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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.
Straits dollar. One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935. One Straits one cent coin from 1920. The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. [1] At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo .
In 1910 new stamps appeared with values of $25 and $500 (although available for postage, their more usual use was fiscal). George V replaced Edward VII on stamps beginning in 1912, reusing the frames and replacing only the vignettes. These stamps were overprinted in 1922 to mark the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition. The Straits Settlements also joined ...
A stamp showing a map of Malaya issued on May 5, 1957. The Malaya Federation began issuing stamps on May 5, 1957, in preparation for independence from Great Britain in the same year. The four stamps of the first series were inscribed "Federation of Malaya" and depicted the coat of arms, and map of the state.
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 ...
1955 [ edit] 4 September: Queen Elizabeth II Singapore Definitive Series. 4 September: Perlis Definitive. 4 September: Kedah Definitive. 4 September: Penang Definitive. 4 September: Perak Definitive. 4 September: Negeri Sembilan Definitive. 21 November: Diamond Jubilee of HH Sir Ibrahim Sultan of Johore.
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds, about 8.57 dollars = 1 British pound: Currency of Malaya 1953 – 1963 Currency of Singapore 1953 – 1963 Currency of Malaysia 1963 – 1965 Currency of Singapore 1965 – 1967 Succeeded by: Singapore dollar Location: Singapore Reason: End of common currency board Ratio: at par, or 8.57 dollars ...
Malayan dollar. The Malayan dollar ( Malay: ringgit, Jawi: رڠڬيت) was the currency of the British colonies and protectorates in Malaya and Brunei until 1953. It was introduced in 1939, replacing the Straits dollar at par, with 1 dollar = two shillings four pence sterling (60 dollars = 7 pounds).