STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 1867 Issue

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The Straits Settlements consisted of Malacca, Penang and Singapore (the first two nowadays situated in Malaysia).

BANGKOK: Stamps of Straits Settlements overprinted with a 'B' were used in Bangkok.
Stamps of Sraits Settlements overprinted with 'P.G.S.' were used in Perak.

Before the introduction of its own stamps, the stamps of India were used in Straits Settlements. Some cancels that can be encountered are 'B172' (Singapore), 'B109' (Mallaca) and B147 (Penang).

'B109' (Mallaca) and 'B172' (Singapore) cancels

1867 Stamps of India surcharged with a crown and value

  1 1/2 c (THREE HALF CENTS, red) on 1/2 a blue
  2 c (red) on 1 a brown
  3 c (blue) on 1 a brown
  4 c on 1 a brown
  6 c (violet) on 2 a yellow
  8 c (green) on 2 a yellow
  12 c (red) on 4 a green
  24 c (blue) on 8 a red
  32 c on 2 a yellow

For the specialist: these stamps should have a watermark: 'Elephant-head'. Most used stamps of this issue have additional firm-chops on top of the usual cancels. Click here for firm chops.

12 c on 4 a double overprint; printers' waste.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The 1/2 c blue exists with 'THREE HALF' deleted and a '2' written above it in manuscript (RRR), examples:

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Certified genuine stamps

For cancels click here.

Forgeries:

(reduced sizes)

In the left stamp, the 32 cents overprint is added after the cancel. The second stamp is also a forgery with the 32 cents overprint added to India's stamp with the wrong shade.

Other forgery, 'CENTES' instead of 'CENTS':

(Reduced size)

(Forged overprints)

Another forged double overprint:

The book "The Postage Stamps of The Straits Settlements by R.H.D. Lockhart (1925)" mentions this error as bing printer's waste. I'm not sure if the above 'error' is a forgery of this error or not.

I don't trust the next overprint, could this be a forgery?:

(Forgery?)

For Straits Settlements 1868-1901 issues, click here.

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