Sale 12

Spring 2022 Sale


Straits Settlements
 
 
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Lot 609

Straits Settlements: 1885 3c on 32c pale magenta, 1892 set, 1892-94 1c on 8c and 3c on 32c, 1892-99 1c green, 9 values on 1896 (24 June) philatelic Registered cover to Sigmund Friedl, Vienna, stamps canceled by SINGAPORE JU 24 96 circular datestamps, cover bears boxed SINGAPORE 24 JU 96 R datestamp, backstamped with Vienna receiver of 20 July 1896, trivial stamp and cover faults, Scarce eight color combination. SG 83,88-92, 93-94,95.
Estimate $200 - 300

Sigmund Friedl was a notable Austrian philatelists who became a notorious forger toward the end of his life. The Friedl perforations and the disreputable Friedl forgeries are widely known. He applied "private perforations" of Austrian definitive stamps, which were tolerated by the post.

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$95
Lot 610

1892-99, Queen Victoria, $5.00 orange and carmine, watermarked Crown CA, o.g., small hinge remnants, fresh centered and very fine. SG 105; £450 ($610) (88).
$500.
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Lot 611

Japanese Occupation of Malaya: Straits Settlements, 1942 40c, $2, $5 Red Overprints, n.h. 40c and $2.00 with light natural gum toning, fine to very fine; all signed Rowell. SG J156, 159,160; £625 ($850) (N15,N18,N19).
$620.
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$95