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Stamps are issued for all states of Malaysia, mainly definitive stamps of the same design, but with their respective state names. Definitive stamps are issued for use in all states only in high denominations (from 25 cents to 10 dollars). As for the low denominations (from 1 to 20 cents), stamps are produced for the individual states.
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Kelantan issued very few revenue stamps. A single $25 value showing Sultan Ismail was issued in 1937. [1] When Kelantan was occupied by Japan, various stamps postage were overprinted FISCAL to be used exclusively for revenue purposes in 1942–43. This overprint was applied to a wide range of issues, including stamps of the Japanese occupation ...
The first revenue stamp issued in the Straits Settlements was an East India postage stamp overprinted S.S. in a diamond. Only about 20 copies are known to exist of this stamp, making it very rare. On 1 April 1867, the Settlements became a British Crown Colony and so Indian revenues were issued overprinted with a crown and a new value in cents.
Mexico 1861 8 reales stamp, quartered for use as 2 reales value, with San Luis Potosí cancellation [1]. Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent stamp. [2]
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The stamp collection assembled by French-Austrian aristocrat Philipp von Ferrary (1850–1917) at the beginning of the 20th century is widely considered the most complete stamp collection ever formed (or likely to be formed). It included, for example, all of the rare stamps described above that had been issued by 1917.