | $65 |
| 193 | 1896 $1 GREEN & PALE GREEN: A fine neatly cancelled example. SG 76 £275. |  | $36 |
| 194 | SCARCE 1900 IPOH PROVISIONAL: Env. posted locally with v. fine "Postal/Receipt for/3 Cent." centrally cancelled by "IPOH/P/27 OC/1900/POST OFFICE" squared-circle ds (vert. crease in env. does not affect receipt) with "PAID" hs, ms "3ct", and postmaster's initials (partially covered by receipt) adjacent. RPSL Cert. (1976). |  | $180 |
| 195 | 1948-55 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION on album leaf with 1948 RSW, 1949 UPU, 1951-55 set & 1953 Coronation. Cat. value £220. (28) |  | $26 |
| 196 | 1881-1955 MINT COLLECTION on album leaves with 1881 2c (SG 3), 1885-91 2c (SG 31) & 2c (SG41), 1891 2c on 24c (SG 44), 1891-95 set, 1894 3c on 5c, 1900 set of 3 surcharges, 1935-41 set, 1941 $1 & $2, 1948 RSW, 1949 UPU & 1949-55 set. Fine lot with a cat. value of £840. (57) |  3 | $110 |
| 197 | 1895-99 COMPLETE SET OF 13 to $25 hinged mint with hinge remnants, with $1 having slight tones & $10 having diagonal crease (not visible from front); also 50c black & green, $3, $10 & $25 all with 'Specimen' ovpts. Fresh looking set. (13) |  | $260 |
| 198 | 1895-97 HIGH VALUES: $5 green and blue and £25 green and orange. Used examples, some faults but very scarce. SG 65 & 66 £6,500. |  | $200 |
| 199 | 1882-95 MINT COLLECTION: Small range on leaves with overprint/surcharge types inc SG 13, 22 with possible expertising mark, 24 (no gum), 26, 30, 35, 43 & 49 plus 1891-94 set, 1894 & 1895 vals. Few gum issues, high cat. value, although ovpts. cannot be guaranteed. (14) |  | $220 |
| 200 | 1910-55 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1910-19 set complete to $5 plus $25 ovpt 'Specimen', 1917-18 Red Cross set, 1921-24 set complete with $3 being SG24, 1922 Malaya - Borneo Exhibition set, 1941 Surcharge pair, 1948 RSW, 1949 UPU & 1949-55 set complete. Fine collection with a cat. value in excess of £2600. |  3 | $340 |