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Singapore
1st September 1948
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GB colony | 82 |  |
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| SG1 to 15 | xxx |
perf 14, multiple script CA wmk, typo
Printed by De la Rue
| Description | Date † | Scott ‡ | SG § | Mi | Y&T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cent black | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2c orange | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3c green | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 4c brown | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 6c grey | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 8c scarlet | 1st Oct 1948 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 10c purple | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 15c ultramarine | 1st Oct 1948 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 20c black and green | 1st Oct 1948 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 25c purple and orange | 1st Oct 1948 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 40c red and purple | 1st Oct 1948 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 50c black and blue | 1st Oct 1948 | 17 | 12 | |||
| $1 blue and purple | 1st Oct 1948 | 18 | 13 | |||
| $2 green and scarlet | 1st Oct 1948 | 19 | 14 | |||
| $5 green and brown | 25th Oct 1948 | 20 | 15 |
† Date of issue, where not 1st September 1948.
‡ Scott's listing is rather a mess with the "missing" values (Sc5, 8, 10, 13, 15) in a second block dated 1949-52, perf 18.
§ Gibbons also has a second block SG16-30, perf 17½x18,
Singapore was part of Straits Settlements until that was dissolved in 1946. Singapore then became a Crown Colony until 1957, independent until 1963, part of the Malayan Federation until 1965, since when it has been an independent republic within the Commonwealth.