Star Trek Miniature Sheets Collection 2

Stamps and anything related to stamps are my favourite hobby. I also have another hobby. I like Star Trek. Combine the two and you get strange stamp collections like these miniature sheets from Maldives and Palau:

Star Trek Miniature Sheets Collection 1

Stamps and anything related to stamps are my favourite hobby. I also have another hobby. I like Star Trek. Combine the two and you get strange stamp collections like these miniature sheets from Liberia and Antigua and Barbuda:

Letter from Brunei to Switzerland in 1907

Someone sent a registered letter from Brunei postdated 25th July 1907 to Moudon in Switzerland. The registered letter went from Brunei on 29th July 1907 and reached Labuan on 30th July 1907. It then went to Singapore and reached London on 30th August 1907. It finally reached Moudon on 31st August 1907. Not bad, only 5 weeks and with no jet planes. Some of my letters took as long to reach me from all over the world despite the massive progress of transportation today. I bought this 107 year old cover from a philatelic specialist store in Singapore for around $800.

Brunei $60 stamp 2006

The $60 stamp in this miniature sheet is the second highest face value stamp of all Brunei stamps produced so far. The highest value is a $65 miniature sheet. However from the physical aspect, the size of this $60 stamp makes it the largest size stamp produced among the Brunei series and probably would be able to hold its own in the world as well.

Brunei's Most Valuable Stamp

It is hard to find the original 1 cent overprinted $3 by the Japanese Imperial Government when they occupy Brunei during the Second World War. So many fakes abound and even if you have the original, it is quite hard to authenticate that it is the original.

United Nations Flag Series - Brunei, 1989

First Day Cover showing the United Nations stamp depicting Brunei flag issued on 22 September 1989. The stamps and first day cover was issued as part of the World Stamps series produced by UN over a period of years.

 Postcard showing the United Nations stamp depicting Brunei flag issued on 22 September 1989. The stamps and postcard was issued as part of the World Stamps series produced by UN over a period of years.

First Day Cover showing the United Nations stamps depicting Brunei flag issued on 22 September 1989. The stamps and first day cover was issued as part of the World Stamps series produced by UN over a period of years.

Brunei's Most Valued Stamp

This is probably the most wanted of all Brunei stamps. Valued at five digit, not many can be found and many are fakes. I bought this a few weeks ago and it has just arrived. Honestly I am not even sure whether this is a fake or otherwise but judging by the price, it would not be an original. But if you do pay a lot higher how would you know it is not a fake? I have seen some of the authentication and I am not convinced either. So caveat emptor. Buy and pay at your own peril.