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686: 89: 19: 76:. This lasted until 1867 when Straits Settlements stamps were first produced. When Honorary Postmaster Gardner complained in 1881 that he should be compensated for the increasing amount of work that was required of him it was agreed that a portion of the revenue for stamp sales would be retained. This led to the overprinting during 1882 of Straits Settlement with the letter 84:
was also introduced during this period. Most outbound mail was still sent to enter the postal system at Singapore (for European destinations). Some Hong Kong stamps continued to be used throughout this time for mail forwarded through Hong Kong to Chinese, Japanese, and United States destinations. A
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overprinted stamps were seen used elsewhere. An example is a cover sent from Singapore in December 1887 bearing postage stamps from Straits Settlements both with and without the overprint.
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few British stamps are also known to have been used in Bangkok. Inbound mail from steamboats was kept at the post office for people to come to pick up.
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The Prakaipet Indhusophon collection of Siam : a selection of Thai stamps and related materials from pre-stamp period (circa 1835) to 1910
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A used 10-cent value, most likely postmarked 27 June 1885, a few days before post office closure
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Michel Houde, "A Bibliography of the British Consular Post Office at Bangkok", in
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in 1858 as a consequence of a treaty signed between Great Britain and
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the
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The Encyclopædia of British Empire Postage Stamps, 1775-1950
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Classic Siam 1833-1899, formed by Surajit Gongvatana FRPSL
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Forgeries of the overprinted "B" stamps are very common.
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After the closure of the post office in July 1885, the
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Bangkok
Dan Beach Bradley
stampless cover
Great Britain
Siam
Universal Postal Union
postal service
postage stamps
India
Straits Settlements
postmark

Postage stamps and postal history of Thailand
Stanley Gibbons
Encyclopaedia of Postal Authorities
Robson Lowe
Rossiter, Stuart
ISBN
0-356-10862-7
David Feldman
ISBN
2-9700531-2-8
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Postage stamps
postal history
Abu Dhabi
Aden

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