History
The
Straits Settlements were established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the
British East India Company, which was based in Calcutta, India.
The
Straits Settlements originally consisted of the three individual settlements of
Malacca, Prince of Wales Island ( now Penang Island ) with the Province
Wellesley ( now Seberang Perai ), and Singapore.
1832 Naning incorporated into Malacca after Naning War
1
April 1867 The Settlements became a British Crown colony, making the
Settlements answerable directly to the Colonial Office in London.
In 1874,
Dinding ( now Manjung ) was incorporated into Penang. On 10 May 1935, Dindings was returned to
Perak.
In 1900,
Christmas Island was incorporated into the settlement of Singapore. Then finally transferred to Commonwealth of Australia
on 1 October 1958.
20 May
1903, Cocos Island ( or Keeling ) was incorporated into the settlement of
Singapore. Then finally transferred to Commonwealth
of Australia in 1955.
1 January
1907, Labuan was incorporated into the settlement of Singapore, then became a
separate settlement in 1912. Transferred
to the North Borneo Crown Colony on 15 July 1946.
1
April 1946, Straits Settlement was dissolved.
Singapore together with Cocos Island and Christmas Island became a
separate Singapore Crown Colony. Penang
and Malacca joined Malayan Union. Labuan
was briefly annexed to Singapore before attached to North Borneo Crown Colony.
Postal Service - Provisional Issues
The Post
Office Act XVII of 1837 provided that the Governor-General of India in Council
had the Exclusive right of conveying letters by post for hire within the territories
of the East India Company ( EIC ).
The Indian
Post Office was established on 1 October 1837.
The first
stamps valid for postage throughout India were issued in 1954 with four value :
½ anna, 1 anna, 2 annas and 4 annas, featuring the profile of Queen Victoria.
A new
design with Queen Victoria in an oval vignette inside a rectangular frame was
issued in 1855. The stamps were recess
printed by De La Rue in England. The stamps
were continued in use after the British Government took over the administration
of India in 1858.
1826-1867 Straits Settlements Postmarks
As the
Straits Settlement ( SS ) were established in 1826 as part of the territories
controlled by the EIC, postage stamps of India were used from 1854 until
1867.
Octagonal
cancellations were used to cancel the Indian stamps used in the SS. The cancellations were : B 109 for Malacca, B
147 for Penang, and B 172 for Singapore.
Octagonal
cancellations were replace by a duplex type in 1865.
1867 Stamps of India OP Crown
SS became Crown Colony on 1 April 1867. On 1 September 1867, existing stock of Indian stamps were overprinted with a crown and a new value in cents.
1867-1872
Queen Victoria Definitive I
1906-1907 Stamp of Labuan OP Straits Settlement
In 1907, Labuan was incorporated into the settlement of Singapore. The overprint was on the Labuan postage and revenue stamps issued in 1902-03 depicting a crown.
2 comments:
I have a King George V1 Straits Settlement stamp over written in Chinese. Is it worth anything? I also have a unstamped one but hinged.
dear sir
i think the specimen you have is the KG6 op with chinese ( i think its Japanese, not Chinese ) is Malayan stamp i suppose.
im not stamp expert, but i think all stamps have its value.
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