Auction: 15041 - The "Sentosa" Collection of Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 444
Straits Settlements
Collections
1880-99 the mint collection (a few used scattered throughout) including 1885 (Aug.) 5c. Types 13 (2) and 14 (2, one used), 1880-81 1c. on 6c. (2), 10c. on 12c. (5, one used) and 10c. on 30c. (4 including a used vertical strip of three), 1882 (Jan.) 5c. on 4c. (5, two used), 1882 (Jan.) CC 5c. and 10c., 1882 CA 2c., 4c. (3), 8c. and 10c. (2), 1883 (Apr.) 2c. Types 20a (used), 20b, 20c. and 20d (5, three used) on 8c. and 2c. Types 20a (used) and 20f (3, one used with "S.S. Rainbow Malacca" h.s. in red), 1883 (June-July) 2c. on 4c. mint (5 including a block of four) and used (3, one with inverted "s" in "Cents") and 2c. on 12c. (used), 1883-91 2c. (37 including blocks of twenty-four with plate number and nine), 4c. (7 including a corner strip of three with plate number), 5c. (20 including a block of eighteen), 6c. (4), 12c. (5 including a vertical strip of three), 24c. (4), 30c. (3, one with watermark inverted), 32c. (3, one with watermark inverted) and 96c. (2), 1884 (Feb.-July) 4c. in black on 5c., 4c. in red on 5c. (5, two used), 8c. on 12c. blue (used) and 8c. on 12c. brown-purple used (2), 1884 (Aug.) 2c. on 5c. vertical strip of three, vertical pair with plate number and singles (6, one with "two" inverted and one used), 1884 (Aug.) "8" on 8c. on 12c. (3, one used), 1885 3c. on 5c. (13 including two blocks of four and three used, two with red Malacca c.d.s.) and 3c. on 32c. (40 including a block of thirty-six), 1886 (Apr.) 3c. on 5c. brown (2, one used), 1887 2c. on 5c. mint (14 including a block of four, two with trace of "C" only, two with "jump" prints and one used), 1891 10c. on 24c. (4, two used) and 30c. on 32c. (7, two used), 1892 1c. on 2c. to 1c. on 12c. plus additional 1c. on 2c. (61 including a pane of sixty), 1c. on 4c. (5, one with watermark inverted and a used strip of three), 1c. on 6c., 1c.on 8c. (61 including a pane of sixty) and 1c. on 12c. (43 including a block of forty-two), 1892-94 1c. on 8c. (22 including a block of twenty) and 3c. on 32c. (22 including a block of twenty), 1892-94 1c. (2), 3c. (both), 4c., 5c. brown, 5c. magenta (2), 8c. (2), 12c., 25c. (both), 50c. and $5 (2), 1898 (Dec.) 4c. on 5c. brown (6 including a block of four), 4c. on 5c. blue (8 including a block of six) and 4c. on 8c. (10 including a block of four and a pair with one showing spaced stop) and 1899 4c. on 5c. (7 including a block of four and one used). A generally fine lot and a good basis of the later Q.V. issues upon which to build. Between S.G. 41-109, £28,500
Sold for
SG$14,500