Catalogue
Japanese Occupation of Malaya - Penang, Indenture 39.5cm x 25cm for the purchase of land on Penang Island, dated 25th June 2603 (1943) between Choong Lye Hock Estates Limited and Lei Sai Leang of Beach Street, Penang, for the amount of $1917.65 in payment of land in the North East District of Penang. Signed and sealed by and in the presence of the Manager and secretary of the estate. A map and additional details of the registration of the land are included on the back. A rare land document of the Japanese occupation period. Fine-very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Japanese Occupation of Malaya - Jahore State, Government of Jahore, land rents rceipt dated 30.3.2603 (1943) in payment of $36.70 rental; another dated 31.3.2603 in payment of rnt for $124.60; Office of the State Secretary, Johore Bahru, letter of enquiry dated 17th June 2602 regarding the renewal of an auctioneer's licence., Very fine (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Japanese Occupation - Netherlands East Indies, a selection of receipts on various types of forms issued in Sourabaya, Moefakat centoek dibajar, possibly for rubber dated 4.1.2603, 1.8.2603, 1.11.2603 and 19.8.2604; another hand written receipt dated 2.3.2605, all tied with red Dai Nippon Meterai Tempel 15 sen occupation stamps. Very fine (5)
Estimate $110
SOLD $70
Japanese Occupation - Nethrlands East Indies, a selection of receipts on various types of forms issued in Sourabaya, (2) Moefakat centoek dibajar, possibly for rubber dated 1.3.2603, and 14.10.2603; another hand written receipt dated 25.7.2605, all tied with red Dai Nippon Meterei Tempel 15 sen occupation stamps. Fine-good Very Fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Promissory Note for fifty five SPANISH DOLLARS and 65 cents, dated 18th February 1908 and due on 18th May 1908, bearing interest at 24 per cent per annum after due date, impressed 5 cents duty and purple 5 cents Straits stamp top left corner. A very rare early Singapore promissory note denominated in SPANISH dollars. Several spike and pin holes otherwise nearly Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Promissory Note for five hundred and eighteen dollars and 92 cents, dated 17th February 1908 and due two months after date, bearing interest at 24 per cent per annum after due date, impressed 30 cents duty and green cents Straits stamp top left hand corner. A rare early Singapore promissory note. Several spike and pin holes otherwise Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Bills of Exchange from A.S. Mohamed Chouth & Co for 3129 guilders and 50 cents payable to the Netherlands Trading Society dated 3rd April 1908, tied with one dollar, 10 cents and 5 cents Straits stamps; another for 2133 guilders and 75 cents dated 10th April 1908, tied with 50 cents, 25 cents and 5 cents Straits stamps, two early Singapore bills of exchange, several spike and pin holes, otherwise Fine-Very fine (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Bills of Exchange from A.S. Mohamed Chouth & Co for 1422 guilders and 50 cents payable to the Netherlands Trading Society dated 21st April 1908, tied with 50 cents and 5 cents Straits stamps; another for 2845 guilders dated 27th April 1908, tied with one dollar and 5 cents Straits stamps, two early Singapore bills of exchange, several spike and pin holes, otherwise Fine-Very fine (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, receipt for $29.75 dated 17th June 1922 tied with a red 4 cents Straits stamp, merchants receipt Messrs Bun Bee & Co for $158.50 dated 7.10.1930 tied with a mauve 4 cents Straits stamp; The Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance 1915, vaccination certificates 22.8.1933 and 13.8.1935. Very Good-Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Baban Guan, Chinese pawnshop? receipt or document, red printing with severalink stamps and chops, tied with a mauve 4 cents Straits stamp. This document was used as an exhibit 'A' in a court case and is hand dated 25th February 1926, early Singapore document, rare, a number of small holes otherwise fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Straits Settlements - Singapore, Notary Public documents (2) relating to the non payment of Bills of Exchange and demanding payment on behalf of the Banque de l'Indo Chine and the Straits Borneo Trading Co dated 13.4.1928 and 7.5.1928. A description of the two bills from Bandjermasin, Borneo are given on the back, both documents tied with green Straits 50 cents stamps; Bankruptcy document from the creditors of Chop Nam Seng Heng dated 3rd creditors plus a government bankruptcy stamp, interesting item. Good Very fine (3).
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
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
Maori Communion token card printed by Colenso circa 1847. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
New Zealand, Bank of Australasia, second issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st June 1917, No.R1, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co., Ld. London (L.406, P.S117m). Tear in lower border, water stained, fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $950
New Zealand, Bank of Australasia, ten shillings, Wellington, 2nd June 1923, No.377935, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co., Ld. London. Crease, folds, fine.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $2,500
New Zealand, Bank of Australasia, third issue, one pound, Wellington, 1st Jany 1929, No.903961, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co., Ld. London (P.S132). 3mm cut front right side, soiled, very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
New Zealand, Bank of Australasia, third issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 2nd June 1931, No.930034, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co., Ld. London (P.S131). Gum marks on each corner, one pinhole, very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $0
New Zealand, Union Bank, one pound, Wellington, 1st Jan 1903, No.2/N 667617, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co.Ld. London, signed by B.N.Vickerman, Manager (P.S356b). Creases and small tear top border, very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $7,500
New Zealand, Union Bank of Australia Limited, fifth issue, ten shillings, Wellington, 1st March 1920, No.1/N 276929, imprint of Waterlow & Sons Limited, London (L.531, P.S361). Creases and folds, very fine and rare.
Estimate $3,250
SOLD $4,900