Malaya (Perlis)
Chapter overview
For Acknowledgments see the main Asia page
Currency
- Revenue (catalogue numbers prefixed R)
- Revenue usage of Postage stamps (catalogue numbers prefixed S)
For Acknowledgments see the main Asia page
Currency
- (Until 1967) 100 cents = 1 Straits / Malayan / Malaya & British Borneo dollar
- (Since 1967) 100 cents (sen) = 1 Malaysian dollar (ringgit)
Revenue
R1/3
1949. Alwi Mosque, Kangar. 30 x 25½ mm. Wmk Multiple Script CA. Perf 13. Printed (typo) by De La Rue in sheets of 30.
R1. $25 red and brown
R2. $100 purple and blue
R3. $250 black and green
Printings (details from Crown Agents Requisition books):
R1. $25 red and brown
R2. $100 purple and blue
R3. $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)
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.
S17/27
1951-55. Raja Syed Putra portrait in oval with palm trees at sides. Wmk Mult Script CA. Perf 17½ x 18. Chalk-surfaced paper. Printed (typo) by De La Rue.
S17. 15c ultramarine
S25. $1 blue and purple
S27. $5 green and brown
S17. 15c ultramarine
S25. $1 blue and purple
S27. $5 green and brown
S36
1957-62. Pictorial designs with portrait of Raja Syed Putra. 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.
S36. 20c blue
S36. 20c blue
