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Stamps from Labuan catalogue

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Labuan Island is a Federal Territory of Malaysia.  More

Stamps from Labuan

The area is located off the coast of the island of Borneo, at the latitude of Brunei, and near the state of Sabah.
The island of Labuan was the British base for trade in North Borneo. The Sultan of Brunei granted the British the right to use it. They made the area a Crown Colony. In 1906 it was administratively placed with the Straits Settlement. In 1946 it became part of the Union of Malaysia.
The first stamps show the effigy of Queen Victoria. The last independent issue as a crown colony shows a crown. After that, the stamps of the Straits Settlements were used. From 1946, these were replaced by Malaysian stamps. The area is now one of the "Federal Territories" that are governed from the Malaysian capital. That is why, for the low values, postage stamps from the omnibus series, specially issued for these areas, are also used.

Residual files of the stamps from the early period (crown colony) are often found with a stamp consisting of an oval with parallel lines. These were not used, but produced to sell to collectors.
The inscription LABUAN on the older stamps is not an overprint, but was engraved on the plate and therefore formed one whole with the vignette plate, which was used to print the centre of the stamp.

Toothing.
From 1896 to around 1905 the stamps of North Borneo and Labuan were perforated in line perforation. This method produced irregular perforations for various reasons, which are often not exactly determinable. A catalogue such as, for example, Stanley Gibbons then notes this as L13½-14, which can be translated as: irregular line perforation, somewhere between 13½ and 14. Sometimes you measure two different perforations on one side of the stamp, which is the rule rather than the exception. But in all cases the perforation is between 12 and 16.

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Filigrees
Watermarks

F – Three filigranes used for the timbres-poste de l'île de Labuan:
E – Three watermarks were used for the stamps of Labuan:

1) NL Crown under CA
E Crown under CA
F Couronne under CA
D Krone under CA

F En vigueur à partir de mai 1879.
E In effect from May 1879.

F Filigree couché.
E Watermark sideways.

2) NL Crown CC
E Crown CC
F Couronne CC
D Krone CC

F En vigueur à partir de janvier 1880.
E In effect from January 1880.

F Filigree normal (droit) or reverse or inverse or reverse and inverse .
E Watermark normal (upright) or reversed or inverted or reversed and inverted.

3) NL Crown CA (single)
E Crown CA (single)
F Couronne CA (simple)
D Krone CA (easy)

F En vigueur à partir de 1883.
E In effect from 1883.

F Filigree normal (droit) or reverse or inverse or reverse and inverse .
E Watermark normal (upright) or reversed or inverted or reversed and inverted.

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Het gebied ligt voor de kust van het eiland Borneo, ter hoogte van Brunei, en bij de staat Sabah.

Het eiland Labuan was de Britse uitvalsbasis voor handel in Noord-Borneo. De Sultan van Brunei schonk de Britten het gebruiksrecht. Die maakten van het gebied een Kroonkolonie. In 1906 werd het administratief bij de Straits Settlement ondergebracht. In 1946 werd het een deel van de Unie van Maleisië.

De eerste zegels tonen de beeltenis van koningin Victoria. De laatste zelfstandige uitgave als kroonkolonie toont een kroon. Daarna werden de zegels van de Straits Settlements gebruikt. Vanaf 1946 werden die vervangen door Maleisische zegels. Thans vormt het gebied één van de “Federale gebieden” die vanuit de Maleisische hoofdstad bestuurd worden Daarom worden voor de lage waardes tevens frankeerzegels van de, speciaal voor deze gebieden uitgegeven, omnibusseries gebruikt.

Restbestanden van de zegels uit de begintijd (kroonkolonie) treft u vaak aan met een stempel, bestaande uit een ovaal met evenwijdige lijnen. Deze zijn niet gebruikt, maar geproduceerd om aan verzamelaars te verkopen.

Het inschrift LABUAN bij de oudere zegels, is géén opdruk, maar was op de plaat gegraveerd en vormde dus één geheel met de vignetteplaat, die gebruikt werd om het midden van de zegel te drukken.

Tanding.

Van 1896 tot rond 1905 werden de zegels van Noord Borneo en Labuan geperforeerd in lijntanding. Deze methode leverde om allerlei redenen onregelmatige tandingen op, die vaak niet exact zijn te bepalen. Een catalogus als, bijvoorbeeld, Stanley Gibbons noteert dat dan als L13½-14, wat te vertalen is als: onregelmatige lijntanding, ergens tussen 13½ en 14. Soms meet u aan één zijde van het zegel twee verschillende tandingen, hetgeen eerder regel dan uitzondering is. Maar in alle gevallen ligt de tanding tussen 12 en 16.

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Filigranes

Wasserzeichen

F – Trois filigranes furent utilisés pour les timbres-poste de l’île de Labuan:

E – Three watermarks were used for the stamps of Labuan:

1) NL Kroon onder CA

E Crown under CA

F Couronne sous CA

D Krone unter CA

F En vigueur à partir de mai 1879.

E In effect from May 1879.

F Filigrane couché.

E Watermark sideways.

2) NL Kroon CC

E Crown CC

F Couronne CC

D Krone CC

F En vigueur à partir de janvier 1880.

E In effect from January 1880.

F Filigrane normal (droit) ou renversé ou inverse ou renversé et inversé .

E Watermark normal (upright) or reversed or inverted or reversed and inverted.

3) NL Kroon CA (enkelvoudig)

E Crown CA (single)

F Couronne CA (simple)

D Krone CA (einfach)

F En vigueur à partir de 1883.

E In effect from 1883.

F Filigrane normal (droit) ou renversé ou inverse ou renversé et inversé .

E Watermark normal (upright) or reversed or inverted or reversed and inverted.


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