Stanley Gibbons Brunei, Malaysia & Singapore (6th Edition)

KEY SELLING FEATURES:

• The listings for issues up to 1970 have been extracted from the 2026 edition of the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. Later issues have been revised and updated especially for this volume.
• Prices have been extensively revised throughout the catalogue.
• Listings include watermark varieties, shades, plate flaws, major errors, booklets, postage dues, postal fiscals, telegraph stamps and officials.
• Prices are given for Indian stamps used in the Straits Settlements, Straits stamps used in Bangkok and Thai stamps used in Kedah, Kelantan and Perlis.
• There is a helpful guide to the prices of stamps on cover, and the introduction includes a comprehensive condition guide.

NEW FOR THIS EDITION:

• Eight years of new issues, including all the Singapore MyStamps.
• State rulers and dates have been added to Malaysia.
• Further additions have been made to the perforation and watermark varieties on the 1986-99 Agricultural Products state definitives of Malaysia.
• Listings are now provided for Malaysian commemorative strips initially produced for first day cover manufacture and subsequently available at face value from the Bureau.
• New additions to pre-1970 issues include more varieties, notably the ‘Damaged frame and crown’ flaw on the King Edward VII stamps of the Straits Settlements, dozens of new watermark varieties, further Thailand stamps used in the Malay states and additional wartime occupation issues.
• Revisions to the introductory notes and new footnotes throughout the catalogue will assist all collectors in gaining the most from their hobby.
• A fascinating article on Federated Malay States for the Philatelist taken from Gibbons Stamp Monthly.

DETAILED CONTENTS and COUNTRIES COVERED:

The Stanley Gibbons Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore Catalogue is a detailed and highly informative catalogue, ideal for any collector who specialises in the stamps of this area. Apart from the stamps of the current issuing countries, this catalogue covers a number of other areas of interest:

1. British Post Office in Siam (on Straits Settlements stamps)
2. Japanese Occupation of Brunei
3. Straits Settlements
4. Federated Malay States
5. Malayan Postal Union
6. Malaya (British Military Administration)
7. Malayan Federation
8. Federal Territory Issues
9. Malaysian States: Johore; Kedah; Kelantan; Malacca; Negri Sembilan; Sungei Ujong; Negri Sembilan; Pahang; Penang; Perak; Perlis; Selangor; Trengganu 1
10. Siamese Posts in Northern Malaya
11. Japanese Occupation of Malaya
12. Thai Occupation of Malaya
13. Labuan
14. Sabah; North Borneo; Sabah
15. Japanese Occupation of North Borneo
16. Sarawak
17. Japanese Occupation of Sarawak

New issues are updated: • Brunei – October 2024 • Malaysia – July 2025 • Singapore – September 2025

ABOUT THE EDITORS: Hugh Jefferies has been a stamp collector for over 65 years, concentrating on the stamps of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly for over 25 years and has been Stanley Gibbons catalogue editor since 2003.