Firm Chops (Company Chops), Forwarding Agents & PERFINS of British Malaya

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Updated:  2 Oct. 2009

Send me scans of your British Malaya items and I will do my best to identify the security markings. I will credit you for any scans used, see SOURCES and the various items throughout the website. You should first read about sending scans on the CONTACTS page.

Summary of Markings - Recently Added
Type	Number of types	Last Updated
--- UNIDENTIFIED ---
Needing to be Identified	261	20 June 2009	See ID261 See ID260 See ID259 See ID258
--- IDENTIFIED ---
Firm Chops - Full Name	422	2 Oct. 2009	MESSAGERIES MARITIMES / AGENCE SINGAPORE [See M156] LYALL & EVATT / SINGAPORE / Exchange & Share Brokers [See L050] BRITISH & FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY / MALAYAN / AGENCY / SINGAPORE [See B295]
Firm Chops - Initials Only	95	23 Aug 2009	BANQUE DE L'LNDO-CHINE / SINGAPORE [See B105] S. M. C = SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS [See S063] S. M. C.  = SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS [See S065]
Firm Chops - Underprints	2	22 Jan 2007	NEW DISCOVERY: Can you identify this chop? See U020
Miscellaneous Not Firm Chops	26	29 Jan 2009	APPLIED TO STAMPS ON FISCAL DOCUMENTS
Non-English Chops	20	10 Nov 2006	see NE005 HELP!!! Could someone who is fluent in Chinese translate items found in the Non-English Chops
Forwarding Agent Chops	72	20 May 2009	[See P005] [See S023] [See C015]
Ships	42	2 Fed  2009	Can someone supply information confirming that this was actually used on the stamps of the Straits Settlements? Click the image to see the cover. S.S. DIANA M.S. MAPIA
Chetty	9	13 Feb 2009	[Chops must appear on stamps.]
PERFINS	soon
Total	687

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WEBSITE OBJECTIVE: As a service to stamp collectors and other interested individuals:

1. to identify, illustrate and catalogue all the Security Markings used on the stamps of the Straits Settlements and the Malayan States
2. to exchange and record pertinent information on the companies that used the Security Markings

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

• by identifying items on the "Needing to be Identified" lists
• by translating the items on the "Non-English Chops" list
• by supplying better images of illustrated items
• by supplying images of items not illustrated
• by supplying images and details of new finds including sources
• by supplying pertinent background information on the firms
• by supplying bibliographic references on firms and related individuals
• by supplying images of the owners / buildings / advertisements / ephemera related to the firms
• by pointing out errors and suggesting corrections
• by supplying Post Office and other official regulations dealing with the usage of chops
• by supplying the URLs of related websites
• by supplying ideas

SENDING SCANS: please:

• scans chops at 600 dots/inch, full colour and in .jpeg format. [I will not reject your scans even if not exactly as stated.]
• crop the image to reduce the file size
• indicate if you DO NOT want your name given in credit for the images and information you send, otherwise they will be accredited to you
• it is understood that any image or information you send me may be used on the website or elsewhere
• indicate the source of the image and any pertinent information helping in its identification

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