Updated: 13 Sept. 2008

Research Tools

• Sources to Singapore's History: An Introduction to the "tools" of the Trade [pdf file]
• A Sense of History: a select bibliography on the history of Singapore
• List of banks in Singapore
• List of banks in Malaysia
• Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange
• National Archives of Singapore
• National Library of Singapore
• National University of Singapore
• A Brief Note on Prewar Singapore Sources Relating to Chinese Business History

Post Marks - towns

• List of postmarks of Malaya - town names
• Global Gazetteer Version 2.1 - Find locations by name. In particular see Malaysia and Singapore

Stamps

• Postal History of India - Indian Stamps Used Abroad
• Straits Settlements 1867-1901
• ARTICLE: The First Issue of The Straits Settlements by Tay Peng Hian RDP, FRPSL

Forwarding Agents

• Hong Kong [Rod Sell]
• Forwarding Agents by Cities by Kenneth Rowe [Searchable list]

Firm Chops

• Hong Kong [Rod Sell]
• Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain [Mike Behm]

PERFINS

• King George V Silver Jubilee - Perfins of Straits Settlements
• Hong Kong Perfins [Rod Sell]
• The Story about SPIFS/PERFINs [Toke Norby]
• Singapore, Malaysia, Malaya Federated States, Selangor & Straits Settlements PERFINS

History:

• British Straits Settlements 1826-1946 ( Malaysia )
• World Statesmen.org - "is an encyclopedia of the leaders of nations, dependencies, international and religious organizations. Included are detailed chronologies, maps, national anthems, flags and indexes which will guide your historical research." see Malaysia
• National Heritage Board of Singapore including the National Archives
• The History of Singapore

Related Philatelic Societies

• Malaya Study Group
• The Sarawak Specialists' Society - Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo (Sabah) and Labuan
• Hong Kong Study Circle
• The Thailand Philatelic Society
• The Revenue Society - An International Society for collectors of Worldwide Revenue Stamps and Documents

Forgeries

• Stamp Forgery Guide - Sources for information on forged stamps and on stamp expertising.

Links to others who have links to us. Thank you!

• Classic Philately-Till Neumann - "We deal in rare classic stamps and postal history of the world."
• Re-entries - the best site on the subject [Ralph Trimble]
• A2Zstamps
• Stamp and Philatelic Links
• World postal history - covers for stamp collector
• Stamp Yellow Pages Directory - "The largest, best organized stamp yellow pages directory on the internet."
• Postalhistory.org - "... exists to serve the needs of postal historians."
• StampCircuit Club - "is the virtual meeting place for stamp collectors, dealers, auctioneers ..."