Kedah

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UPU member as British Colony from 1 January 1916; from 17 January 1958 part of independent member Malaya, now Malaysia.

class	H&G	Steven Tan	year	value / (colour)	size	description	specimen type
post card	1	P1	1912	1c		sheaf of Padi rice	D{4}
	2	P3	1912	3c		sheaf of Padi rice	D{4}
	3	P2	1912	1c + 1c		sheaf of Padi rice	D{4}
	4	P4	1912	3c + 3c		sheaf of Padi rice	D{4}
	5	P5	1925	2c (brown)		sheaf of Padi rice	D{4}
	6	P6	1926	2c (green)		sheaf of Padi rice	D{7a}
regist env	C1	RE1	1912	10c	G: 152 × 96	sheaf of Padi rice	D{4r}
	C2	RE2	1925	12c	G: 152 × 96	sheaf of Padi rice	D{4r}
	C3	RE3	1927	15c	G: 152 × 96	sheaf of Padi rice	D{4ra}

type	image	dimensions	application
D{4}		91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4r}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse
D{4ra}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag TL to BR on reverse
D{7a}		65 × 10	overprinted diag TL to BR

Note

1	All items listed were printed by De La Rue.

Acknowledgement

Compiled by Andrew Norris.

References

Tan, Steven [ed]. Standard Catalogue of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei – Revenue Stamps and Postal Stationery, 1st Edition (2003–2005). International Stamp & Coin Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, 2005.

For further reading on Kedah postal stationery refer to Holley, D. R. M. Kedah and Perlis, Their Stamps and Postal History 1887–1941. The Malaya Study Group, London, 1995.

Last updated 8 October 2008

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