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PERAK Part 2

Return To Catalogue - Perak, part 1: Queen Victoria - Straits Settlements - Other Malay states

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Perak, part 1: Queen Victoria stamps

1892 Jumping Tiger

  1 c green
  2 c red
  2 c yellow
  5 c blue

Surcharged

  '3 CENTS' on 5 c red

These stamps have watermark 'CA Crown' and perforation 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	c
2 c red	c	c
2 c yellow	c	c	1895
5 c	*	*
3 c on 5 c	*	*	1895

1895 Tiger head

50 c green and black

  1 c lilac and green
  2 c lilac and brown
  3 c lilac and red
  4 c lilac and red
  5 c lilac and yellow
  8 c lilac and blue
  10 c lilac and orange
  25 c green and red
  50 c lilac and black
  50 c green and black (1899)

These stamps have watermark 'CA Crown' and perforation 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	c
2 c	c	c
3 c	c	c
4 c	*	*
5 c	*	*
8 c	*	*
10 c	*	*
25 c	***	***
50 c lilac and black	***	***
50 c green and black	***	***

Surcharged

1 c on 5 c lilac and yellow

  'One Cent.' on 2 c lilac and brown
  'ONE CENT.' on 4 c lilac and red
  'One Cent.' on 5 c lilac and yellow
  'Three Cent.' on 8 c lilac and blue
  'Three Cent.' on 50 c green and black

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c on 2 c	c	*
1 c on 4 c	c	c
1 c on 5 c	c	c
3 c on 8 c	*	*	Double overprint: RR (see picture below)
3 c on 50 c	*	*

(Double overprint of the "Three Cent." on 8 c)

1895 Elephants

  1 $ dark green and light green
  2 $ green and red
  3 $ green and olive
  5 $ green and blue
  25 $ green and orange

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 $	***	***	Fiscal cancel: **
2 $	R	R	Fiscal cancel: **
3 $	***	***
5 $	R	R	Fiscal cancel: ***
25 $	RR	RR	Fiscal cancel: R

Surcharged

  3 c on 1 $ dark green and light green
  3 c on 2 $ green and red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
3 c on 1 $	**	**
2 $	*	**

Similar stamps with inscription "REVENUE REVENUE" at both sides exist. I have seen the values 25 $ red and brown, 25 $ lilac and blue on blue, 100 $ lilac and blue and 100 $ grey and red on blue, example:

Reduced size

From 1900 to 1935 Perak didn't issue any stamps any more.

Postal Receipt for 1 Cent. issued in 1903?

OFFICIAL STAMPS

1890 Stamps of Straits Settlements overprinted "P.G.S." (Perak Government Service)

2 c red and 4 c brown 6 c lilac 8 c yellow
(Reduced sizes)

  2 c red
  4 c brown
  6 c lilac
  8 c yellow
  10 c grey
  12 c blue
  12 c brown
  24 c green

Most of these stamps have watermark 'CA Crown', the 12 c blue has watermark 'CA Crown', the 24 c exists with both watermarks.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 c	**	**
4 c	***	***
6 c	***	***
8 c	***	***
10 c	R	R
12 c blue	R	R	Watermark 'CC Crown'
12 c brown	R	R
24 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
24 c	R	R

Forged 'P.G.S.' overprint made by the forger Fournier, images taken from a 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'

1894 Jumping tiger and Tigerhead type overprinted "Service"

(Reduced sizes)

  5 c blue
  5 c lilac and yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 c blue	**	*
5 c lilac and yellow	*	*

Later issues (from 1935 onwards)

1935 Portrait of Sultan Iskandar facing the left

  1 c black (1936)
  2 c green (1936)
  4 c orange
  5 c brown
  6 c red (1937)
  8 c grey
  10 c lilac (1936)
  12 c blue (1936)
  25 c red and lilac (1936)
  30 c orange and lilac (1936)
  40 c lilac and red 
  50 c black on green
  1 $ red and black on blue
  2 $ red and green
  5 $ red and green on green

1938 Portrait of Sultan Iskandar looking forward

(1935 issue)

  1 c black (1939)
  2 c green (1939)
  2 c orange (1941)
  3 c green (1941)
  4 c orange (1939)
  5 c brown (1939)
  6 c red (1939)
  8 c grey
  8 c red (1941)
  10 c lilac
  12 c blue
  15 c blue (1941)
  25 c red and lilac (1939)
  30 c orange and lilac
  40 c lilac and red 
  50 c black on green
  1 $ red and black on blue (1940)
  2 $ red and green (1940)
  5 $ red and green on green (1941)

Stamps issued during Japanese occupation; overprinted with Japanese characteres or "DAI NIPPON 2602 MALAYA", some also surcharged or with inverted overprint.

1948 Royal Silver Wedding (King and Queen of Great Britain), inscription "MALAYA PERAK"

For stamps in a similar design, but for another British colony, click here

  10 c violet (smaller size)
  5 $ green

1949 UPU issue, inscription "MALAYA PERAK" (design similar to many other British colonies)

For stamps in a similar design, but for another British colony, click here

  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.

1950 Portrait of Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah, inscription "MALAYA" (the country name Perak 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

For stamps in a similar design, but for other British colonies, click here

  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, Trengganu.

1957 Various designs, as Kedah issue of 1957, portrait of Sultan Yussuf Izzudin Shah

12 values

1963 Coronation of Sultan Idris Shah

  10 c yellow, red, blue and black

1965 Orchid set

7 values

1971 Butterfly set

7 values

Postcards

Example:

Cancels

The earliest cancels of Perak consist of an oval with parallel bars (by the way, this cancel was also used in Sungei Ujong):

This cancel exists in black, red and violet (violet was only used in Sungei Ujong).

Circular date stamps were used from 1882 onwards.

Two "TAIPING" and one "IPOH" cancel on tiger issues.

Cancels with "PAID" were also used in Perak, could this be one of them?:

'PAID' cancel
Perak "PAID" cancel on unoverprinted Straits stamps on the left? One the right a Perak stamp with 'PAID'.

Fiscal stamps

Example, fiscal stamp of Straits Settlements overprinted "PERAK":

1889: 3 c, 5 c (violet and black), 10 c, 15 c (violet), 10 c, 50 c (violet and black), $1, $2, $5 and $25 (green with black, blue, violet and green respectively)

1880 Judicial issue: 10 c, 25 c, 50 c (brown and violet also red and green in 1892) and $1, $2, $3, $5 (brown and green also red and black in 1892).

25 c postage stamp (tiger design) with overprint 'JUDICIAL' to be used as a fiscal stamp. Note the fiscal 'hole' cancel.

$5 postage stamp with overprint "Three Cents. Revenue only." (1900)

Fiscal stamps similar to postage stamps but now with inscription "REVENUE REVENUE" at both sides exist. I have seen the values 25 $ red and brown, 25 $ lilac and blue on blue, 100 $ lilac and blue and 100 $ grey and red on blue, example: