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A 3c black inscribed Sarawak Receipt Stamp portraying Sir Charles Brooke was issued, and ten years later in 1885 this was reprinted in red. The first issue in black is scarcer than the red stamp, but neither of them is particularly rare. Around 1887, various postage stamps were overprinted with a large R to specify fiscal use
After liberation in 1945, Sarawak came under British military administration, during which stamps were overprinted "BMA" in 1945 and used in the post offices of Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak. An 1888 stamp of Sarawak. A set of commemorative stamps was issued in 1946 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Brooke dynasty.
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This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by ...
The first revenue stamp issued in the Straits Settlements was an East India postage stamp overprinted S.S. in a diamond. Only about 20 copies are known to exist of this stamp, making it very rare. On 1 April 1867, the Settlements became a British Crown Colony and so Indian revenues were issued overprinted with a crown and a new value in cents.
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.
Samos issued its own stamps from November 1912. There were four issues and 19 stamps in all. Greek stamps were introduced in 1914, but there were also overprints of the Samos types until 1915. Dates 1912 – 1915 Capital Vathy Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma Main Article Needed See also Vathy (French Post Office)
Sarawak was made a British protectorate in 1888 5: Charles Agar Bampfylde: 1896–1903: 6: Henry FitzGibbon Deshon: 1903–1904: 7: Sir Percy Francis Cunynghame: 1904–1909: 8: Harry Robert Arbuthnot Day: 1909–1910: 9: Ivone Kirkpatrick-Caldecott: 1910–1915: 10: Arthur Bartlett Ward: 1915–1923: Chief Secretary and Chairman of the ...