Sir Charles Vyner Brooke — Coated Paper issue, Sarawak, 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 carmine; 4C purple brown; 5C orange; 6C reddish purple; 8C yellow/black; 8C rose; 10C black; 10C blue; 12C lilac; 12C ultramarine; 16C brown/green; 20C brownish olive/violet; 25C dark brown/blue; 30C light brown/slate blue; 50C olive/rose; 1$ carmine/green. Perforation: 14. No watermark is recorded. The illustration shows one stamp from the issue, from Wikimedia Commons (Stamp of Sarawak - 1918 - Colnect 305945 - Sir Charles Vyner Brooke.jpeg), matched to the issue by year, country and design and checked by eye. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.