Saturday, January 14, 2012

Straits Settlements Stamps King Edward VII, $500

Hello all, over six months my blog was not updated. I am nearly given up and I thought that nobody interested in reading my blog. But last week, I really don’t know what to do, opening my frustrating blog and WOW!! I receiving an encouraging comment from someone called TINTIN from LONDON.
I’ve got new interesting information from TINTIN. The most expensive stamp from Straits Settlements is the $500, King Edward VII, around 1902, post office cancellation by error (not revenue cancellation but postal cancellation with time and date/year).The most interesting part was the Value!!  
It was: £ 1,000,000 (one million £)!!!!

WOW and WOW!! And old stamps with that Price?? And suddenly I getting over excited and start surfing and researching again. I really want to know what the hell Straits Settlements Stamps King Edward VII, $500, was look like.


Finally I found the info from late night surfing



THE MOST EXPENSIVE MALAYSIAN STAMP
And the shocking truth was, from a philatelic point of view, the most expensive Malaysian stamp
But regret to inform you all that I don’t have this stamp. If not I’m surely going to be damn rich!


Other info from TINTIN are stamps from Prince of Wales Island i.e. Penang before 1840. I have a lot of stamps from Penang. But I don’t know which one, what the type or color. Even there’s not stated year on that stamps.

Some of The MALAYA Penang Collections





I have a lot of stamps from Penang. But I don’t know which one, what the type or color. Even there’s not stated year on that stamps.
But I don’t have time to do more research now. Maybe next time. Till we meet again in next post.







4 comments:

  1. The $500 King Edward VII stamp that you posted here was second print ( Slightly yellowish – But mathematically well centre ),therefore, in Mint,No Hinge ( MNH ), it is worth about £65,000 to £ 100,000, on a good day in Auction, you may have to pay more than > £125,000 ( depend on who are the old boys on the floor on the day of bidding ). If I am not mistaken, you may have copied it from one of the stamp shop in Singapore – Peninsula Shopping Centre.

    Now, turning back to the first print $500 King Edward VII is more rich in ‘orange’ colour rather than’ yellowish orange’, this stamp is slightly off centre, it should worth more, if you can find post office cancellation by error (not revenue cancellation but postal cancellation with time and date/year), your may ref to ‘The POSTAL History of Malaya Vol 1 by Edward B Proud –‘the Singapore missing datestamp D82’ on page 268. No one know what happen to the missing D82 datestamp/chop ? . Fairly to say, very few specialists know or hear of the missing D82 CDS in error ! From Information I know the cancellation by error $500 King Edward VII is unique ! Someone –old chap is holding it ! One day, it will surface !
    As for your Penang’s stamps, they are just fairly common and plenty around. Good hunting and keep going ! Have fun and enjoy Straits Settlements Stamps.
    TinTin LONDON.

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  2. Something to start with : http://www.catawiki.com/catalog/stamps/countries-regions-territories/222479-straits-settlements-british-malaya

    ;)

    Steven

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  3. Very beautiful old stamps.
    Best wishes: Geraldo

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  4. i was just wondering, i also have a lot of old stamps, some which were passed down from my grandparents. however i have lots of them that are a duplicate. i just want ot keep i of each so was planning to sell the rest off. just wondering where can i sell them off and how would i know their values?

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