Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Queen Victoria, surcharged stamps

Return To Catalogue - Straits Settlements 1868-1901

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Surcharged stamps:

  'ONE CENT' and bar on 2 cents red
  'ONE CENT' and bar on 4 c brown
  'ONE CENT' and bar on 6 c violet
  'ONE CENT' (in one line) and bar on 8 cents green
  'ONE CENT' and bar on 8 cents yellow
  'ONE CENT' and bar on 12 c brown

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	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1 c on 4 c	***	***	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1 c on 6 c	**	**	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1 c on 8 c green	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1 c on 8 c yellow	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown'
1 c on 12 c	***	***	Watermark 'CA Crown'

2 Cents on 4 c red

'TWO CENTS' on 5 c blue, 'TWO CENTS' on 32 c red
(Reduced views)

  '2 Cents.' on 4 c red
  '2 Cents' on 5 c blue
  'TWO CENTS' (vertically) on 5 c blue
  'TWO CENTS' (vertically) on 8 c yellow
  '2 Cents.' on 12 c blue
  'TWO CENTS' (vertically) on 32 c 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
2 c on 4 c	R	R	Watermark 'CA Crown'
'2 Cents' on 5 c	R	R	Watermark 'CA Crown'
'TWO CENTS' on 5 c	R	R	Watermark 'CA Crown'
2 c on 8 c	RR	R	Watermark 'CA Crown'
2 c on 12 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
2 c on 32 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'

'3 cents' on 8 c yellow
(Reduced view)

  '3 CENTS' on 5 c blue
  '3 cents' on 5 c brown
  'THREE CENTS' on 32 c lilac 
  'THREE CENTS' on 32 c 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 5 c blue	R	R	Watermark 'CA Crown'
3 c on 5 c brown	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
3 c on 32 c lilac	***	**	Watermark 'CA Crown'
3 c on 32 c red	**	*	Watermark 'CA Crown' Without surcharge: RRR

4 cents (red) on 5 c blue

  'FOUR CENTS' on 5 c red
  '4 Cents' (black or red, 'Cents' slanting) on 5 c blue
  '4 Cents.' ('Cents' straight) on 5 c blue 
  '4 Cents.' on 5 c brown
  '4 Cents.' on 8 c blue

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
4 c on 5 c red	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown', 1899
4 c on 5 c blue	RR	RR	Watermark 'CA Crown', 'Cents' slanting; usually red surcharge, black surcharge: RRR
4 c on 5 c blue	***	***	Watermark 'CA Crown', 1899 'Cents.' straight, with '.' behind 'Cents'
4 c on 5 c brown	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown', 1899
4 c on 8 c	*	*	Watermark 'CA Crown', 1899 Exists with double surcharge

'5 cents' on 4 c red
(reduced view)

  '5 cents.' on 4 c red
  '5 cents.' on 8 c yellow (3 types) 
  'Five Cents' on 8 c yellow
  'Seven Cents.' on 32 c red
  '8 Cents' on 12 c blue
  '8 Cents' on 12 c lilac

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 on 4 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
'5 cents.' on 8 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown', three types of surcharge, '5' different
'Five Cents.' on 8 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown', 1879; two varieties: no stop after 'Cents' and space between 'F' and 'i'.
7 c on 32 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
8 c on 12 c blue	RRR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown'
8 c on 12 c lilac	RR	RR	Watermark 'CA Crown'

  '8' on '8 Cents' on 12 c lilac

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
8 on 8 c on 12 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CA Crown'

'10' on 30 c lilac (upper stamp other type in '10')

second type large 'cents'
(Reduced size)

  '10 Cents.' on 6 c lilac
  '10 Cents.' on 12 c blue
  '10 CENTS' on 24 c green
  '10' on 30 c lilac (4 types)
  '10 Cents.' on 30 c lilac (3 types: small and large 'cents')

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
10 c on 6 c	R	R	Watermark 'CC Crown'
10 c on 12 c	R	R	Watermark 'CC Crown'
10 c on 24 c	***	**	Watermark 'CA Crown'
'10' on 30 c	RR	RR	Watermark 'CC Crown', Cheapest type
'10 Cents.' on 30 c	RR	R	Watermark 'CC Crown', Cheapest type

  'THIRTY CENTS' on 32 c 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
30 c on 32 c	***	***	Watermark 'CA Crown'

Non issued stamp: '4' on '4 Cents' on 5 c blue. A postal official used these stamps for the correspondance with his family (7 used copies known):

Left image reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com

Forged "4" on "4 Cents" surcharge

Forged overprint made by Fournier (bottom left).

Forged overprints:

Forged "4 Cents" on 5 c blue overprints

Forged "2 Cents."

Most likely a forged "3 CENTS" overprint.

Forged overprints (the first basic stamp is also forged)

Bogus overprints:

"9" and bar on 2 c red; "P TWO/" and bar on 4 c brown. Also a forged blue "8" on "8 Cents" on 12 c stamp.

Unlisted "One Cent." on 8 c and "Service." on 4 c.

Dubious '3 CENTS' on 5 c blue imperforate stamp. Both the stamp and the surcharge appear forged to me.

A bogus issue "28 Cents" on 30 c lilac' is mentioned as 'Speculations-' or 'Schwindelmarke' in Ferdinand Meyer's 'Handbuch fur Postmarkensammler' (Nuremberg 1881). I have never seen this forgery.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Queen Victoria, surcharged stamps

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