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Issuing authority

Raj of Sarawak

Kind
kingdom
Region
Asia

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

9

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

9 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1863 – 1948

9 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Cent from Sarawak of James Brooke as rajah, 1863

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Cent from Sarawak of James Brooke as rajah, 1863

1863

Bronze coin. Obverse: head of the rajah facing left. Reverse: between two tied branches, denomination in English in two lines. Below, year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4335; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…

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Sir James Brooke issue, Sarawak, 1869

Post of Sarawak via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir James Brooke issue, Sarawak, 1869

1869

The Sir James Brooke issue is a single postage stamp released in Sarawak on 1 March 1869. The StampWorld catalogue lists 1 stamp in the issue (StampWorld number 1). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 3C brown. Catalogue notes on individual values: Yellow paper. Perforation: 11. No watermark is recorded. E…

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Sir Charles J. Brooke issue, Sarawak, 1871

Post of Sarawak via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir Charles J. Brooke issue, Sarawak, 1871

1871

The Sir Charles J. Brooke issue is a single postage stamp released in Sarawak on 1 June 1871. The StampWorld catalogue lists 1 stamp in the issue (StampWorld number 2). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 3C brown. Catalogue notes on individual values: Yellow paper. Perforation: 11. No watermark is recorde…

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Sir Charles J. Brooke issue, Raj of Sarawak, 1895

Post of Sarawak, via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir Charles J. Brooke issue, Raj of Sarawak, 1895

1895

The Sir Charles J. Brooke issue comprises 5 postage stamps released by Raj of Sarawak on 1 January 1895. The StampWorld catalogue lists 5 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 22, 22A*, 23, 24, 25), printed in 5 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2C reddish brown; 2C reddish brown; 4C black;…

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Sir Charles J. Brooke — Inscription "POSTAGE" issue, Sarawak, 1899–1908

Post of Sarawak via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir Charles J. Brooke — Inscription "POSTAGE" issue, Sarawak, 1899–1908

1899–1908

The Sir Charles J. Brooke — Inscription "POSTAGE" issue is a set of postage stamps released in Sarawak in 1899–1908. The StampWorld catalogue lists 13 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 34–34‑45). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 1C blue/carmine; 2C green; 3C dark purple; 4C carmine rose; 8C yellow/b…

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Sarawak, Rajah Charles Brooke, 5 cents, 1900

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Sarawak, Rajah Charles Brooke, 5 cents, 1900

1900

Silver coin. Obverse: head of the rajah facing left. Reverse: within a knotted rope, value indication in one line. At the top the date and at the bottom the letter H [=Heaton]. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4335A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); techniqu…

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Sir Charles Vyner Brooke — Coated Paper issue, Sarawak, 1918

Post of Sarawak via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir Charles Vyner Brooke — Coated Paper issue, Sarawak, 1918

1918

The Sir Charles Vyner Brooke — Coated Paper issue is a set of postage stamps released in Sarawak on 26 March 1918. The StampWorld catalogue lists 22 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 48–48‑68). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 1C blue/carmine; 2C green; 2C lilac; 3C violet brown; 3C green; 4C carmin…

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Sir Charles Vyner Brooke - No. 59 & 61 Surcharged issue, Raj of Sarawak, 1923

Post of Sarawak, via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Sir Charles Vyner Brooke - No. 59 & 61 Surcharged issue, Raj of Sarawak, 1923

1923

The Sir Charles Vyner Brooke - No. 59 & 61 Surcharged issue comprises 2 postage stamps released by Raj of Sarawak in 1923. The StampWorld catalogue lists 2 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 70, 71), printed in 2 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 1/10C ultramarine; 2/12C lilac. Perforat…

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Royal Wedding Silver Anniversary issue, Sarawak, 1948

Post of Sarawak via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Royal Wedding Silver Anniversary issue, Sarawak, 1948

1948

The Royal Wedding Silver Anniversary issue is a set of postage stamps released in Sarawak on 25 October 1948. The StampWorld catalogue lists 3 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 167–167‑168). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 8C red; 5$ brown. Perforation: 14 x 15. Watermark: type 4 in the StampWorld…

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Entries by catalogue category

  • Postage Stamps7
  • Modern World Coins2

Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.

Dated entries by century

  • 19th century6
  • 20th century3

Only the 9 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Bronze1
  • Silver1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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