'Crest of the Company' Postage Due set, NHM (5) Cat £160 (image available) {PD} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Auction UPA 98
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Lot #18363 - north borneo 1939
Postage Due set(5) fresh mint Cat £160 {PD} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £37.60)
Lot #18364 - north borneo 1939
Postage Due set very fine & fresh l.m.m. (barely a trace on any). (5). Cat £160 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)
Lot #18365 - north borneo 1939
Postage Due set fine looking m.m. with some h/r. (5). Cat £160 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #18367 - north borneo 1939
Postage Due 10c blue, FU Cat £475 (image available) {PD} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £96.00)
Lot #18368 - north borneo 1939-41
1c to 4c, 12c to 50c plus War Tax pair, v.f.m. (11) Cat £275 (image available) {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.80)
Lot #18369 - north borneo 1939-47
BIRDS - 2c (Palm Cockatoo) in four formats: 1939 definitive, 1941 ovpt 'War Tax', 1945 ovpt BMA, 1947 ovpt 'Obliterating bars & Royal Cypher'. Lightly MM. Cat £36 (image available) {MH} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #18370 - north borneo 1939-52
Used collection on leaves(62) including 1939 Pictorial set to $1, 1945 BMA set to 50c and $5, 1947 Monogram ovpt set, 1950 set to $1, also Niue 1950 set, Norfolk Is 1947 set, mainly fine {CC} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £62.40)
Lot #18371 - north borneo 1939-52
Balance collection on stock pages, entirely GVI period mint, u.m. & fine used. Duplication in places, incls: 1939 u.m. to 10c. Used to 8c. War Tax mint pair & used 2c. BMA ovpt 25c l.m.m. used to 50c. Crown Colony 1c two marginal blocks of 15, mint to 50c. Cds used to $1. 1950 u.m. to 50c, used to $2 x 2. Cat £250++ (110 + 8 blocks). {CC} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £85.60)
Lot #18372 - north borneo 1941
War Tax pair, RSW and UPU (gum toning on 30c), m.m. (8) Cat £64 {MH} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.80)
Lot #18373 - north borneo 1941
WAR TAX 1c and 2c, 1945 BMA set to $5, five values are fine used incl. $5, some light yellowing, m.m. (17) Cat £265 {MX} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £166.40)
Lot #18374 - north borneo 1941-48
Two covers to England and 1946-58 six Sarawak covers {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £24.00)
Lot #18375 - north borneo 1941-50
GVI basic listing on cut down Crown album pages m.m. Incls: Wat Tax pair, BMA & Crown Colony ovpt sets, SW pair & 1950 definitive set. (54). Cat £590 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £200.00)
Lot #18376 - north borneo 1945
Pictorial definitive set opt'd 'B M A', NHM (15) Cat £275 (image available) {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £109.60)
Lot #18377 - north borneo 1945
KGVI: Definitives to 20c plus SG 327a. UMM Cat £117 {UM} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £23.20)
Lot #18378 - north borneo 1945
Pictorial issue ovpt 'BMA' vals 1c to 50c (Missing SG323 - 4c), mint small h/r. Very fresh bright colours. (11) Cat £59 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.80)
Lot #18379 - north borneo 1945
BMA set(15) v.f.u. Cat £160 {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.00)
Lot #18380 - north borneo 1945
BMA set(15) fine used, the 6c is stained Cat £170 {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.80)
Lot #18381 - north borneo 1945
Pictorial set ovpt BMA very fine & fresh u.m. (15). Cat £275 (image available) {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £142.40)
Lot #18382 - north borneo 1945
to 1950 all three defin sets and both commems, fine used. (52) Cat £428 {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £92.80)
Lot #18383 - north borneo 1945
BMA $5 indigo and pale blue fresh u.m. Cat £50 (image available) {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #18384 - north borneo 1945
Pictorial issue ovpt 'BMA' - $5 Indigo & Pale Blue, superb u.m. Cat £200 (image available) {UM} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £40.00)
Lot #18385 - north borneo 1945
Pictorial issue ovpt 'BMA' - $5 Indigo & Pale Blue, superb u.m. Cat £200 (image available) {UM} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £40.00)
Lot #18386 - north borneo 1947
Crown Colony issue pictorials with bars obliterating words 'The State of' and 'British Protectorate', vals 1c to $2 mint small h/r. Fresh bright colours. (14) Cat £60 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)














