THE RELIC HUNTER: JOHORE

Showing posts with label JOHORE. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 November 2013

18 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM SIX CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - PART SET/SHEETLET, 48 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM SIX CENTS GREEN AND YELLOW SG45 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

17 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FIVE CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - PART SET/SHEETLET, 40 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FIVE CENTS GREEN AND BROWN SG44 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

16 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - PART SET/SHEETLET, 48 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS YELLOW AND RED SG43 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

15 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 120 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS GREEN AND CARMINE SG42 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

14 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 120 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS YELLOW AND RED SG43 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

13 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - ALMOST COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 119 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1896 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS GREEN AND CARMINE SG42 STAMPS.

YEAR : 1896

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

12 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1904 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - ALMOST COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 117 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1904 SIR IBRAHIM FOUR CENTS DULL PURPLE AND RED STAMPS.

YEAR : 1904

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

11 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1912 SIR IBRAHIM FIVE CENTS STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - ALMOST COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 115 OUT OF 120 PIECES - 1912 SIR IBRAHIM FIVE CENTS DULL PURPLE AND GREEN STAMPS.

YEAR : 1912

WATERMARK : MULTIPLE ROSETTES

10 - JOHORE COLLECTION - 1904 SIR IBRAHIM ONE CENT STAMPS

EXTREMELY RARE - ALMOST COMPLETE SET/SHEETLET, 115 OUT OF 120 PIECES 1904 SIR IBRAHIM ONE CENT DULL PURPLE AND GREEN STAMPS.

YEAR : 1904

WATERMARK : ROSETTE

9 - JOHORE COLLECTION - SULTAN AND HIS NEWEST JEWEL

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 10 NOVENBER 1950

TITLE : SULTAN AND HIS NEWEST JEWEL

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

THE 77-YEAR-OLD SULTAN OF JOHORE AND HIS 34-YEAR-OLD WIFE POSE IN LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE DAUGHTER BORN TO THEM ON SEPT. 18. THE INFANT, NAMED TUNKU MARIAM, IS THE SULTAN'S ONLY DAUGHTER. THE SULTANA, A ROMANIAN, IS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EDGAR MENDL. SHE MARRIED THE SULTAN TEN YEARS AGO AFTER AN EIGHT-DAY ROMANCE. THE FABULOUSLY WEALTHY SULTAN GAVE 500,000 POUNDS FOR THE DEFENCE OF SINGAPORE DURING WORLD WAR II.

8 - JOHORE COLLECTION - "CUKAI TANAH" RECEIPT

RARE 1913 RECEIPT FOR "CUKAI TANAH" PAYMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE.

5 - JOHORE COLLECTION - SULTAN'S FORMER SWEETHEART KILLED BY BOMB

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 11 OCTOBER 1940

TITLE : SULTAN'S FORMER SWEETHEART KILLED BY BOMB.

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND - PLATINUM-BLONDE LYDIA CECILY HILL, ERSTWHILE CABARET DANCER WHO ALMOST MARRIED THE FABULOUSLY RICH SULTAN OF JOHORE, WITH WHOM SHE IS SHOWN HERE, TWO YEARS AGO, WAS KILLED BY A GERMAN BOMB ON OCT. 11TH WHEN THE NAZIS ATTACKED THE CATHEDRAL TOWN OF CANTERBURY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHOSE ROMANCE WITH THE RULLER OF 500,000 MALAYANS UPSET THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, WAS KILLED WHEN A BOMB HIT A FUR STORE IN WHICH SHE WAS BUYING A WEDDING PRESENT FOR A GIRL FRIEND.

4 - JOHORE COLLECTION - A REAL SULTAN ACCEPTS MAE'S INVITATION

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 05 SEPTEMBER 1934

TITLE : A REAL SULTAN ACCEPTS MEA'S INVITATION

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

HOLLYWOOD, CAL. - MEA WEST ALLURING SCREEN STAR, DROPPED ALL WORK WHEN SIR IBRAHIM SULTAN OF JOHORE AND HIS WIFE, THE SULTANA, DROPPED INTO THE STUDIO TO PAY HER A VISIT. HE IS THE THIRD RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, WITH HIS INGLISH-BORN-WIFE. HE IS MAKING A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD WITH A STOP-OVER AT THE MOVIE CAPITAL

3 - JOHORE COLLECTION - A SULTAN'S DAUGHTER CELEBRATES HER EIGHT BIRTHDAY

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 18 SEPTEMBER 1958

TITLE : A SULTAN'S DAUGHTER CELEBRATES HER EIGHT BIRTHDAY

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

THERE WAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY TODAY FOR PRINCESS MIRIAM, THE DAUGHTER OF THE SULTAN OF JOHORE, WHO CELEBRATED HER EIGHT BIRTHDAY. THE YOUNG PRINCESS ENTERTAINED HER FRIENDS IN THE SULTAN'S PERMANENT SUITE. THE SULTAN, WHO CELEBRATED HIS 85TH. BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, WAS PRESENT AT THE PARTY WITH HIS 41-YEAR-OLD RUMANIAN-BORN WIFE, PRINCESS MARCELLA.

PHOTO SHOWS :

PRINCESS MIRIAM BLOWS OUT THE CANDLES ON HER BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE PARTY THIS AFTERNOON.

2 - JOHORE COLLECTION - FAIRY PRINCESS

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 20 DECEMBER 1960

TITLE : FAIRY PRINCESS

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

LONDON : CAST AS A "FIRE FLAME FAIRY," HER HIGHNESS PRINCESS MIRIAM OF JOHORE CUTS A GRACEFUL PIROUETTE DURING REHEARSALS FOR A BENEFIT SHOW IN LONDON. THE PRINCESS IS THE DAUGHTER OF MALAYA'S SULTAN OF JOHORE AND HIS CZECH-BORN WIFE, LADY MARCELA. THE SHOW, CALLED "AIR AND GRACES, 1960," IS STAGED BY LONDON SOCIETY TO AID THE UNDERPRIVILEGED.

1 - JOHORE COLLECTION - GRANDSON OF SULTAN OF JOHORE TO WED LONDON GIRL

ORIGINAL GENUINE PRESS PHOTO

DATE : 17 JANUARY 1956

TITLE : GRANDSON OF SULTAN OF JOHORE TO WED LONDON GIRL

PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :

23-YEAR OLD TENGKU (PRINCE) OSMAN, A GRANDSON OF THE SULTAN OF JOHORE, IS TO MARRY 17-YEAR OLD MISS SANDRA ESTELLE REDMAN, DAUGHTER OR MR. AND MRS. G. REDMAN, OF KENSINGTON, LONDON. PRINCE OSMAN IS STUDYING AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.

PHOTO SHOWS :

TENGKU (PRINCE) OSMAN, SEEN WITH MISS SANDRA ESTELLE REDMAN, AT HER MOTHER'S HOME IN KENSINGTON, TODAY.