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Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1 |
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
Stamps of Straits Settlements overprinted with a 'B' were used in Bangkok, Siam (Thailand) for the British Consular Post Office. The first stamps with 'B' overprint arrived in May 1883 (other sources say 1882?). On 30 June 1885 the use of these stamps was stopped. If I'm well informed, these stamps were not cancelled in Siam, but only when they arrived in Singapore (making the identification of forgeries even more difficult!).
Be extremely careful when acquiring these stamps. Many forged overprints exist!
image reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com
'B' on 32 c on 2 a yellow
For the specialist: this stamp has watermark 'Elephant head'. I don't know if this stamp exists genuinly used.
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 |
32 c on 2 a | RR | ?? |
2 c brown 2 c red 4 c red 4 c brown 5 c brown 5 c blue 6 c violet 8 c yellow 10 c black 12 c blue 12 c lilac 24 c green 30 c lilac 96 c grey Surcharged
'TWO CENTS' on 32 c orange
For the specialist, these stamps were issued with watermark CC Crown or CA crown.
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 |
Watermark CC Crown |
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2 c brown | RR | R | |
4 c red | R | R | |
5 c brown | *** | *** | |
6 c | ** | ** | |
8 c | *** | *** | |
10 c | R | *** | |
12 c blue | R | R | |
24 c | *** | *** | |
30 c | RRR | RRR | |
96 c | RRR | RR | |
Watermark CA crown |
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2 c brown | R | R | |
2 c red | ** | ** | |
4 c red | RR | RR | |
4 c brown | ** | ** | |
5 c blue | *** | *** | |
6 c | *** | *** | |
8 c | ** | ** | |
10 c | *** | *** | |
12 c lilac | *** | *** | |
24 c | R | R | |
Surcharged |
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2 c on 32 c | RRR | RRR |
These stamps often exist with a Singapore cancel.
Another mute cancel consisting of a large square with small
alternating blocks.
Forgeries: the overprint is quite easy to falsify, there exist many forgeries, (by the way, I'm not 100% sure that all the above stamps are genuine), examples:
Forged "B" overprint on a 4 a black stamp of India.
Other forgeries most likely made by Oneglia;
Both the stamps and the overprints are forged. Note the 'white
eye' in these engraved forgeries and the 'bars' cancel.
3 c blue
A 20 c revenue stamp of Straits Settlements was overprinted with a 'B' to be used in Bangkok. I have never seen this fiscal stamp. If anybody posesses a picture, please contact me!
According to
http://www.michelhoude.com/BMSM/Bangkok/PresPSSC/P01.html, the
following firm chops were used in Bangkok:
A. Bjurling & Cie
Markwald & Co.
Ameeroodin Mahomedbhoymoocha Ld
Falck & Beidek
Falck, Bramann & Beidek
Möeller & Meisner
Götte & Co.
Ramsay & Co. Exporters
Roger Clarke & Co.
The Borneo Company Limited
"Windsor, Redlich & Co Siam" or "Windsor, Rose
& Co Siam"
"AMEEROODIN MAHOMEDHOYMOOCHA LD BANGKOK" in an ellipse
with date in the center
"FALCK BRAMANN & BEIDEK BANGKOK (SIAM)"
Möeller & Meisner; also note the mute cancel.
"FORWARDED BY THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED SIAM" in large
ellipse "FORWARDED BY" in the center.
"WINDSOR, REDLICH & CO. BANGKOK SIAM"
"WINDSOR, ROSE & CO. BANGKOK. * SIAM. *"
There are also a few Consular Security Markings:
The British Consulate Seal
U.S.Consulate Bangkok
U.S. Legation Bangkok
"Kaiserlich Deutsches Consulat in Bangkok" (German
Consulate)
On the same website, some forged 'B' overprints are identified by impossible firm chops. I.e. the 'B' overprint was falsely applied to genuinely used Straits stamps, which were not used in Bangkok.