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Auction: 18039 - Fine Stamps and Covers of South East Asia, Including The Dr. Cheah Jin Seng Collections of Straits Settlements and Kedah, and The Iain Dyce collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 193

Straits Settlements
1879-99 mint and used collection; the mint include 1879 (May) 5c. on 8c., 1880 (Mar.) 10c. on 30c. vertical pair (straight-edge at left) with Type "a" and a single with Type "b", 1880 (Apr.) "10" on 30c. with Types "a" (2), "b" (no gum) and "c" (no gum), 1880-81 10c. on 12c. (3, one partly stuck to page) and 10c. on 30c. pair (straight-edge at left), 1882 (Jan.) 5c. on 4c., 1882 (Jan.) CC 5c. and 10c. (2, one overprinted "specimen" - both without gum), 1882 CA 2c. and 4c. (no gum), 1883 (Apr.) 2c. on 8c. (6 including a strip of three, most without gum) and 2c. on 32c. (3, all without gum), 1883 (June-July) 2c. on 4c. and 2c. on 12c. (no gum), 1883-91 2c. (4), 4c. (6 including a block of four), 5c. block of four, 12c., 24c. block of four, 32c. with watermark inverted and 96c., 1884 (Feb.-Aug.) 4c. in red on 5c., 8c. on 12c. blue (no gum) and 8c. on 12c. dull purple (no gum), 1884 2c. on 5c. (all three types), 1884 (Sept.) "8" on 8c. on 12c. (no gum), 1885 3c. on 5c., 1887 2c. on 5c. block of four and 1892-99 eight values to $5 overprinted "specimen" (50c. with thin) and $5 (2, one with flaw on neck - slightly soiled); the used include 1879 (May) 5c. on 8c. (soiled) and 7c. on 32c., 1880 (Mar.) 10c. on 30c. Types "a", "b" and "d", 1880 (Apr.) "10" on 30c. Types "a", "b" and "c" (2), 1880 (Aug.) 5c. on 8c. (all three types, Type 15 with additional pen cancel), 1880-81 10c. on 30c. (4), 1882 (Jan.) 5c. on 4c., 1882 (Jan.) CC 5c. and 10c., 1882 CA 2c. (3), 1883 2c. on 8c. (8 including a vertical pair) and 2c. on 32c. (5), 1883 (June-July) 2c. on 4c. and 2c. on 10c., 1883-91 4c. with watermark inverted (soiled), 1884 (Feb.-Aug.) 4c. in red on 5c., 8c. on 12c. blue and 8c. on 12c. brown-purple, 1884 (Aug.) 2c. on 5c. (all three types), , 1887 (July) 2c. on 5c. (3), 1884 (Sept.) "8" on 8c. on 12c. and 1892-99 $5; condition a little mixed in places though overall generally fine. Cat. £26,000+. (ID)

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SG$8,000