30611935 Airmail cover (reduced at top), franked opt KGV 1a & 2a, tied by "Kuwait 7 FEB 35" cds. To Czechoslovakia, with Miniwatt Philips Radio valve label on reverse, plus b/s of Athens & Prague. SG 17 & 19b cat £10, & "from x6" on cover. Rare airmail usage. (P) $200$300
LAGOS
3062 1884-86 QV 10/- purple-brown. VF MLH. SG 29 cat £1600. Very rare top value as only 420 issued & majority were used. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $1500 $2500
LATVIA
30631920 Red Cross 20-30k printed on reverse of Western Army 10Mk banknotes, in part sheet of 40+ showing 4 comp banknotes on reverse. VF MUH. Mi 51z, SG 50. Spectacular & rare. $300$450
30641920 Red Cross 40-55k printed on reverse of Western Army 10Mk banknotes, in part sheet of 40+ showing 4 comp banknotes on reverse. VF MUH. Mi 52z, SG 51. Spectacular & rare. $300$450
30651920 Red Cross 1R-1R30 printed on reverse of Western Army 10Mk banknotes, in part sheet of 40+ showing 4 comp banknotes on reverse. VF MUH. Mi 54z, SG 53. Spectacular & rare! (P) $350$500
30661932 Air Charity set 5+25s - 25+125s, perf. F-VF M, sl gum aging. SG 226-30A cat £95, Mi 210-14A cat €120. (5). (P) $50$70
30671932 Air Charity set 5+25s to 25+125s, imperf. F-VFM, sl gum aging. SG 226-30B cat £95, Mi 210-14A cat €120. (5). (P) $50$70
30681933 Air Charity set 8+68s - 40+190s, imperf. Mostly VF MLH, but 1st stamp corner tear. SG 243-6B cat £190, Mi 228-31B cat €250. (4) (P) $80$120
30691933 Airmen Fund planes set 8-68s to 40-190s, plus TB surch (9) & 9 others -some on reverse, tied to Air Express registered cover by "Riga-Lidpasts 10 7 37" pictorial cds, with h/s reg label/cachet. To Germany, Berlin b/s. VF. SG 243-6A etc cat £350, Mi 228-31B cat €375, both as loose stamps, plus premium on cover. (P) $500$800
3070Postal History collection 1919-39 inc 1st type 10k perf blk of 4 registered, perf set of 8 on single cover plus another, imperf 10k & 50k to Germany, Liberation of Riga imperf set, 8 stamps on postcard to Belgium 1920 Courland & Latgale sets, to Switzerland, 1923 oval surch set of 3, 1921 Air perf set by air to Germany, 1920 Red Cross set, surch Courland (7) plus Arms 5R pr to Switzerland, 1924 Def Arms (5) to USA, 1922 & 26 mixed frankings to Belgium & Switzerland, 1923 War Invalids opt set (2) with Red Cross air label to Uruguay, 1937 Express franked 1L & Express Air to Germany, 1938 with "Rujiena-Rega railway TPO pmk, 1938 Building Fund M/Sheet & 1939 Anniv set. Purchased by vendor individually in the 1990s for total of DM1600 = A$1200. (30 inc 11 reg & 2 express) $600$1000
LEEWARD ISLANDS
30711897 QV Jubilee opt 5/- green & blue, top value. Superb fresh M, perfect centring. SG 16 cat £450. Rare as only about 1500 printed. 2013 Roumet photo-cert. (P) $375$500
30721921-32 KGV 1d bright scarlet, die I, wmk script. VF fresh MUH. SG 83 cat £45 for M, should be at least double, £90 MUH. (P) $60$90
LIECHTENSTEIN
30731915 Prince set 5h-25h plus 25h shade, thin unsurfaced paper, perf 12½x13. VFU, Vaduz, Eschen or Balzan cds. Mi 1y-3yb cat €690. SG 4-6 & 6(var) cat £455++ as cheapest. (4) (P) $150$250
30741921 Arms Pictorial set 2½r-1Fr, perf 12½. VFU, various cds. Mi 46B-60 cat €380, SG ex 48A-62 cat £460. (15) (P) $100$150
30751928 70th Anniv set 10r-5Fr. Superb U, various cds. SG 84-91 cat £1000. Mi 82-9 cat €1000. (8) (P) $300$450
30761930 Air set 15Rp-1Fr. VFU, "Vaduz 22 IX 30" pmk. Mi 108-13 cat €260, SG 110-15 cat £250. (6) (P) $80$120
30771931 Zeppelin set 1Fr & 2Fr. VF fresh MLH. SG 116-17 cat £225, Mi 114-15 cat €300. (2). (P) $100$130
LITHUANIA
30781935 Vaitkus Atlantic Flight opt 40c blue & carmine airmail. VF fresh MLH. SG 407a cat £425, Mi 404 cat €500. Only 2100 printed. 2014 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $230$300
30791935 Vaitkus Atlantic Flight opt 40c airmail. VF fresh MLH. Mi 404 cat €500. SG 407a cat £425. Very scarce genuine example as only 2100 printed. Exp plus 2013 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $230$300
30801935 New York-Kaunas flight cover franked USA Airmail 6c orange tied by "Brooklyn NY SEP 21 1935" duplex pmk, & "Vaitkus" opt 40c tied by "Kaunas 31 X 35" arrival cds, then returned to USA franked on reverse Darius & Girenas 20c & 60c tiedby "Kaunas 31 X 35" cds with h/s reg label & Chicago arrival b/s, plus flight cachet on front. VF. SG A685, 389, 291 & 407a cat £425++, Mi 322, 385, 387 & 404 cat €500++ both as loose stamps, plus premium on flight cover. Purchased by vendor in 1990s for DM2000 = A$1650. 2013 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $900$1500
30811937-38 Airmail covers to Australia from Henry B Smith correspondence, Kaunas to Melbourne, flown Imperial Airways IE572 (registered), 654 (delayed at Athens due to head winds), 668 & SE37, various frankings, inc high denomination 5L, two types of Par avion label, another curiously with Par avion h/s scored-over although correctly paid for airmail, b/s inc Berlin-Zentralflughafen, Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne -reg has "Telegraph Office GPO Melb". Extremely rare group. Pre-war Lithuanian airmail to Australia was virtually unknown prior to release in the 1990s of a small number of items contained in the Smith correspondence. (4). (P) $400$600
30821938 (Mar 22) Airmail cover to Australia per Imperial Airways flight 638, delayed one day en route at Allahabad (Pakistan), b/s Berlin & Melbourne, blue on white Air label tied by h/s equivalent. Unusual origin/destination interrupted mail item. $80$120
MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
30831894 inwards use of India Postcard 1a on 1½a with "Bombay AU 2 94" pmk. To Malaya, with "Penang AU 19 94" arrival cds. $150$250
30851880 "10 Cents" opt QV 30c claret, opt type c. VFU, relatively light for issue & away from opt. SG 24 cat £1000. Rare, only 2 per sheet printed. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $700$1000
30861883 "2 Cents" opt QV 4c rose, error "s" of "cents" INVERTED. VF fresh UN. SG 61a cat £1600. Rare variety. Certificate can beobtained on request. (P) $900$1200
30871883 "2 Cents" opt QV 4c rose, error "s" in "Cents" INVERTED. FU, irregular perfs at LR, light cancel away from variety. SG 61a cat £1800. Very rare. BPA photo-cert. (P) $1300$1700
30881902-03 KEVII set 1c-$5, wmk crown CA. VF MLH. SG 110-21 cat £350. (12). (P) $300$400
30891902-03 KEVII $5 dull green & brown-orange wmk crown CA. VF MLH. SG 121 cat £200. (P) $150$250
30901903-04 KEVII set 1c-8c, wmk crown CA. VF fresh MLH. SG 123-26 cat £70. (4). (P) $50$70
3091 1906-12 KEVII $25 purple & blue on blue, left marginal with plate no.1, wmk mult crown. Superb fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 168 cat £3250 for M, should be at least double, £6500 MUH, plus premium for plate no. Beautiful example of this rare stamp. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $6500 $9000
30921904-10 KEVII 4c purple on red, wmk mult crown error INVERTED. VF fresh MUH. SG 129aw cat £120 or M, should be at least double, £240 MUH. (P) $150$250
30941906-12 KEVII set 1c-$5, wmk mult crown. VF MLH, mostly very fresh. SG 153-67 cat £275 & undercatalogued. (15) (P) $250$350
30951906-12 KEVII $25 purple & blue on blue, opt SPECIMEN, wmk mult crown. VF MLH, bright colours. SG 168s cat £700 (normal cat £3250). (P) $600$800
3096 1906-12 KEVII $500 purple & orange, opt SPECIMEN in red, wmk mult crown. Superb fresh MLH, bright colours. SG 169s cat £4000 (normal cat £130,000). Key British Empire high denomination stamp & rarely seen so nice. Certificate can be obtained upon request. (P) $3700 $5000
3097 1912-23 KGV $100 black & carmine on blue, UL cnr marginal with plate no.1, wmk mult crown. Stamp superb fresh MUH. SG 214 cat £9000 for M, should be at least double, £18,000 MUH, plus premium for rare plate no. A stunning example of this key British Empire high denomination & in this condition, a great rarity! Ex Champion collection. 2014 Behr AIEP photo-cert. (P) $18000 $25000
30981912-13 KGV $100 black & carmine on blue, opt SPECIMEN (in red) wmk mult crown VF fresh MLH appearance (regummed). SG 214s cat £1100 (normal M cat £9000). (P) $500$700
30991912-23 KGV $100 Black & carmine on blue, wmk mult crown. VF F/C. SG 214 cat £200 (normal M cat £9000). (P) $120$200
31001912-23 KGV $100 black & carmine on blue, wmk mult crown. Superb red embossed F/C. SG 214 cat £200+ (normal M cat £9000). Rare high denomination in unusually nice condition, face-free cancel. (P) $200$300
31011912-23 KGV $500 purple & orange-brown top value, wmk mult crown. Superb U with red embossed F/C. SG 215 cat £600 (normal M cat £85,000). Nice example of this key British Empire high denomination. (P) $500$700
3102 1912-23 KGV $500 purple & orange-brown, top value, opt SPECIMEN, wmk mult crown. F-VF M, nice colors. SG 215s cat £4250 (normal cat £85,000). Key British Empire high denomination stamp. (P) $3000 $4000
31031917 "Red Cross 2c" opt KGV 3c, variety no stop after "c". M, sm tear at left, VF appearance. SG 216a cat £475. (P) $220$300
3104 1921-33 KGV $25 purple & blue on blue, wmk script. Superb fresh MLH, nice deep colours. SG 240b cat £1300. (P) $1200 $1800
3105 1921-33 KGV $25 purple & blue on blue, top margin with plate no.2, wmk script. Superb fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 240b cat £1300 for M, should be at least double, £2600 MUH, plus premium for plate no. Beautiful example of this rare stamp. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $2500 $4000
3109 1922 Malaya Borneo Exhibition opt 10c, error "third I in EXHIBITION" OMITTED. Superb fresh MUH. SG 254g cat £800 as M, should be at least double, £1600 as MUH. Very rare variety. 2004 BPA photo-cert. (P) $1500 $2500
31101933-34 KGV 5c green Survey Department Essay, IMPERF top marginal blk of 6, showing ¾ view of King in uniform with cross-hatched background, shiny white paper. VF UN, as made, all 4 large margins. Beautiful & rare. (P) $450$700
31111938 KGVI $25 purple & blue on blue "REVENUE REVENUE" Postal Fiscal. VF UN, beautiful fresh colours. Regularly used in 1941 on airmail letters & parcels. Only recently listed by SG so missing in most collections. SG F1 cat £1200. Very scarce, a M example sold for $1280 in our auction 291. (P) $500$800
MALAYA - BMA
31121945-48 BMA opt KGVI set 1c-$5, inc 15c black & red opts, & both colours of $5. F-VF MUH. SG 1-18 cat £170. (16). (P) $90$150
31131945 "Commemorative Free Post after reoccupation by British" stampless cover with "Kuala Lumpur 9 OC 1945" cds. To Kuala Lumpur. Reduced at left. (P) $150$250
31141945 "Commemorative Free Post after reoccupation by British" stamp- less cover with "Klang 10 OC 1945" cds. To Negri Sembilan (P) $150$250
MALAYA - STATES
3115FMS: 1900 Opt Tiger set 1c-50c, all on piece, being "specimens" ex De La Rue archives book, with "Dec 99" printing date notation at top. VF. SG 1-8(s) cat £500+. Unique item for specialist. (8) (P) $300$500
3116FMS: 1900 opt Elephants $1 green & pale green. VF MLH, sl tropicalised gum. SG 11 cat £190. (P) $90$120
3117FMS: 1900-01 Tiger set 1c-50c, plus all listed shades inc 1c (2), 3c (2), 4c (2), 8c (2), 10c (5) & 50c (2), all wmk crown CA. F-VFU. SG cat £517. Very rarely seen complete set of shades. (22). (P) $300$500
3118FMS: 1900-01 Tiger 1c dark grey & sage-green colour trial PROOF on wmk crown CA paper. Superb fresh UN -attached to small piece. SG 15(p). Extremely rare & attractive. (P) $400$700
3119FMS: 1900-01 Elephants $1 green & pale green, wmk crown CC. VF fresh MLH. SG 23 cat £170. (P) $130$170
3120FMS: 1900-01 Elephants $2 green & carmine, wmk crown CC. VF fresh MLH. SG 24 cat £170. (P) $130$170
3121FMS: 1900-01 Elephants $5 green & pale ultramarine, wmk crown CC. VFU, part Taiping pmk. SG 25a cat £375. Rare genuine postally U. (P) $300$400
3122FMS: 1900-01 Elephants $5 green & pale ultramarine, wmk crown CC. VF fresh MLH. SG 25a cat £375. (P) $325$425
3123FMS: 1904-22 Elephants $1 grey-green & green, wmk mult crown. VF fresh MUH. SG 48 cat £110 for M, should be at least double, £220 MUH. (P) $220$300
3124FMS: 1904-22 Elephants $2 green & carmine, wmk mult crown. VF fresh M. SG 49 cat £120. (P) $100$150
3125FMS: 1904-22 Elephants $5 green & blue, wmk mult crown. VF fresh MLH. SG 50 cat £300. (P) $250$350
3126 FMS: 1904-22 Elephants $25 green & orange top value, wmk mult crown. F-VF MLH, usual sl tropical gum. SG 51 cat £1700. Exp Turpin. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $1200 $1800
3128FMS: 1922 Elephants $1 orange & blue, imperf printer's colour sample on no wmk paper, h/s SPECIMEN (Samuel D52). Superb fresh UN as made, 4 huge margins. SG 48(p). Extremely rare & attractive specialist item. 2002 RPSL photo-cert. (P) $700$1000
3129FMS: 1922-34 Elephants & Tiger 1c-$5 (no $5 Tiger) wmk script. Mostly F-VF M/MLH, few tropicalised spots. SG ex 52-81 cat £339. (29). (P) $150$250
3130FMS: 1922-34 Tiger $2 green & red on yellow, wmk script. VF MLH. SG 79 cat £60. (P) $50$70
3131FMS: 1922-34 Tiger $5 green & red on green, wmk script. VF MLH. SG 81 cat £300 & undercatalogued. (P) $350$500
3132 FMS: 1922-34 Elephants $25 green & orange top value, wmk script. Superb fresh MLH. SG 82 cat £1500. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $1500 $2500
3133FMS: 1922-34 Elephants $250 purple & blue revenue, wmk script upright, being a continuation of Postage & Revenue SG listed set 1c-$25. Superb MUH, bottom marginal, nice deep colours. Bft 8, MUH is extremely rare. (P) $700$1000
3134FMS: 1924-26 Postage Due set 1c-12c, opt SPECIMEN. VF MLH. SG D1-6s cat £250. (6). (P) $200$300
3135Johore: 1896 Sultan opt "Kemahkotaan" set 1c-$1 plus opt "Ketahkotaan" 1c-5c. VF fresh MUH. SG 32-38, 32a-36a cat £95 for M, this period should be triple, £285 MUH. (12). (P) $180$240
3136Johore: 1904-10 Sultan 1c-8c, 25c & $1-$10, wmk rosette. VF fresh MUH. SG 61-66, 68, 70-75 cat £345 for M, should be at least double, £690 MUH. (13) (P) $500$800
3139Johore: 1904-10 Sultan $5 green & orange wmk rosette. VF fresh MUH. SG 74 cat £65, should be at least double, £130 MUH. (P) $120$180
3140Johore: 1904-10 Sultan $10 green & black, wmk rosette. VF fresh MUH. SG 75 cat £120, should be at least £240 MUH. (P) $200$300
3141Johore: 1904-10 Sultan $50 green & ultramarine, wmk rosette. Superb fresh MUH, pristine original gum. SG 76 cat £400 for M, should be at least double, £800 MUH. (P) $700$1000
3142 Johore: 1904-10 Sultan $100 green & scarlet, top value, wmk single rosette. Superb fresh MUH. SG 77 cat £600 for M, should be at least double, £1200 MUH. (P) $1200 $1800
3143Johore: 1910-19 Sultan set 1c-$1, all IMPERF, wmk mult rosettes. VF MUH, all 4 margins. SG 78-87(var), normals cat £250 for M, should be at least double, £500 MUH. (10). (P) $400$600
3144Johore: 1910-19 Sultan 10c dull purple & black, error IMPERF, wmk mult rosettes. VF fresh MUH, 4 margins. SG 84(var), normal cat £60 for M, should be at least double, £120 MUH. (P) $70$100
3145Johore: 1922-41 Sultan $500 blue & red, wmk script. Superb U or F/C, unusually light cds cancel. A previous owner had paid $5000 (!!!) for it in 1969, & a long 1969 letter is enclosed from a Singapore dealer to the buyer claiming that it is postally used &explaining how it was used, & with long story about provenance & rarity of the stamp etc (but we do not make any claims ourselves about the cancel). SG 128 unpriced for U, cat £20,000 for M. In any case the most attractive cancelled example we haveever seen. (P) $800$1200
3146Kedah: 1887-91 precursor use of Thailand King 4a with Kedah type A cds. VFU, unusually nice strike. SG Z9 cat £100+ (P) $70$100
3147Kedah-Alor Star: 1887-91 precursor use of Thai 8a with "Kedah" type A cds. GU, sl flts. SG Z10 cat £110. (P) $75$100
3148Kedah: 1912 Pictorial set 1c-$5, wmk mult crown. VF MLH. SG 1-14 cat £325. (14) (P) $300$400
3149Kedah: 1919 Council Chamber opt set 50c/$2 & $1/$3. VFU. SG 24-25 cat £175. (2) (P) $80$120
3151Kedah: 1922 Malaya-Borneo opt set 1c-50c. VF fresh M. SG 41-8 cat £140. (8) (P) $110$150
3152Kedah: 1922 Malaya-Borneo opt set 21c-50c with 15mm Borneo opt in horiz marginal prs with varieties "small Y" at right & "dropped X" at left. VF fresh MUH. SG 49-51a cat £410 as M singles, should be at least £820 MUH, plus premium for prs. (3 prs) (P) $600$900
3153Kedah: 1937 Sultan set 10c-$5. VF fresh MUH, gum may have been carefully redistributed. SG 60-68 cat £250. (9) (P) $150$200
3154Kedah: 1937 Sultan set 10c-$5. VF fresh MUH. SG 60-68 cat £250+. Very seldom seen MUH. (9). (P) $300$400
3155Kedah: 1937 Sultan set 10c-$5, perf SPECIMEN diag. F-VF MUH. SG 60-68s cat £325. (9). (P) $300$400
3156Kedah: 1937 Sultan $5 black & scarlet, top value, bottom marginal blk of 4 with Waterlow & Sons imprint. Stamps VF MUH. SG 68 cat £160 as singles plus premium for scarce imprint blk. (P) $150$250
3157Kedah: 1937 Sultan $25 black & maroon revenue, wmk script, being a continuation of Postage & Revenue SG listed set 10c-$5. VF MUH, dark gum as always. Bf 4 cat £75+ for M. Very scarce high value. (P) $150$250
3159Kedah: 1959-62 Sultan & Mosque 5c, error UR cnr marginal blk of 6 grossly misperf. VF fresh MUH. SG 107(var). Spectacular! (6) (P) $500$1000
3160Kelantan: 1911-15 Arms set 1c-$25, opt SPECIMEN, wmk mult crown. Superb fresh MUH. SG 1-12s cat £275 for M, should be at least double, £550 MUH. (13). (P) $500$700
3162Pahang: 1891 QV 2c/24c green, type 5 surch. Superb fresh MLH. SG 7 cat £250. Only 1560 printed. (P) $200$300
3163Pahang: 1891 "Pahang Two Cents" opt QV 24c green, opt type 7. VF fresh M. SG 9 cat £450. Only 936 printed. (P) $350$500
3164Pahang: 1891 "PAHANG TWO CENTS" opt QV 24c green, opt type 7. F-VFM, tropicalized gum. SG 9 cat £450. Only 936 printed. (P) $200$300
3165 Pahang: 1897 Kuala Lipis Provisional Bisect "2c" initials "JFO" in black on bottom half of 5c & "3c" initials "JFO" in black top half of 4c, both bisected diag. VFU, correct "Ulu Pahang" red cds, later affixed on piece for display. SG 18c & 18dc cat £6500++ & under-catalogued. Black m/s bisects of great rarity, only several recorded. 2003 Brandon photo-cert. (P) $7500 $10000
3167Pahang: 1898 opt Elephants $1 green & pale green. VF fresh M. SG 23 cat £400 & undercatalogued. (P) $400$600
3168Perak: 1884-91 opt QV 2c rose, opt INVERTED. VFM. SG 17b cat £450 which is way too low. Cert can be obtained on request (P) $600$1000
3169Perak: 1887 "ONE CENT PERAK" opt QV 2c rose, error "PREAK" for "PERAK", opt type 32. F-VF MLH, tiny mark at right. SG 35ba cat £950. Certificate can be obtained upon request. (P) $900$1300