Catalogue of Malcolm Wade's Perak Auction 17th July 2010 Selection of stamps and covers. Postmarks referred to such as D1, R2 etc are as recorded in Proud. LRD - Latest recorded date. ERD - Earliest recorded date. 1 Straits 1c postcard overprinted PERAK (Type P1a), with obliterator K1 and £30 Ipoh cancel D2 used No/13/91 to Kwala Kangsar, with arrival D2, 14/No/91. Fine and early. 2 D2 on 3 Perak stamps, SG 61, 64 and 70 dated MR/92 to JA/ 95. Also D3 £35 on 9 items and range of values including 3 blocks of 4 and pair with dates from 19/JY/93 to 3/FE/04. A nice group. 3 Ipoh - Straits 5c, SG 65 cancelled D3 24/No/93 on mourning cover to £40 Hamburg, 24/ NO/93. Prior to acceptance by the UPU of Malay States stamps in 1899, all foreign mail had to be paid in Straits stamps. Transit marks of Taiping and Penang on reverse are dated 25/NO. Some age staining but looks quite good for its age. (photo) 4 Ipoh - Pair of Perak postcards, P4 30/De/96 to Penang showing Telok £35 Anson transit and Penang arr. for the route north and 30/De 98 to Singapore showing Telok Anson transit and Singapore arr. for the route south. Fine pair of cards. 5 Ipoh - Similar pair of cards to previous lot showing D4, 4/Jy/1898 with dots £35 and D3 2/Mr/95 without dots and Tapah arrival of same date, v.slight staining. Fine. (photo of part of lot). 6 3 pages showing collection of D4 with dots, from October 1896 to £15 December 1904. 29 items inc. multiples. 7 Ipoh - FMS registered envelope, size F uprated to 10c with 1cx2 and 3cx2 £60 to pay 8c foreign postage rate to DEI. The postmark is D3, 21/My/04. front shows under inked strike of R2 of same date. Penang transit and N.I. Postagent Penang of 23/My and arrival at Telok Semawe (in violet) of 27/My. Pretty item with postal route clearly indicated. Fine item but slight staining. (photo) 8 Ipoh - D6 - Selection on 3 pages:- cover to Mumbles 3/Mr/1905, FMS 1c £35 and 3c on reverse, part of flap missing but clear arrival Mr/25/05; also 2 pieces and 4 stamps De/05 - SE/11: Cover to Singapore 6/Ap/1906, on reverse strip of 3 FMS 1c, Singapore arrival Ap/9 also light strike of RMS Selangor B of 6/Ap: cover from Malacca to Ipoh showing route via Teluk Anson. 9 Ipoh - registered cover to Singapore showing R2, 29/Ap/05. reverse sealed £30 with FMS 1cx4 and strip 3cx3 to cover 13c rate; stamps cancelled with 5 strikes D6 dated 29/Ap/1905. Looks good for 100yrs +. FMS 1c postcard used D6, 18/No/1906 to Ipoh. Message refers to closure of range for I.L.R.C. (Ipoh ladies Rifle Club), interesting social item. Finally registered item to Penang with D6 and R2 dated 17/JU/1912. Interesting group. 10 Ipoh - D6 state 2 on very fine cover franked FMS 8c and 12c dated £70 15/No/1912 to Sweden. Cover shows R2 of same date. Arrival Stockholm 12/12/12! (photo) 11 Ipoh - D6 state 2 on FMS 10c registered envelope, size G with 8c postage £60 dated 2/My/1913 to Sweden. Cover shows R2 of same date (later than Proud); also some stamps with portions (some small) of this short lived cancel. 12 Ipoh - Registered philatelic cover to Singapore franked with a variety of £35 FMS and Perak stamps still valid, i.e. Perak SG60, 61, 80x2 and 81 and FMS SG2 and 9; all are cancelled D8, 23/Oc/1914. The cover is opened on 3 sides. 13 Ipoh - FMS postcard used D8, 5/Oc/1909 with 3 other items, 1 stamp and 2 £30 pieces; Picture postcard to Glasgow used D10, 30/Ju/1911 plus 7 other items, pairs etc. used Ja/1910 to My/1912; Straits 3c card from Penang Ja/8/1910 to Ipoh with Taiping transit D40 8/Ja and Ipoh arrival 9/Ja - very fine card. 14 Ipoh - Cover to London franked FMS 3c +1c cancelled D10, 29/Oc/1914 £40 plus 3 pieces same cancel, 19/Ap and 25/ No/19+13 and 28/Fe/1914. Registered cover to England franked FMS 1c, 5c and 12c cancelled D8, 23/Oc/1917; cover to Paris franked 8c and pair 1c cancelled D15, 2/Mr/1918 and fine FMS 1c postcard uprated 1c cancelled D14, 10/Ap/1918. (3 covers, 1 card and 3 pairs stamps). 15 Ipoh - FMS 4c on 3c postcard to Togo, 1/Fe/1921, Port Said transit 29/Mr, £30 London 21/Ap and Lome, Togo 18/My/1921. Corners have some creasing but an unusual item. (photo) 16 Ipoh - FMS 2c brown postcard used D18, 2/No/1926 to Itan with transit £35 marks of Taiping and Kuala Kangsar. The card is from Ipoh Club and lists the draw for the Sweep on the Melbourne Cup. Very fine card. Also FMS 2c green postcard D18, 3/My/1927, another fine card. 17 Ipoh - Registered mail - FMS 1cx2, 3cx2 and 10c cancelled D9, 16/Jy/1915 £35 to Sweden; FMS 12c envelope with added 6cx3 and 4c cancelled R6 and with AR2 to India, 29/Dec/1927; cover to England at 21c rate, 1c and 20c cancelled R6, 17 Au/1927 and another to England at the 23c rate, 1c, 2c and 10cx2 cancelled D21, 1/Ju/1934. This item has a Kuala Lumpur registration label obliterated and 'Ipoh A' substituted. 4 good items. 18 Ipoh - Inland registered cover - FMS 3c, 6c and 10c cancelled R6, 12/ £15 Ju/1929 to make rate up to 19c rate. Registered label is of interest having a space to right of Ipoh followed by 9 dots, further right is a manuscript A. 19 Ipoh - Registered cover to Switzerland at the 20c rate, FMS 20c cancelled £20 D8, 9/Jy/1921. This rate in use from 1/Jan/1918 to 16/Jan/1922 only. Some creasing otherwise fine. (photo) 20 Ipoh - Registered cover to USA at the 24c rate, franked with pair FMS 12c £15 cancelled R6, 13/Ja/1925. 21 Ipoh - Registered cover to Luxemburg at the 27c rate franked FMS 1c, 6c £20 and 10cx2 cancelled R6, 16/De/1930. Fine cover. 22 Ipoh - Registered cover to Danzig at the 27c rate franked FMS 2c and 25c, £30 cancelled D21, 5/No/1931. registration label has a manuscript 'B' added. Scarce destination. 23 Ipoh - Registered cover to Greece at 27c rate franked FMS 2c and 25c £30 cancelled D22, 27/My/1932. Fine cover. (photo) 24 Ipoh - Machine cancellations - M1 State1 (2), State3, State 4, State 5 (2), £20 State 8. 7 covers mixed condition on three pages. 25 Ipoh - Machine cancellations - M1 State1 to Switzerland, 6/De/32; M1 State £40 3 to USA 13/De/36; M1 State 4 to Austria, 12/Ap/35; M1 State 6 to USA, 24/Jul/37; M1 State 7 to Philippines, 16/De/38; M2 State 1 to Switzerland, 17/Jy/39. 6 very fine covers all at the foreign rate. 26 Ipoh - Miscellaneous collection on 9 pages. Covers 8; pieces 22 and 9 £25 stamps showing most of the cancellations used between the mid 1920s and the late 1930s. Nothing brilliant but a few nice bits. 27 Ipoh - Registered cover to Switzerland at 27c rate (12+15) foreign rate. £12 FMS 2c and 5cx5 cancelled D21, 21/Ja/33, reverse has waxed seal of Charles Grenier & Co and arrival at Zurich 11/Fe/33. Fine cover. 28 Ipoh - Registered cover to London at 24c rate for 2 oz, i.e. (12+12). FMS £12 4c + 20c cancelled D12, 4/Oc/1921, London arrival 31/Oc/1921. A second cover with illegible date but with 21c paid, must be example of the 15c + 6c rate, i.e. post 1/Oc/21. FMS 1c + 10cx2. The third cover is also registered to London at 21c rate. FMS 1c, 4cx5 cancelled R6, 7/My/1927. Interesting trio. 29 Ipoh - Dutch 58c rate to England, 22/Ap/1932 franked FMS 1c, 2c, 5c and £35 10cx5 cancelled D21 (P&T - Mail 25) BY AIRMAIL label; also registered Imperial airmail 58c rate to Ireland franked FMS 4cx2 and 50c cancelled D22, 20/Ja/1934. Station Hotel, Ipoh stationery cover to London with FMS 2c, 4cx4, 6cx2 and 50c cancelled D22, 6/Ap/1934. Dutch 55c cover to London franked 1c, 2cx2 and25cx2 cancelled D22, 18/Mr/1935. 4 items, an interesting group. 30 Ayer Tawar - Perak 2c postcard, PC3 used to Sitiawan 16/Jan/1936 and £35 local cover at 8c rate to Tapah, 16/DE/1941. Both fine. (photo) 31 Bagan Datoh - 14 items mostly on piece, part TRD 1908 and dated £40 examples of all types to Oct 1939 plus airmail cover to England with FMS 50c and 5c cancelled D4 with 'O' missing dated 20/No/1934. Very good group. 32 Bagan Serai - 27 items and 3 covers. Perak SG 64 with D1 dated 5/Se/1894 £80 (ERD by Proud) other D1 to Nov 01; D2 Ap/04 on cover to Se/1911; D3, 1912 to 1915; D4, 1931 to 1940; D6, 7/My to Se/40 and R5, Ju/ 1913 to 1923. Another good group. 33 Banir - 1 cover, 3 pieces and 1 stamp all cancelled D2. A difficult office to £35 find. The local cover is to Papan 21/ Au /1936 and is fine.