Catalogue
Straits Settlements - Singapore, five page notary public certificate and agreement in a bankruptcy case dated 15th March 1924, ornate seal of the notary public attached and tied with a green 50 cents Straits stamp on page two. Fine - Very fine
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Straits Settlements - Singapore, affidavit bankruptcy documents re debts incurred 'in the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements - Settlement of Singapore' five different affidavit documents all dated 20th July 1923 with impressed duty stamps for 30 cents plus purple 30 cents Straits stamps attached. Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Straits Settlements - Singapore, affidavit bankruptcy documents re debts incurred 'In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements - Settlement of Singapore' eight different affidavit documents all dated 8th November 1935 with impressed duty stamps for 30 cents plus purple 30 cents Straits stamps attached plus another but smaller size. Fine-Very fine (9).
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Straits Settlements - Penang, receipt for $32 dated 25th October 1909, tied with a purple 4 cent Straits stamp. Licence for the Temporary Occupation of Reserved Crown Land dated 12th January 1914, fee charged two dollars; Municipality of George Town, Penang building inspection certificate dated 16th April 1917; another dated 7th January 1920; money lenders promissory note dfor twenty five dollars dated 8th November 1937, with an interest rate of 24 per cent, with 5 cents Penang impressed duty and 5 cents brown Straits stamp affixed; The Municipality of George Town, Penang car registration tax receipt for fifteen dollars dated 21 July 1939. Very Good - Very Fine (6).
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Certificate of Admission (identity card or passport), issued to Goh Song Mong (an alien) at Singapore dated 20 December 1939? and extended from 22nd December 1941 to 22 December 1943, photograph of Goh attached with Immigration Officer and Defence Security Registration stamps, hard brown cloth cover with title 'Straits Settlements/Aliens Ordinance (cap 90)/Certificate of Admission' in three lines. Very Good-Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
straits Settlements - Singapore, ornate red bill/account depicting early phonograph and music machines from Teo Chiang & Co, Arab Street,Singapore dated 31st December 1927 stating it is part of a bankruptcy case; the Asia Insurance Company Ltd, certificate of motor vehicle insurance, issued for the period 1.7.39 to 1.7.40 hard cloth boards cover, the Taiping Insurance Co Ltd, receipt for fire insurance for an amount of 15,000 dollars coverage, dated 15th November 1942, tied with two green Malaya Straits Settlements 3 cent stamps; Yeow Kwong Electric and Water Co. account for $106.40 (Balance $80.40) dated 4th March 1946, original letterhead printed during Japanese occupation period four times the first nearly torn in half otherwise Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Malaya - Penang, Guardian Insurance Company Limited, insurance policy for a shop in Beach Street, Penang insured for the sum of $20,000 covering the period 20th August 1947 to 20th August 1948; another for a shop in Sungei Ujong Road, Penang insured for the sum of $30,000 covering the period 20th May 1948 to 20th May 1949 both stamped with 50 cents Penang meter stamps. Very Fine (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $30
Japanese Occupation - Malaya, Konan Saiken lottery tickets, issued by Malai Gunseikanbu (Malay Military Government Office), series 16 green on blue underprint, another series 21 green with pink underprint, both with details of the prizes and drawn on the back in Chinese and Malay. Very fine-extreme fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Malaya - Singapore, Promissory Notes, pay to the order of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China $6,437.84 in Kuching, Sarawak dated 27th June 1951; Phu Yik and Company Limited, pay to the order of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd for $809.35 dated 7th April 1958 payable in Kuching, Sarawak and Sarawak stamps attached to front and or back. Fine-very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Sarawak, Immigrant Landing Permit, issued to Go Ah Moh, a 'Feochew Chinese' issued at Kuching, Sarawak on 23rd January 1940, valid for six months from date of issue, landing fee of five dollars paid. Photograph of Go attached together with official stamp of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. A rare Sarawak document. Fine
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Burma, bill of exchange from the State Commercial Bank, Rangoon, payable to the United Malayan Banking Corporation, Penang for £8,027.12.1d sterling dated 28th January 1961 in payment of 2,800 bags of rice; Hong Kong receipt from the Ault & Wiborg Co (Far East) Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong for 400 dollars dated 6th May 1948, tied with a purple Hong Kong 10 cents duty stamp; French Indo China, two, double sided documents in French from the 'Enregistre Au 3: Bureau De Saigon' dated 1908, both tied with two 12 centimetres blue duty? stamps. Very good-very fine. (4)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Singapore, Royal Navy (R.N.) Fleet Canteen, Singapore, Royal Navy Canteen chit for the 'Issue of One Bottle of Beer' 64 x 41mm, red print on white paper, possibly used during WWII or later. Unpublished. Very rare. Extra fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0