TRENGGANU

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A sultanate in Malaysia. Before 1909 under Thai influence, it then became an unfederate Malay state under British protection. It first issued stamps in 1910.

1910 Sultan Zain ul ab din III

  1 c green
  2 c lilac and brown
  3 c red
  4 c orange
  4 c green and brown
  4 c red
  5 c grey
  5 c brown and grey
  8 c blue
  10 c lilac on yellow
  10 c red and green on yellow
  20 c lilac
  25 c green and lilac
  30 c black and lilac
  50 c black on green
  1 $ red and black on blue
  3 $ red and green on green

Larger size

(Image obtained from a Shreves auction)

  5 $ lilac and green
  25 $ green and red

Overprinted 'RED CROSS' and value (1917-1918)

Different type of overprint '2' not curved at the bottom. In the normal type the '2' is curved at the bottom.

  '2 c.' on 3 c red
  '2 c.' on 4 c orange
  '2 c.' on 8 c blue
  '2 c.' on 4 c brown and green

For the specialist, these stamps have watermark 'Multiple CA Crown'. All stamps have perforation 14. Several misprints seem to exist of the Red Cross overprints: '2 c,' instead of '2 c.' and 'CSOSS' instead of 'CROSS' (I have never seen these misprints).

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

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

Some of these stamps were overprinted 'MALAYA BORNEO EXHIBITION', this was merely a private overprint. The overprint exists on the values: 5 c brown and grey, 10 c red and green on yellow, 20 c, 25 c, 50 c and 1 $.

1921 Sultan Suleiman Bader al alam

  1 c black
  2 c green
  3 c green
  4 c red
  5 c brown and grey
  5 c lilac on yellow
  6 c orange
  10 c blue
  12 c blue
  20 c brown and lilac
  25 c lilac and green
  30 c black and lilac
  35 c red on yellow
  50 c red and green
  1 $ blue and lilac on blue
  3 $ red and green on green

Larger size

  5 $ red and green on yellow
  25 $ blue and lilac
  50 $ brown and green
  100 $ red and green

For the specialist, these stamps have watermark 'Multiple CA Crown' or 'Multiple Script CA Crown'. All stamps have perforation 14. The values 2 c orange, 3 c blue-green, 6 c grey, 8 c red, 15 c blue and 1 $ red and black on blue were prepared in 1941, but never issued (all R).

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

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

Surcharged
  '2 CENTS' on 5 c lilac on yellow (1941)
  '8 CENTS' on 10 c blue (1941)

Some of these stamps were overprinted 'MALAYA BORNEO EXHIBITION', this was merely a private overprint. This overprint exist on the values 2 c and 4 c.

Forgery of the 25 $

1948 Royal Silver Wedding (King and Queen of Great Britain), inscription 'MALAYA TRENGGANU'

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  10 c violet (smaller size)
  5 $ red

1949 UPU issue, inscription 'MALAYA TRENGGANU' (design similar to many other British colonies)

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  10 c lilac
  15 c blue
  25 c orange
  50 c grey

These UPU stamps were issued in the following Malayan states (all with different country name): Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negri-Sembilan, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Singapore and Trengganu.

1949 Portrait of Sultan Ismail in an ellipse, surrounded by palm trees, inscription 'MALAYA' (the country name Trengganu is indicated in Arabic language)

  1 c black
  2 c orange
  3 c green
  4 c brown
  5 c lilac (1952)
  6 c grey
  8 c red
  8 c green (1952)
  10 c lilac
  12 c red (1952)
  15 c blue
  20 c green and black
  20 c blue (1952)
  25 c orange and lilac
  30 c lilac and red (1955)
  35 c lilac and red (1952)
  40 c lilac and red
  50 c blue and black
  1 $ lilac and blue
  2 $ red and green
  5 $ brown and green

1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, inscription 'CORONATION JUNE 1953', design identical to many other British colonies

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  10 c lilac and black

These coronation stamps were issued in the following Malayan states (all with different country name): Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negri-Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Trengganu.

1957 Various designs, similar to the stamps of Kedah of 1959, with portrait of Sultan Ismail

12 values

1965 Orchids set

7 values

1971 Butterfly set

7 values

Postage Due Stamps

1937 Inscription 'TRENGGANU POSTAGE DUE'

  1 c red
  4 c green
  8 c yellow
  10 c brown

Fiscal Stamps

25 $, 50 $ and 100 $ values

These fiscal stamps were issued during the Thai occupation. They have a ship as design. In a small size exist: 1 c, 2 c, 3 c, 4 c, 5 c, 10 c, 25 c, and 50 c. In a larger size: 1 $, 2 $, 3 $, 5 $, 25 $, 50 $ and 100 $.

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