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1867/72: Straits covers (2) with earlier cover bearing 12 c. ...mehr
1867/72: Straits covers (2) with earlier cover bearing 12 c. blue
horizontal pair used on 1868 cover from Singapore to Exeter,
England endorsed "Southampton" at top, tied by two strikes of
"SINGAPORE / D14" duplex in black. Reverse with Exeter arrival cds
(Jan 30, 1869); and second cover dated 1876 used from Penang to
Edinburgh with 8 c. orange and 24 c. green, small corner fault on
latter, cancelled by "B/172" obliterators in black and by
"Registered / London" datestamp (22 Jan 1877) in red. Framed
"Registered Letter" at left and PENANG despatch cds in red (Dec
16). Both with a few faults but scarce.
Malaya. British Military Administration. Singapore postal history
and ...mehr Malaya. British Military Administration. Singapore postal history and cancellation interest written up on album leaves, with covers (41) including 1946 (25 Jan.) telegram enveloped addressed to Sea View Transit Camp with "delay your spending" propaganda chop (the same also on 1946 Australia air letter), three other propaganda backstamps, 1946 (16 Feb.) cover to London opened and officially secured, 194? O.H.M.S. Food Control Department circular, 1946 (1 Aug.) registered airmail cover from the Custodian of Enemy Property, 1947 (26 Apr.) registered O.A.S. cover to the H.M.S. Opossum with adhesives paying the registration rate, 1947 (18 Feb.) O.A.S. cover to London bearing the cachet "A.D.C. To H.E. The Governor/Government House, Singapore", 1946 (9 Sept.) double rate registered airmail cover with a large franking of lower values suggesting a shortage of higher values at the G.P.O., 1946 (9 Nov.) H2 registered envelope used from Singapore to Penang (one of only four or five known used examples), 1947 (17 Feb.) Posts and Telegraphs receipt for a registered letter to China, 1947 (30 Apr.) heavy registered cover (4x80c. rate for ½oz. plus 15c. registration fee = $3.35) from the American Consulate General Singapore to the U.S. Secretary of State. (Estimate £200 - £250)
Malaya. British Military Administration. Perak postal history ...mehr
Malaya. British Military Administration. Perak postal history and
cancellation interest written up on album leaves (60+), including
1945 (5 Sept.) cover to Pangkor posted in the Japanese Occupation
and returned in the BMA period, 1945 (27 Oct.) India 1½a.
stationary card to Selama, redirected to Penang with boxed
"selama." h.s., 1946 (6 May) quadruple rate cover from the
Chartered Bank Taiping to Kent (opened up), 1946 (30 Sept.) cover
to Ayer Tawar returned to sender bearing Sitiawan s/l registration
h.s., 1946 (16 Oct.) Kuala Kurau to Utan Melintang cover bearing
8c. struck with local "kuala turau/perak" cancel in violet, three
1950 parcel post pieces, etc. A good group of material. (Estimate
£300 - £400)
1888: 1 c. purple & black, no wmk., perf 14, vertical pair, ...mehr
1888: 1 c. purple & black, no wmk., perf 14, vertical pair, in
combination with Straits Settlements 1883 5 c. blue and 1892 8 c.
ultramarine (Gi 65 & 101), used on 1895 registered cover, from
Sarawak to Massachusetts, USA, the former tied by a purple Sarawak
single circle, the latter tied by a Singapore cds (8 May) in black,
with Sarawak registered 'R' in circle also in purple and a London
registered hooded circle in red (10June). To the reverse a further
Singapore cds, two New York registered transit marks (20 June) and
a boxed arrival (22 June). A scarce combination single rate cover
rated at 15 c.; the 2 c. postage to Singapore and 8 c. postage to
all countries beyond the Straits Settlements introduced 1 March
1894 and 5 c. registration fee
1895: 2 c. brown-red (2) and 8 c. green, no wmk., perf 12½, ...mehr
1895: 2 c. brown-red (2) and 8 c. green, no wmk., perf 12½, in
combination with Straits Settlements 1892 8 c. bright-blue, 1891 10
c. on 24 c. yellow-green and 30 c. on 32 c. orange-vermilion (Gi
101a, 86 & 87), from Sarawak to Ryde, Isle of Wight, dated 8 June
1897, the former tied by a Sarawak cds in black, the latter tied by
a Singapore circular datestamp (10 June) also in black. To the
reverse, an additional Singapore transit and an arrival in black
(10 July). Some staining to 2 c. and 8 c. the 8 c. torn diagonally
and replaced since cancellation, however a fine and a rare
combination; rated at 6½ times the ½ ounce of 2 c. per ounce and 8
c. for destinations beyond Straits Settlements. Cert. BPA (2003).
Provenance: Collection David Springbett, Christie’s International
Singapore, 1994
1865 (Sept 30): Cover from Sarawak with manuscript notation at
right ...mehr 1865 (Sept 30): Cover from Sarawak with manuscript notation at right "Sarawak, Sugar Estate", mailed to Ilminster, Somerset "via Marseilles" with India 1856/64 2 a. yellow, 8 a. pale carmine and 1860 8 p. purple on white paper all tied by Singapore "B / 172" obliterators in black (and by Ilminster cds of arrival), and by oval framed "FORWARDED BY / A.L. JOHNSTON & Co." cachet in blue, repeated at lower left. Reverse with London (Sept 30) arrival cds in blue. Manuscript "1/3" in red crayon at right. The rate breakdown of 10 annas 6 pies, comprises Sarawak - Singapore (4 annas) and 6 a. 8 p. for onward transmission to London. An extremely rare cover with just a handful of examples known.
1940 censored air mail envelope to England franked with a 5c and
50c, ...mehr 1940 censored air mail envelope to England franked with a 5c and 50c, paying the 55c air mail rate that came into effect on 3 September 1939, cancelled LIMBANG 9 APL 1940. The cover was censored in Singapore and a PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION '49' SINGAPORE cachet struck on the front. On the back is a Labuan 11 AP 40 transit c.d.s
1914 envelope to England bearing a 4c cancelled SADONG 31 MAY 1914.
A ...mehr 1914 envelope to England bearing a 4c cancelled SADONG 31 MAY 1914. A Kuching 2 JUN cancel is on the back of the cover, and Kuching 9 JUN 1914 c.d.s. is on the front, showing the letter had to wait a week before getting a ship to Singapore. A fine and early cover from Sadong that in 1914 only sold stamps to the value of $40.93 at its post office
1904 envelope to London bearing a 4c cancelled SIBU 8 NOV 1904. ...mehr
1904 envelope to London bearing a 4c cancelled SIBU 8 NOV 1904. A
violet Kuching 28 NOV 1904 transit cancel is on the front of the
cover. Mail from Sibu to Kuching went by steamer and judging by the
20 days it took to get between the two towns, serious delays must
have been encountered, possibly by adverse weather
Borneo Camp Prisoner of War Mail - Kuching Camp, Sarawak ...mehr
Borneo Camp Prisoner of War Mail - Kuching Camp, Sarawak An
extraordinary collection of Prisoner of War cards, informatively
presented upon 11 pages, comprising seven cards including a
complete set of all 5 Types of Japanese POW cards, sent from
Kuching by Private Albert Briggs, a Prisoner in Borneo.
Additionally, a card written by the same prisoner when in transit
through Singapore (9 OCT 1942) and also an incoming card sent to
the Batu Lintang Camp. The collection comprises one example of each
of the Japanese PoW cards Types; 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 cards, all sent
to the Briggs family in Birstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire and each
showing censor chop with the red seal of camp commandant, Colonel
Suga, and red arrival censor handstamp. Additionally there is an
incoming card addressed to; Lieutenant D.P. Glasgow, British
Prisoner of War, Borneo Camp, dated 8th March 1944, received 21
September 1944. There is also an aerial photograph of the Batu
Lintang Prisoner of War Camp, Kuching, taken from a Royal
Australian Air Force reconnaissance aircraft shortly before the end
of the Japanese occupation of Borneo. The original was given to
Private Albert Briggs when recuperating in hospital on Labuan
Island, by the pilot of the plane who apologised for (unknowingly
at the time) putting the lives of the prisoner’s at risk during the
bombing of the air-strip being built by POW on the outskirts of
Kuching. The photo includes a key of 6 points of interest in the
camp. Accompanying this collection is a A4 page with a handwritten
story which was narrated to Jack Roberts (Mike Roberts' father)
directly by Albert Briggs. Some creases and faults although in the
main a remarkably well preserved group. Complete sets of cards from
the same prisoner are extremely rare and together with the
additional cards, and photograph, this represents a unique
opportunity to acquire a specialised collection which has resided
in the Mike J. Roberts family collection for two generations. Note:
Private Albert Briggs was born in April 1921 and left Britain as
part of a Heavy Anti-Aircraft Unit bound for India which was
diverted to Batavia. He was captured in Java early in March 1942
and transported to Borneo via Singapore. Briggs would have been in
the group that arrived in Kuching on 13 October 1943. The Prisoners
in this camp managed to construct a clandestine radio from material
found on the Camp or stolen from the Japanese. Private Briggs was
responsible for looking after a small tubular Erasmic shaving cream
tin which contained one of the parts for the radio. In one incident
Briggs was punished for stealing a coconut from Kuching docks and
confined for a month in a cage in which he could neither sit down
nor lie. When the Camp was eventually liberated in September 1945,
by Australian forces, Briggs weighed only 4½ stones. He spent three
days in Sarawak General Hospital and some time in Labuan before
being sent to recuperate in Bangalore. When he arrived home in West
Yorkshire on New Year’s Eve 1945 he weighed 11 stones
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and ...mehr Malaya. British Military Administration. Singapore postal history and cancellation interest written up on album leaves, with covers (41) including 1946 (25 Jan.) telegram enveloped addressed to Sea View Transit Camp with "delay your spending" propaganda chop (the same also on 1946 Australia air letter), three other propaganda backstamps, 1946 (16 Feb.) cover to London opened and officially secured, 194? O.H.M.S. Food Control Department circular, 1946 (1 Aug.) registered airmail cover from the Custodian of Enemy Property, 1947 (26 Apr.) registered O.A.S. cover to the H.M.S. Opossum with adhesives paying the registration rate, 1947 (18 Feb.) O.A.S. cover to London bearing the cachet "A.D.C. To H.E. The Governor/Government House, Singapore", 1946 (9 Sept.) double rate registered airmail cover with a large franking of lower values suggesting a shortage of higher values at the G.P.O., 1946 (9 Nov.) H2 registered envelope used from Singapore to Penang (one of only four or five known used examples), 1947 (17 Feb.) Posts and Telegraphs receipt for a registered letter to China, 1947 (30 Apr.) heavy registered cover (4x80c. rate for ½oz. plus 15c. registration fee = $3.35) from the American Consulate General Singapore to the U.S. Secretary of State. (Estimate £200 - £250)
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right ...mehr 1865 (Sept 30): Cover from Sarawak with manuscript notation at right "Sarawak, Sugar Estate", mailed to Ilminster, Somerset "via Marseilles" with India 1856/64 2 a. yellow, 8 a. pale carmine and 1860 8 p. purple on white paper all tied by Singapore "B / 172" obliterators in black (and by Ilminster cds of arrival), and by oval framed "FORWARDED BY / A.L. JOHNSTON & Co." cachet in blue, repeated at lower left. Reverse with London (Sept 30) arrival cds in blue. Manuscript "1/3" in red crayon at right. The rate breakdown of 10 annas 6 pies, comprises Sarawak - Singapore (4 annas) and 6 a. 8 p. for onward transmission to London. An extremely rare cover with just a handful of examples known.
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50c, ...mehr 1940 censored air mail envelope to England franked with a 5c and 50c, paying the 55c air mail rate that came into effect on 3 September 1939, cancelled LIMBANG 9 APL 1940. The cover was censored in Singapore and a PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION '49' SINGAPORE cachet struck on the front. On the back is a Labuan 11 AP 40 transit c.d.s
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A ...mehr 1914 envelope to England bearing a 4c cancelled SADONG 31 MAY 1914. A Kuching 2 JUN cancel is on the back of the cover, and Kuching 9 JUN 1914 c.d.s. is on the front, showing the letter had to wait a week before getting a ship to Singapore. A fine and early cover from Sadong that in 1914 only sold stamps to the value of $40.93 at its post office
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