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History. 1892 Straits Settlements stamp. A postal service had been available in Singapore since the contemporary city was founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819. Postal services were first directly organised in Singapore in 1826, and from 1829 rectangular postmarks began to be used on local correspondence.
The postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, was linked to its original economic situation until 1993. Mainly ruled by a phosphate production commission, the island was part of the British Straits Settlements colony from 1901 to 1942, then of Singapore from 1946 to 1958. Although it was placed under Australian ...
In 1935, the Malayan Postal Union was created, which included the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States. Only postage due stamps were issued with the inscription "Malayan postal union", which were used in the colony and the individual states. Similar postage due stamps were used in Malayasia until 1966 and in Singapore until 1968.
One of the 5 stamps that were issued on 23 April 1859 is considered to be the most valuable stamp in Sri Lanka: it is a 4 pence with a dark pink colour known as the ' Dull Rose '. [3] 1857 Victoria on 6 pence. 1859 Victoria on 1 sh 9 p - Cert. B.P.A. 1888 Double Inverted Surcharge.
A postal agency was opened in the Cocos between 1 April 1933 and 1 March 1937. Postage stamps of the Straits Settlements were available successively picturing Kings George V and George VI. [3] The Cocos were administered from the Settlements. During World War II, the British forces defended the islands' telecommunication devices against the ...
The first Scott catalogue was a 21-page pamphlet with the title Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date, Splendidly Illustrated with Colored Engravings and Containing the Current Value of each Variety. It was published in September 1868 by John Walter Scott, an early stamp dealer in New York, and ...
Domfil (Spain) Edifil (Spain) Facit catalog (all countries of Scandinavia) Farahbakhash Catalogue Of 2010: The Stamps Of Iran – Qajar, Pahlavi, Islamic Republic Of Iran (Iran) Fischer catalog (Poland) Find Your Stamps Value (online only) (specializing in US, GB, and other stamps) [3] Freestampcatalogue.
Rows of perforations in a sheet of 1940 postage stamps The Penny Red, 1854 issue, the first officially perforated postage stamp The first officially perforated United States stamp (1857) Perforations are small holes made between individual postage stamps on a sheet of stamps, facilitating separation of a desired number of stamps. The resulting ...