Malaya (Johore)
HERE ARE PRINTING REQ DETAILS FOR ALL OTHER NON-FEDERATED STATES REVENUES
KEDAH 1929
1929. Balai Besar. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by De La Rue in sheets of 60.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
KEDAH 1937
1937. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 120.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $500 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
KEDAH 1950
1950. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 60.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $500 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
Req 2502/1 (sent to Malaya 6th January 1950): $25 (200 sheets), $100 (165 sheets), $250 (193 sheets)
Req 3211/2 (sent to Malaya 15th July 1955): $25 (200 sheets)
KELANTAN 1937
1937. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 100.
Rx1. $25 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
KELANTAN 1950
1950. Ploughing. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
MALACCA 1950
1950. King George VI. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 50.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
PENANG 1949
1949. King George VI. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 14. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 50.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
PERLIS 1949
1949. Mosque. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
TRENGGANU 1950
1950. ?. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
KEDAH 1929
1929. Balai Besar. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by De La Rue in sheets of 60.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 736 (sent to Malaya 25th October 1929): $25 (168 sheets), $100 (107 sheets), $250 (108 sheets)
KEDAH 1937
1937. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 120.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $500 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 1338 (sent to Malaya 13th April 1937): $25, $100, $500 (55 sheets of each value)
KEDAH 1950
1950. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 60.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $500 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
Req 2502/1 (sent to Malaya 6th January 1950): $25 (200 sheets), $100 (165 sheets), $250 (193 sheets)
Req 3211/2 (sent to Malaya 15th July 1955): $25 (200 sheets)
KELANTAN 1937
1937. Sultan. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 100.
Rx1. $25 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 327 (sent to Malaya 21st May 1937): $25 (22 sheets)
KELANTAN 1950
1950. Ploughing. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Waterlow in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 2517/1 (sent to Malaya 7th July 1950): $25 (437 sheets), $100 (417 sheets), $250 (421 sheets)
MALACCA 1950
1950. King George VI. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 50.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 1290/1 (sent to Malaya 21st & 22nd November 1950): $25 (252 sheets), $100 (252 sheets), $250 (247 sheets)
PENANG 1949
1949. King George VI. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 14. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 50.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 1289/1 (sent to Malaya 12th May 1949): $25 (251 sheets), $100 (244 sheets), $250 (240 sheets)
PERLIS 1949
1949. Mosque. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 red and brown
Rx2. $100 purple and blue
Rx3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 2433/1 (sent to Malaya around January 1949): $25, $100, $250 (400 sheets of each value ordered - dispatch quantities not recorded)
TRENGGANU 1950
1950. ?. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf ?. Printed (recess) by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 30.
Rx1. $25 ?
Rx2. $100 ?
Rx3. $250 ?
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 2566/1 (sent to Malaya around November 1949): $25, $100, $250 (400 sheets of each value ordered - dispatch quantities not recorded)
Chapter overview
Acknowledgments (see also general acknowedgments on the main Asia page)
Grateful thanks to Andrew Norris for providing a number of scans for this chapter.
Currency
- Impressed revenue stamps (catalogue numbers prefixed Z)
- Judicial (catalogue numbers prefixed J)
- Labels (catalogue numbers prefixed L)
- Revenue (catalogue numbers prefixed R)
- Revenue usage of Postage stamps (catalogue numbers prefixed S)
Acknowledgments (see also general acknowedgments on the main Asia page)
- Steven Tan (editor), Standard Catalogue of Malaysia Singapore Brunei Revenue Stamps and Postal Stationery (1st edition, International Stamp & Coin Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, 2003)
Grateful thanks to Andrew Norris for providing a number of scans for this chapter.
Currency
- (Until 1967) 100 cents = 1 Straits / Malayan / Malaya & British Borneo dollar
- (Since 1967) 100 cents (sen) = 1 Malaysian dollar (ringgit)
Impressed revenue stamps
Note: in his 1978 book The Postage Stamps of Federated Malay States 1900-1935, Reeves records photographic essays for embossed / impressed revenue stamps in 12 different denominations ranging from 3c to $250. These were mounted together on a De La Rue archive sheet, each essay dated 23rd October 1911 and the sheet endorsed Engineers 13th February 1913. The De La Rue archive also contained undated proofs in orange on laid paper of embossed revenues denominated 3c and 4c. No examples of the issued stamps have been recorded to date, and it is possible that the essays were not in fact adopted.
Judicial
Note: J79 of Straits Settlements and J1/6, J16, J36, J38/39 of Federated Malay States are known only used in Negri Sembilan, and it is possible that they were issued only in this state.
1898-1900 (recorded usage). Negri Sembilan postage stamps (1c green and 5c blue tiger, other values tiger's head) overprinted for Judicial use or surcharged also.
a) Overprinted with the letter J in seriffed type, 3½ x 4½ mm
J1. 5c on 1c green
a. With horizontal bar through N Sembilan at top
J2. 10c on 2c dull purple and brown
a. Surcharge figure 1 in different font
J3. 25c on 5c dull purple and olive-yellow
J4. 50c on 15c green and violet
J5. $1 on 25c green and carmine
J6. $5 on 50c green and black
b) Overprinted JUDICIAL in capitals, 17 x 2½ mm
J11. 5c blue
J12. 10c on 15c green and violet
J13. $3 on 20c green and olive
Notes:
1. Examples of J1 and J2 are known with Seremban postal cancels, possibly philatelic.
2. A corner marginal example of J2 is known with 10 cents J overprinted in the lower margin as well as on the stamp.
Recorded usage: J1 - Oct 1900, J2 - Sep 1898 to Oct 1900, J4 - Jul 1899, J12 - 1900, J13 - Oct 1900.
a) Overprinted with the letter J in seriffed type, 3½ x 4½ mm
J1. 5c on 1c green
a. With horizontal bar through N Sembilan at top
J2. 10c on 2c dull purple and brown
a. Surcharge figure 1 in different font
J3. 25c on 5c dull purple and olive-yellow
J4. 50c on 15c green and violet
J5. $1 on 25c green and carmine
J6. $5 on 50c green and black
b) Overprinted JUDICIAL in capitals, 17 x 2½ mm
J11. 5c blue
J12. 10c on 15c green and violet
J13. $3 on 20c green and olive
Notes:
1. Examples of J1 and J2 are known with Seremban postal cancels, possibly philatelic.
2. A corner marginal example of J2 is known with 10 cents J overprinted in the lower margin as well as on the stamp.
Recorded usage: J1 - Oct 1900, J2 - Sep 1898 to Oct 1900, J4 - Jul 1899, J12 - 1900, J13 - Oct 1900.
1901 (recorded usage). Stamps of other Malayan territories JUDICIAL N.S. and surcharged also, with cancelling bars through previous face values.
a) On postage and revenue stamps of FMS, previously overprinted on Perak
J21. 25c on $2 green and carmine
J22. 50c on $1 green and pale green
b) On revenue stamp of Sungei Ujong, previously overprinted on Straits Settlements
J23. $1 on $5 green and purple
Notes:
1. I assume that the overprint and surcharge on J21/23 were applied in a single operation but it is possible that JUDICIAL, N.S. and the new value were done separately, in which case stamps might exist with the overprint but not the surcharge or vice versa.
2. Recorded usage: J22 - Aug 1901.
a) On postage and revenue stamps of FMS, previously overprinted on Perak
J21. 25c on $2 green and carmine
J22. 50c on $1 green and pale green
b) On revenue stamp of Sungei Ujong, previously overprinted on Straits Settlements
J23. $1 on $5 green and purple
Notes:
1. I assume that the overprint and surcharge on J21/23 were applied in a single operation but it is possible that JUDICIAL, N.S. and the new value were done separately, in which case stamps might exist with the overprint but not the surcharge or vice versa.
2. Recorded usage: J22 - Aug 1901.
Labels
1916. Arms of the Federated Malay States on banner over war orphans and widows. 27 x 45 mm. Shields in corners each bearing the name of one member state of the FMS. Rough perf 12. No watermark. No value indicated. The inscription at foot differs between the four types.
L1. [Belgian Relief] purple
L2. [Red Cross Fund] brown
L3. [Roberts Memorial] red
L4. [War Relief] green
Note: according to The Postage Stamps of the Federated Malay States by W A Reeves, the above stamps were issued on 17th February 1916 and withdrawn in 1918. All cancelled examples I have seen are dated within this period.
L1. [Belgian Relief] purple
L2. [Red Cross Fund] brown
L3. [Roberts Memorial] red
L4. [War Relief] green
Note: according to The Postage Stamps of the Federated Malay States by W A Reeves, the above stamps were issued on 17th February 1916 and withdrawn in 1918. All cancelled examples I have seen are dated within this period.
Revenue
1899 (recorded usage). Revenue stamps of Straits Settlements overprinted for use in Negri Sembilan or surcharged also.
a) NEGRI SEMBILAN in capitals
R1. 5c on 3c dull purple and black
b) Negri Sembilan in mixed case
R11. $25 green and green
Recorded usage: R1 - October 1899
a) NEGRI SEMBILAN in capitals
R1. 5c on 3c dull purple and black
b) Negri Sembilan in mixed case
R11. $25 green and green
Recorded usage: R1 - October 1899
1950. Mosque. xxx mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 30.
R31. $25 red and brown
R32. $100 purple and blue
R33. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
R31. $25 red and brown
R32. $100 purple and blue
R33. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
- Req 2656/1 (sent to Malaya 24th February 1950): $25 (400 sheets), $100 (440 sheets), $250 (450 sheets)
- Req 7943/1 (sent to Malaya 15th October 1952): $25 (420 sheets)
- Req 9690/1 (sent to Malaya 18th April 1958): $25 (1050 sheets)
Revenue usage of Postage stamps
Note: for ease of reference, numbering follows the Stanley Gibbons Part 1 catalogue throughout this section. Values listed here are those recorded as having been used for revenue purposes.
1891-95. Tiger. Perf 14. Wmk Crown CA. Printed (typo) by De La Rue.
S. 1c green (1893)
S. 2c rose
S. 2c orange (1895)
S. 5c blue (1892)
1894. The same type surcharged.
S. 3c on 5c rose
S. 1c green (1893)
S. 2c rose
S. 2c orange (1895)
S. 5c blue (1892)
1894. The same type surcharged.
S. 3c on 5c rose
1895-99. Cents values in tiger's head design, wmk Crown CA; dollar values in elephant design, wmk Crown CC. Perf 14. Printed (typo) by De La Rue.
S. 1c dull purple and green
S. 2c dull purple and brown
S. 3c dull purple and carmine
S. 4c dull purple and carmine
S. 5c dull purple and olive-yellow
S. 8c dull purple and ultramarine
S. 10c dull purple and orange
S. 15c green and violet
S. 20c green and olive
S. 25c green and carmine
S. 50c dull purple and greenish black
S. 50c green and black
S. $1 green and yellow-green
S. $2 green and carmine
S. $3 green and ochre
S. $5 green and blue
S. $10 green and purple
S. $25 green and orange
S. 1c dull purple and green
S. 2c dull purple and brown
S. 3c dull purple and carmine
S. 4c dull purple and carmine
S. 5c dull purple and olive-yellow
S. 8c dull purple and ultramarine
S. 10c dull purple and orange
S. 15c green and violet
S. 20c green and olive
S. 25c green and carmine
S. 50c dull purple and greenish black
S. 50c green and black
S. $1 green and yellow-green
S. $2 green and carmine
S. $3 green and ochre
S. $5 green and blue
S. $10 green and purple
S. $25 green and orange
1935-41. Sultan Sir Abu Bakar. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 14. Chalk-surfaced paper. Printed (typo) by De La Rue.
S. 1c black
S. 2c green
S. 2c orange (thin striated paper)
S. 3c green (ordinary paper)
S. 4c orange
S. 5c brown
S. 6c scarlet
S. 6c grey
S. 8c grey
S. 8c scarlet (thin striated paper)
S. 10c dull purple
S. 12c bright ultramarine
S. 15c ultramarine (ordinary paper)
S. 25c dull purple and scarlet
S. 30c dull purple and orange
S. 40c scarlet and dull purple
S. 50c black on emerald
S. $1 black and red on blue
S. $2 green and scarlet
S. $5 green and red on emerald
S. 1c black
S. 2c green
S. 2c orange (thin striated paper)
S. 3c green (ordinary paper)
S. 4c orange
S. 5c brown
S. 6c scarlet
S. 6c grey
S. 8c grey
S. 8c scarlet (thin striated paper)
S. 10c dull purple
S. 12c bright ultramarine
S. 15c ultramarine (ordinary paper)
S. 25c dull purple and scarlet
S. 30c dull purple and orange
S. 40c scarlet and dull purple
S. 50c black on emerald
S. $1 black and red on blue
S. $2 green and scarlet
S. $5 green and red on emerald
1950-55. Sultan Sir Abu Bakar portrait in oval with palm trees at sides. Wmk Mult Script CA. Perf 14. Chalk-surfaced paper. Printed (typo) by De La Rue.
S. 1c black
S. 2c orange
S. 3c green
S. 4c brown
S. 5c bright purple (1952)
S. 6c grey
S. 8c scarlet
S. 8c green (1952)
S. 10c magenta
S. 12c scarlet (1952)
S. 15c ultramarine
S. 20c black and green
S. 20c bright blue (1952)
S. 25c purple and orange
S. 30c scarlet and brown-purple (1955)
S. 35c scarlet and purple (1952)
S. 40c red and purple
S. 50c black and blue
S. $1 blue and purple
S. $2 green and scarlet
S. $5 green and brown
S. 1c black
S. 2c orange
S. 3c green
S. 4c brown
S. 5c bright purple (1952)
S. 6c grey
S. 8c scarlet
S. 8c green (1952)
S. 10c magenta
S. 12c scarlet (1952)
S. 15c ultramarine
S. 20c black and green
S. 20c bright blue (1952)
S. 25c purple and orange
S. 30c scarlet and brown-purple (1955)
S. 35c scarlet and purple (1952)
S. 40c red and purple
S. 50c black and blue
S. $1 blue and purple
S. $2 green and scarlet
S. $5 green and brown
1957-63. Pictorial designs with portrait of Sultan X. Wmk Multiple St Edward's Crown Block CA. Perf 13 x 12½ (1c to 8c), 12½ x 13 (10c, 20c), 13 x 11½-12½ (50c), 13½ ($1), 11½-12½ x 13 ($2, $5). Printed (recess) by De La Rue.
S. 1c black
S. 2c orange-red
S. 4c sepia
S. 5c carmine-lake
S. 8c myrtle-green
S. 10c deep brown
S. 10c deep maroon
S. 20c blue
S. 50c black and blue
S. $1 ultramarine and reddish purple
S. $2 bronze-green and scarlet
S. $5 brown and bronze-green
S. 1c black
S. 2c orange-red
S. 4c sepia
S. 5c carmine-lake
S. 8c myrtle-green
S. 10c deep brown
S. 10c deep maroon
S. 20c blue
S. 50c black and blue
S. $1 ultramarine and reddish purple
S. $2 bronze-green and scarlet
S. $5 brown and bronze-green
1965. Orchids. Wmk Multiple PTM. Perf 14½. Printed (photo) by Harrison.
S. 1c multicoloured
S. 2c multicoloured
S. 5c multicoloured
S. 6c multicoloured
S. 10c multicoloured
S. 15c multicoloured
S. 20c multicoloured
S. 1c multicoloured
S. 2c multicoloured
S. 5c multicoloured
S. 6c multicoloured
S. 10c multicoloured
S. 15c multicoloured
S. 20c multicoloured
1971. Butterflies. No watermark. Perf 13½ x 13. Printed (litho) by Bradbury Wilkinson.
S. 1c multicoloured
S. 2c multicoloured
S. 5c multicoloured
S. 6c multicoloured
S. 10c multicoloured
S. 15c multicoloured
S. 20c multicoloured
S. 1c multicoloured
S. 2c multicoloured
S. 5c multicoloured
S. 6c multicoloured
S. 10c multicoloured
S. 15c multicoloured
S. 20c multicoloured