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Japanese Occupation in Malaya – Imperforate Stamp – 4 Cents
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GENERAL INFORMATION
State
Japanese Occupation
Country
Malaya
Type
Stamp (Single)
Class
Definitive / Regular Issues
Front Inscription
大日本帝国郵便 ♦ マライ ♦ 4 セント ♦ 4 CENT
Face Value
4 cent
Gum
No Gum
Dimension
42 × 26 mm
Perforation Type
Imperforate
IN COLLECTION CONDITION
Preliminary
Normal
Condition
Used With Postmark - Extra Fine
CATALOG INFORMATION
N31
Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalog
J316
Standard Stamp Catalog of Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
Japanese Occupation in Malaya – Imperforate Stamp – 4 Cents
General Pictorial Issue - Tin Dredging
Postmark can't hardly read any.
On the left side of the stamp, showing number 3, could be row number.
At top: 大日本帝国郵便 - Imperial Japanese Posts
At bottom middle: マライ - Malaya
At bottom left: 4 セント
At bottom right: 4 Cent
Singapore printings of 2 cents and 4 cents are known with poor quality impressions, as if the plate was worn and the ink was thin. These are known imperforate or with rouletting instead of perforations.
It is possible towards the end of the war, with transport between the East Indies and Malaya getting difficult, that the printing plates for the 2 cents and 4 cents were moved from Batavia to Singapore. A single transfer of plates, thereby avoiding the need to send bales of printed stamps. In this scenario, only the 2 cents and 4 cents were printed as in multiples they would cover most postal requirements. Perhaps they were printed at the Singapore printings works, but as no perforating machines were available there, they were rouletted or left imperforate. If this scenario is true, it must have taken place about July or August 1945.
Japanese Occupation of Malaya, the Pictorial Issues written by Susan McEwen. Published by Malaya Study Group G.S.M April 2009.
- Carmine-rose
- Unwatermarked
- Lithoraphy?
- Imperforated
Postmark can't hardly read any.
On the left side of the stamp, showing number 3, could be row number.
At top: 大日本帝国郵便 - Imperial Japanese Posts
At bottom middle: マライ - Malaya
At bottom left: 4 セント
At bottom right: 4 Cent
Singapore printings of 2 cents and 4 cents are known with poor quality impressions, as if the plate was worn and the ink was thin. These are known imperforate or with rouletting instead of perforations.
It is possible towards the end of the war, with transport between the East Indies and Malaya getting difficult, that the printing plates for the 2 cents and 4 cents were moved from Batavia to Singapore. A single transfer of plates, thereby avoiding the need to send bales of printed stamps. In this scenario, only the 2 cents and 4 cents were printed as in multiples they would cover most postal requirements. Perhaps they were printed at the Singapore printings works, but as no perforating machines were available there, they were rouletted or left imperforate. If this scenario is true, it must have taken place about July or August 1945.
Japanese Occupation of Malaya, the Pictorial Issues written by Susan McEwen. Published by Malaya Study Group G.S.M April 2009.
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