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Auction: 15027 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 2079

Straits Settlements
1880-1948 mint and used collection in two Lighthouse albums; the mint include 1882 CC 5c. and 10c. (both without gum), 1883 (Apr.) 2c. (Type 20a) on 32c. (regummed), 1883 (June) 2c. on 4c., 1883-91 CA 2c. to 96c. with some additional shades plus 24c.blue-green block of fifteen (gum toned), 30c. and 32c. with watermark inverted, 1884 (Feb.-Aug.) 4c. in red on 5c. (lightly toned) and 8c. on 12c. brown-purple (no gum), 1884 (Aug.) 2c. on 5c. (all three types), 1885 3c. on 5c., 1887 (July) 2c. on 5c. variety surcharge double (lightly toned and regummed), 1891 (Nov.) 10c. on 24c. with watermark inverted and 30c. on 32c. with watermark inverted (small thin and lightly gum toned), 1892 surcharges including 1c. on 6c. with variety overprint double one inverted (thin at right), 1892-94 1c. on 8c. and 3c. on 32c. overprinted "specimen", 1892-99 1c. to $5 (no gum) set of ten overprinted "specimen", 1898 (Dec.) 4c. on 5c. brown complete pane of sixty, 1899 4c. on 5c. overprinted "specimen", 1902 1c. (2) and $5 (2) imperforate colour trials (all lightly toned and soiled), 1906-07 1c. to $1 with some duplication, 1906-12 values to $2 plus$25 overprinted "specimen" (no gum), 1912-23 with values to $5 (marginal with plate number) plus unissued 8c. overprinted "specimen" (toned), 1921-23 Script 2c. green, 3c., 4c. violet, 5c. orange, 6c., 10c. blue and 12c. blocks of four with watermark inverted (all heavily toned), 1936-37 1c. to $5 (2 sets) Postage Due set perforated "specimen" (8c. with rounded corner) and BMA 1945-48 set; the used include 1880-81 10c. on 6c. (3, one with pronounced "jump" print) and 10c. on 30c. (a little toned), 1882 CC 5c. and 10c., 1882 CA 2c. to 10c., 1883 (Aug.) 2c. (Type 20b) on 8c., 2c. (Type 20c) on 8c. and 2c. (Type 20a) on 32c. (3, all additionally with cancelled with firm's chop or pen-cancel), 1883 (June-July) 2c. on 4c. (2) and 2c. on 12c., 1883-91 2c. to 96c. with some duplication plus 4c., 6c. (a little soiled) and 30c. (2) with watermark inverted, 1884 (Feb.-Aug.) 4c. in red on 5c., 8c. on 12c. blue (perfin) and 8c. on 12c. brown-purple, 1884 (Sept.) "8" on 8c. on 12c. (thin), 1887 (July) 2c. on 5c., 1892-99 1c. to $5 with additional $5 (2, both with small faults), 1906-12 KE $500 (soiled), KE and KGV sets to $5 with duplication and 1945-48 BMA set with shades/papers. A good lot well worth careful examination

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SG$7,000