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PERAK part 1, Queen Victoria

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1878 Stamps of Straits Settlements, Overprinted with Circle, star and "P" (1878)

Picture obtained from a Cavendish auction Certified genuine, image obtained from Status International Auction Image obtained from a Grosvenor auction

  2 c brown


A block of 15 stamps of the Koh Seoh Chuan collection on the frontpage of an auction catalogue of Stanley Gibbons (3rd October 1986)

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 RR RR  

 

1880 Overprinted "PERAK" (various types)

2 c brown, other overprint
(Reduced sizes)

  2 c brown (2 main types)
  2 c red (10 types)

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 brown ** *** On watermark 'CC Crown'
8 subtypes, cheapest type: **
2 c brown ** ** On watermark 'CA Crown'
2 c red * * 10 types, cheapest type: *
1 type exists inverted (see image below): RRR,
a misprint also exists of this type 'FERAK': RR 
Overprinted 'PERAK' and value (various types)

Overprint in blue 

  'ONE CENT PERAK' vertically on 2 c red
  'PERAK One CENT' on 2 c red
  'PERAK One CENT' and bar on 2 c red
  'One CENT PERAK' on 2 c red
  'PERAK ONE CENT' on 2 c red
  'PERAK 1 CENT' on 2 c red
  '1 CENT PERAK' on 2 c red (in 2 lines overprinted)
  '1 CENT PERAK' on 2 c red (in 3 lines overprinted)
  'PERAK One CENT' and bar on 6 c lilac
  '2 CENTS PERAK' vertically on 4 c red
  'PERAK TWO CENTS' and bar on 24 c green

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
Some types are rarer, prices for cheapest types
1 c on 2 c *** *** ONE CENT PERAK' vertically,
4 types, one type also in blue
1 c on 2 c R R 'PERAK one CENT', 4 types
1 c on 2 c *** *** 'PERAK One CENT' and bar, 4 types
1 c on 2 c c c 'One CENT PERAK', 9 types
"PREAK" error: R
1 c on 2 c R R 'PERAK ONE CENT', 2 types
1 c on 2 c RR RR 'PERAK 1 CENT'
1 c on 2c R R '1 CENT PERAK' on 2 c red, 3 types
1 c on 6 c *** *** 'PERAK One CENT' and bar, 6 types
2 c on 4 c RR R 2 types
2 c on 24 c ** ** 5 subtypes

For the specialist: many types of the overprint exist:

2 c on 4 c red (various types) '2 CENTS PERAK' on 4 c red 'ONE CENT PERAK' on 2 c red 'PERAK One CENT' on 6 c lilac 'PERAK One CENT' on 6 c lilac (other type) 'PERAK TWO CENTS' on 24 c green (other type)
(Reduced sizes)


Block of six stamps with various types and the "PREAK" error (second row, first stamp)


Different types of overprint on one sheet.

Besides the various types, inverted overprints or double overprints exist, example:

Certified genuine inverted overprint
(Inverted overprint)


A cancel from "TAIPING"

Forgeries:


(Forgery with different kind of 'PERAK' overprint?)


Usually with forgeries of this issue, the stamps are genuine and the overprint is forged. This forgery, presumably made by Oneglia, has both the original stamp and the overprint forged (the cancel is also forged).

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