Some Labuan errors and varieties

 

I posted the following items in the Sarawak Journal recently. It might be helpful to share them here with readers who are not members of SSS. One of the most interesting aspect of the art of philately is the discovery and identification of errors, flaws and imperfections.

Missing Right Foot of Chinese Character

Missing Dot in Jawi Inscription

The stamp on the left with the dot present on has a subtle double surcharge. The inverted surcharge without the dot has the more uncommon 1mm setting in comparison to the 2mm setting on the left stamp. This is apparently quite uncommon on used stamps and yet to be seen on a cover.

Short Tail and Missing Stroke on the 1892-93 and 1894 10c

 No Dot in Jawi at Upper Left 6c

Specimen 1894 lithograph issue

1902 25c Error of Colour

Error of central vignette in black on right stamp only found CTO

1899 Double Overprint

Two sheets of hundred received a double surcharge.

Christmas Island D2 cancellations

 

As a sideline I am always on the look out for cancellations from Christmas and Cocos Islands. They are not common and also quite popular which means they fetch good money. I have written a little about Christmas Is before and I shall not repeat myself. You can click on this link if  you are interested. There are 3 date variations here.

Date 14 JU 1907, inverted month and day

Date 12 J 1906, normal sequence

Indigo cancellation, date OC 16 19??, reversed month and day

Train mail registration covers

Just something more to share. These covers are relatively modern being 50-60 years old but not easy to come by. If readers are interested in train related topics on this blog, use the search facility on the top left hand corner and type in "train" and peruse the results.

This is the 20c First Class Airmail rate to Malaya and Singapore plus another 25c for registration. It was dated 25 JUL 61 and cancelled by Train Mail D10 and the R3 registration cachet. Proud gives a range of 16.1.61-15.9.63 for this cachet. The cover originated from Membakut.

This was dated 31MAR72 by a faint Railway TPO 1 cancellation at the inclusive rate of 75c. There are transit cancels through Kota Kinabalu and a Johore arrival cancel.  It has the K. Kinabalu-Tenom TPO 1 registration cachet. This is earlier than the EDS of 21FEB73 stated by Eric Jefferies in the Sarawak Journal in 1993.  The cover originated from Kg Kawang near Papar.