Bogus issue Seascape design 2c, 3c, 10c vertical top marginal pairs, 5c single, all unused, also 5c U. (8)
Sale #166
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #166
auction will be held on Wednesday 4 August 2021 at Britannia Hotel Newcastle Airport.
The sale starts at 10:30 am with lots 1-100 available to room bidders only.
The main auction starts at 12 noon.
This auction features 9999 lots
Sale Terms
Lot #869 - sarawak
PICTURE POSTCARDS 'Dyak Children,' Kuching before Sunset,' 'Sunset at Kuching' etc, each with 1899 1c value on picture side used at Kuching, also 1927 card of 'Hotel' front bearing 2c (2) Kuching c.d.s on picture side. Scarce. (5 cards)
Lot #870 - sarawak
1866 (5 May) letter in French headed Sarawak incl. 'The Tuan Muda has made a coffee plantation near my house in the mountains.' A rare early item.
Lot #871 - sarawak
1866 (June) letter from Bath to Miss Burdett Coutts in London written by the Rajah 'My Dear Ladies' (Miss Coutts and Miss Brown) with original envelope bearing 1d Plate 82 with Bath duplex. Very scarce early letter from the Rajah.
Lot #872 - sarawak
1869 issue 3c - valuable collection with bottom marginal block of nine M, plus two blocks of four unused, 15 singles unused, pair M, four singles U, plus M Plate proof & early forgery. Condition varied on a few, SG.1. (40) Cat. £3000+
Lot #873 - sarawak
DUPLICATED STOCK BALANCE in a stock book with 1869 3c (2), also a damaged U single, 1871 3c (2), 1875 4c (2), 2c (6), also 6c block of four, singles (10), 8c (5), 12c (4), 1888-97 various to 10c, 16c, 32c U (2) etc. 1889-92 Surch 1c Type (6) & U (4), 2c M (5), U (6), 5c Type 8, a good range with stops with mainly M, 1893 1c on 3c many M or U incl. block of four, 1895 issue 2c (6), 4c (5), 8c (2), all U, Vyner Brooke 1918 issues blocks...
Lot #874 - sarawak
1871 3c complete sheet of 100 from Stone 3 Pane E (no stop row 10/7) incl. 'LNL' watermark, unused as issued, minor tones on a few do not detract, SG.2. Scarce. Ex. Peter Holcombe. Cat. £350++
Lot #875 - sarawak
1871 3c corner block of twenty, single, pair and block of four, each with stop variety, singles M & U (4), two early forgeries, one U, SG.2. (32) Cat. £300
Lot #876 - sarawak
1871 3c scarce Stone C complete sheet of 100, unused - no stop on R10/7. (100) Cat. £350
Lot #877 - sarawak
1871-1965 M or UM range on stock cards incl. 1871 3c brown unusual block of four, 1892 1c on 3c (2), 1922-23 New Colours sets (2) incl. both 12c shades, SG.63/71, 1928-29 Chalky sets (2), SG.76/90, 1947 Crown Colony set of 15 M (2) & another set UM, 1949 UPU set in marginal blocks of four (2), 1953 Coronation block of four. (160) ST.Cat. £480
Lot #878 - sarawak
1873-1931 range of unused postcards, comprising 1873 3c carmine, 1899 4c on 3c, 1900-02 1c green, 4c reply cards (2), 1922 4c dull lilac (2), 1931 2c green. Scarce group. MSB Cat. $1700. (8)
Lot #879 - sarawak
1875 issues Plate Proofs 2c strip of three and two singles - 4c, 6c (2), 12c (2), three sets FU, one with 'S' in bars, other two U c.d.s, set in blocks of four incl. 2c two shades, rare 8c rouletted single, set of singles, 1899 Surcharge set M, study of substituted cliches mostly in blocks or pairs, normals in blocks of four, one 4c on 6c with 'inverted stop' varieties, 2c on 12c imperf, 2c on 3c red ovpt, plus Plate flaws (4) etc. Nice lot...
Lot #880 - sarawak
1885 4c top right, unused corner block of twelve imperf between stamps & margin at right, some toning but scarce, 1895 issue 2c UM top marginal block of four imperf between stamps & margin, slight mark at upper left, also 8c imperf between stamp & margin at right M - minor tones. (3 items/19 stamps).
Lot #881 - sarawak
1888-97 4c purple & orange in a scarce UM left marginal block of six, very fresh, SG.11. (6) Cat. £300.
Lot #882 - sarawak
1888-97 No Wmk set complete M (1c has two missing perfs), extra marginal pair 12c UM, SG.8/21. (16) Cat. £638
Lot #884 - sarawak
1888-97 set to $1, good FU ($1 is toned), SG.8/21. (14) Cat. £600
Lot #885 - sarawak
1889 2c on 8c green & carmine, Surcharge double, fresh M clear example, SG.24a. (1) Cat. £475
Lot #886 - sarawak
1889-92 1c Type 5 (3) - two unused and one part o.g. (thinned) & FU (3), 1c Type 6 (2) VFU, SG.22/3, couple have signs of partial doubling of opt. (8) Cat. £395
Lot #887 - sarawak
1889-92 5c on 12c, both types with stops, FU, slightly faded as usual (for used), SG.25 & 26. (2) Cat. £410
Lot #888 - sarawak
1889-92 5c Type 8 ovpt on 12c variety Surcharge double, fresh fine M, SG.25c. Rare. (1) Cat. £1400
Lot #889 - sarawak
1889-92 5c Type 9 Surcharge, horizontal pair, both 'no stop after C,' fresh M, SG.26a. (2) Cat. £380+
Lot #890 - sarawak
1892 1c on 3c bottom marginal with Surcharge double, unused, SG.27f. (1) Cat. £450
Lot #891 - sarawak
POSTMARKS range of stamps, few on piece incl. oval Sarawak on early 3c, 1892 1c on 3c with Math c.d.s, another with Sibu c.d.s, 1871 3c with Sarawak P.O/Registered, 1889-97 & 1899-1908 Defins various c.d.s. incl. scarcer places, later vals must be viewed carefully, also paquebots, Singapore FPO's etc and incl. 1888-97 4c (2) one with reg s/line, other (BAR)AM d/stamp, oval forwarded h/stamp on 8c etc. (122)
Lot #892 - sarawak
1895 2c black (5) ovptd/Surcharged as trials for 1896-97 issue for B.S.A Co. (Rhodesia) all different, three in red, two in blue, all mounted M, one (in blue) with gum tones. (5)
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