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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Postcards, Fiscals

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Fiscal stamps

REVENUE:

1874 Large sized stamps, 'REVENUE' on top, 'STAMP' below

The following values were issued: 3 c, 5 c, 10 c, 15 c, 20 c, 25 c, 30 c, 50 c, 60 c (all in lilac, value in black), $1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $25 and $50 (all in blue, value in black).

1882 New smaller design

(reduced size, with typical red cancel often found on fiscal stamps of Straits Settlements)

The following values exist:
A: With value in colour of the stamp (1882): 3 c, 5 c, 10 c, 15 c, 20 c, 25 c, 30 c, 50 c, 60 c (all in lilac), $1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $25 and $50 (all in blue)
B: With value in other colour: 3 c lilac and black , 5 c lilac and blue, 10 c lilac (two shades on one stamp), 20 c lilac and green, 50 c lilac and red, $1 green and red, $2 green and blue, $5 green and violet, $25 green and $100 green and red.

FOREIGN BILL

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JUDICIAL

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MARINE POLICIES

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RECEIPT STAMP

A receipt stamp of Great Britain exists overprinted with a crown and surcharged 3 c (issued in 1867).

(Receipt stamp of 1875)

Straits Settlements issued its own receipt stamps in two values: 3 c lilac (1875) or 3 c violet (1876).

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Postal Stationery

POSTCARDS

1879 Queen Victoria in a rectangle

  3 c blue
  3 c red (1894)
  'TWO CENTS' on 3 c blue (1891)

1879 Queen Victoria in a circle

  'FOUR' on 5 c brown
  4 c brown (1880)
  'THREE CENTS' on 4 c brown (1884)

1885 Queen Victoria in a circle (new design)

  1 c green
  2 c red

REGISTERED LETTER

1891 Queen Victoria in a circle, inscription 'STRAITS SETTLEMENTS REGISTERED LETTER POST'

  5 c blue

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