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Crown Colony of Straits Settlements - 24¢ on India's 8 Annas (1867)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Country
Straits Settlements
Type
Stamp (Single)
Class
Definitive / Regular Issues
Front Inscription
EAST INDIA POSTAGE • EIGHT ANNAS •
Overprint
24 CENTS
Face Value
24 cent
Issued Date
01/09/1867
Printer
De La Rue & Co, Limited
Printing Method
Typography
Gum
Gum
Watermark
Elephant's Head
Perforation Gauge
14
Perforation Type
Normal Perforations
IN COLLECTION CONDITION
Preliminary
Normal
Condition
Used With Postmark - Very Fine
CATALOG INFORMATION
8
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps (1840-1952)
Crown Colony of Straits Settlements - 24¢ on India's 8 Annas (1867)
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS' PROVISIONAL ISSUE
24c on 8a Rose (Die II)
Surcharged by De La Rue in different coloured inks to distinguish the various values because the 1 anna brown and 2 annas yellow were used to make three different “cents” values each.
Overprinted in blue on India's Queen Victoria SG #73.
Original stamp issued on 1 January 1868, printed on white woven paper.
CROWN COLONY
The Straits Settlements, a British colony of islands off the Malayan peninsula that included Singapore, used stamps from India between 1854 and 1867. When the Settlements became a crown colony in 1867, they began issuing their own stamps, not least because they adopted a currency based on 96 cents to a silver dollar.
Straits Settlements first adhesive stamps were issued beginning on 1 September 1867, nine types in the existing stocks of Indian stamps featuring a portrait of the young Queen Victoria, and the stamps were inscribed with a crown across the top and the "cents" denomination across the bottom.
A surcharge is an inscription on a stamp that alters its value, either an increase or decrease. Most stamps are printed with one surcharge, but the Straits Settlements stamps carried two - one for altering value and second to alter the currency.
24c on 8a Rose (Die II)
Surcharged by De La Rue in different coloured inks to distinguish the various values because the 1 anna brown and 2 annas yellow were used to make three different “cents” values each.
Overprinted in blue on India's Queen Victoria SG #73.
Original stamp issued on 1 January 1868, printed on white woven paper.
CROWN COLONY
The Straits Settlements, a British colony of islands off the Malayan peninsula that included Singapore, used stamps from India between 1854 and 1867. When the Settlements became a crown colony in 1867, they began issuing their own stamps, not least because they adopted a currency based on 96 cents to a silver dollar.
Straits Settlements first adhesive stamps were issued beginning on 1 September 1867, nine types in the existing stocks of Indian stamps featuring a portrait of the young Queen Victoria, and the stamps were inscribed with a crown across the top and the "cents" denomination across the bottom.
A surcharge is an inscription on a stamp that alters its value, either an increase or decrease. Most stamps are printed with one surcharge, but the Straits Settlements stamps carried two - one for altering value and second to alter the currency.
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