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Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1 |
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3 c brown on yellow
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
3 c | *** | R |
Forgery of this stamp:
First image: Reduced size. This forgery is identical to the image
provided in the John Edward Gray 'The Illustrated Catalogue of
Postage Stamps' of 1870 on page 168 (except that it is in black
color there, see third image). My Scott 1925 catalogue also has
the same image. Apparently, it also exists in the color green:
http://stampforgeries.com/forged-stamps-of-sarawak/.
2 c violet on violet (1875) 3 c brown on yellow 4 c brown on yellow (1875) 6 c green on green (1875) 8 c blue on blue (1875) 12 c red on red (1875) Surcharged
'ONE CENT' on 3 c brown on yellow '2 CENTS' on 3 c brown on yellow '2 CENTS' on 12 c red on red '4 CENTS' (red) on 6 c green on green '4 CENTS' (red) on 8 c blue on blue
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
2 c | *** | *** | |
3 c | * | * | |
4 c | *** | *** | |
6 c | ** | ** | |
8 c | *** | *** | |
12 c | *** | *** | |
1 c on 3 c | * | * | |
2 c on 3 c | * | * | |
2 c on 12 c | ** | ** | With inverted overprint: RRR |
4 c on 6 c | *** | *** | |
4 c on 8 c | *** | *** |
Imperforate proofs of the 2 c and 6 c values.
Typical cancels:
"S" cancel in bars and violet circular date cancel
Sarawak stamp with "S" cancel, together with a Straits
Settlements stamp cancelled in Singapore.
A very primitive forged 8 c green stamp
Slightly less crude forgeries, the lettering is different (for
example the bottom right "S") and the face of Brooke as
well. Second image obtained from a Prestige Philately Auction
no.132, Dec 01, 2007. The third and fourth image show images of
Le Timbre Poste by Moens of No 100 (April 1871, page 25) and No
145 (January 1875) on which the forgery was apparently based.
This forgery can also be found in the catalogue of Placido Ramon de Torres "Album
Illustrado para Sellos de Correo" of 1879 (information
passed to me thanks to Gerhard Lang, 2016, fifth image). So
presumably this forgery was inspired by the Moens catalogue, and
then copied by de Torres. Further proof of this is the fact that
the 'perforation' design is cut off at the top and bottom by de
Torres. It was listed under Africa(!) by de Torres by the way...
Forgery of the 4 c value. Note "FOOR" instead of
"FOUR".
Forged 'TWO CENTS' overprint sold by Benjamin and Sarpy (image
obtained from a Prestige Philately Auction no. 132, Dec 01,
2007).
A very rare provisional surcharge 'TWO CENTS' (in
one line) on 3 c exists and was issued in 1874. After some forged
dies were found with the London forgers Benjamin, Sarpy and Jeffreys with this surchage, it was
believed that this issue was bogus altogether. It is now believed
that there actually existed a genuine surcharge. By the way, any
such stamp with cancel "SARAWAK P.O" in a box is a
forgery made by the above three gentlemen. The above mentioned
Prestige Philately Auction also mentions that "W.
Batty-Smith in the London Philatelist (Nov-Dec 1989) provided
evidence supporting the existence of a genuine 2c Provisional for
use on newspapers".
More on the subject can be found at:
http://members.fortunecity.com/borneo/swk-stp.htm (an image of
another forgery with the same boxed "SARAWAK P.O" and
the red "LONDON" cancel can be found there as well, but
now pasted on piece of paper). This website also shows a copy of
a supposedly genuine 'TWO CENTS' overprint; it is 17 mm long (the
forgery shown above is 16 mm long).
Inscription "POSTAGE & REVENUE"
1 c lilac and black 2 c lilac and red 3 c lilac and blue 4 c lilac and yellow 5 c lilac and green 6 c lilac and brown 8 c green and red 10 c green and lilac 12 c green and blue 16 c green and orange 25 c green and brown 32 c green and black 50 c green and olive 1 $ green and black
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1 c | * | * | |
2 c | ** | ** | |
3 c | ** | ** | |
4 c | *** | *** | |
5 c | ** | *** | |
6 c | *** | *** | |
8 c | ** | ** | |
10 c | *** | *** | |
12 c | *** | *** | |
16 c | *** | *** | |
25 c | *** | *** | |
32 c | *** | *** | |
50 c | *** | *** | |
1 $ | R | R |
Surcharged
'One Cent.' on 3 c lilac and blue 'one cent.' (small 'o' and 'c') on 3 c lilac and blue '2c' on 8 c green and red '5c' (2 types) on 12 c green and blue
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1 c on 3 c | R | R | |
1 c on 3 c | *** | *** | Small 'o' |
2 c on 8 c | *** | *** | |
5 c on 12 c | *** | *** | Rarest type: RR |
Inscription "POSTAGE POSTAGE" (1899)
1 c blue and red 2 c green 3 c lilac 4 c red 8 c yellow and black 10 c blue 12 c lilac 16 c brown and green 20 c olive and violet 25 c brown and blue 50 c olive and red 1 $ red and green
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
1 c | * | c | |
2 c | * | * | With watermark 'Rose': R |
3 c | * | c | Watermark 'Rose' (1908) |
4 c | * | * | |
8 c | ** | * | |
10 c | ** | ** | |
12 c | *** | ** | |
16 c | *** | *** | |
20 c | *** | *** | |
25 c | *** | *** | |
50 c | *** | *** | |
1 $ | R | R |
Unissued stamp: 5 c grey and green (the remainders of this stamp were sold to a dealer in London: R):
Other unissued stamps were prepared in 1898, they are 2 $ green and blue, 5 $ green and violet, 10 $ green and red (all RR).
I have seen postcards in a similar design ("POSTAGE POSTAGE") in the values 1 c green, 4 c red and 3 c red with a '4 CENTS' surcharge.
A 'misprint' was made by the forger Smeets from Belgium, in which he erased the red value from the 50 c POSTAGE POSTAGE stamps and printed a green 50 c value on it.
(Reduced sizes)
2 c brown 3 c lilac 4 c black 6 c violet 8 c green
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
2 c | ** | ** | |
3 c | * | c | |
4 c | *** | *** | |
6 c | ** | *** | |
8 c | *** | *** |
1 c blue and red 2 c green 2 c lilac 3 c violet 3 c green 4 c red 4 c lilac 5 c orange 6 c red 8 c yellow and black 8 c red 10 c blue 10 c black 12 c lilac 12 c blue 16 c brown and green 20 c olive and violet 25 c brown and blue 30 c yellow and grey 50 c green and red 1 $ red and green Surcharged
'ONE cent' on 10 c blue 'TWO cents' on 12 c lilac
A 1 c grey was prepared in 1918 but never issued (the remainders were sold to a dealer in London: ***).
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
With no watermark (1918) | |||
1 c | c | c | An unissued 1 c blue and green exists: RR |
2 c green | * | * | |
2 c lilac | * | * | |
3 c violet | * | * | |
3 c green | * | * | |
4 c red | * | c | |
4 c lilac | * | * | |
5 c | * | c | |
6 c | * | * | |
8 c yellow and black | ** | ** | |
8 c red | * | * | |
10 c blue | ** | * | |
10 c black | ** | ** | |
12 c lilac | *** | ** | |
12 c blue | ** | ** | |
16 c | *** | * | |
20 c | ** | * | |
25 c | ** | ** | |
30 c | *** | ** | |
50 c | *** | *** | |
1 $ | *** | *** | |
Surcharged (no watermark) | |||
1 c on 10 c | *** | *** | Misprint 'One cnet': RRR |
2 c on 12 c | *** | *** | |
Watermark 'Rose' (1928) | |||
1 c | vc | vc | |
2 c lilac | c | c | |
3 c green | c | c | |
4 c lilac | c | * | |
5 c | * | * | |
6 c | * | * | |
8 c red | * | * | |
10 c black | * | * | |
12 c blue | * | * | |
16 c | * | * | |
20 c | * | * | |
25 c | ** | ** | |
30 c | ** | ** | |
50 c | *** | *** | |
1 $ | *** | *** |
1 c blue 2 c green 3 c violet 4 c orange 5 c red 6 c red 8 c orange 10 c black 12 c blue 15 c brown 20 c violet and orange 25 c brown and orange 30 c orange and brown 50 c olive and red 1 $ red and green
I have seen these stamps with 'Telegraph' overprint, some of them also surcharged with a new value.
The values 1 c to 10 $ were issued: 1 c lilac 2 c green 2 c black 3 c black 3 c green 4 c lilac 5 c violet 6 c red 6 c brown 8 c brown 8 c red 10 c red 12 c blue 12 c orange 15 c orange 15 c blue 20 c red and green 25 c orange and black 30 c violet and brown 50 c red and violet 1 $ brown and red 2 $ violet and red 3 $ green and red 4 $ red and blue 5 $ brown and red 10 $ orange and black
10 $ stamp with Japanese overprint
This set also exists with a Japanese overprint (issued during World War II, see image above).
A fiscal overprint, issued during the Japanese occupation; three
Japanese characters with two pairs of vertical lines, these
stamps were used to seal censored letters.
In 1945 the original set was issued with "BMA" overprint (in black or red) and in 1947 again with a Royal Cypher (in black or red).
12 c with "BMA" overprint and 5 $ with Royal Cypher
overprint
Four stamps with a Japanese revenue overprint (two Japanese signs
in a circle)
8 c red 15 c blue 50 c red and black 1 $ brown and black.
For stamps in a similar design, but for another British colony, click here
8 c red (smaller size) 5 $ brown
For stamps in a similar design, but for another British colony, click here
8 c red 15 c blue 25 c green 50 c violet
1 c black (troides brookiana; butterfly) 2 c red (the tarsius) 3 c green (Kayan tomb) 4 c brown (Kayan girl and boy) 6 c blue (bead work) 8 c red (Dayak dancer) 10 c orange (map) 10 c orange (the scaly ant eater, 1952) 12 c violet (Kenyah boys) 15 c blue (fire making) 20 c orange and brown (Kelemantan rice barn) 25 c red and green (pepper vines) 50 c violet and brown (Iban woman) 1 $ brown and green (Kelabit Smithy) 2 $ red and blue (map of Sarawak) 5 $ violet, red, yellow and black (arms of Sarawak)
For stamps in a similar design, but for other British colonies, click here
10 c blue and black
1 c green (logging) 2 c red (young orang-utan) 4 c brown (Kayan dancing) 6 c blue (hornbill) 8 c red (shield with spears) 10 c green (Kenyah ceremonial carving) 12 c lilac (Barong Panau; ship) 15 c blue (turtles) 20 c brown and olive (basket making) 25 c green and brown (Astana, Kuching) 30 c violet and brown (portrait of Queen Elizabeth II) 50 c red and black (design as 30 c) 1 $ brown and green (Queen Elizabeth II facing the left) 2 $ green and violet (design as 1 $) 5 $ violet, black, yellow and red (arms)
For stamps in a similar design, but for another British colony, click here
12 c brown
(Reduced size)
I'm not sure if these stamps are non-issued, bogus or locals. The values 2 c green, 3 c blue, 4 c brown, 5 c red and 10 c violet exist.
1875 Inscription "SARAWAK RECEIPT STAMP":
(Reduced size)
3 c black on grey 3 c red (1885)
Other fiscal stamps exist, for example the postage stamps of 1888 overprinted with "R Revenue only" or "R". In 1899 (Sir Charles Brooke) and 1918 (Sir Charles Vyner Brooke) special revenue stamps were issued with inscription "SARAWAK REVENUE":
1918 Charles Vyner Brooke 10 $ green and red revenue stamp with
"CUSTOMS" overprint
Priced Catalogue of the Postmarks of Sarawak, 1965, published by The Sarawak Specialists Society.
Stamps - Timbres-Poste - Briefmarken