This page updated: 14 Sept 2025

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Help! Needing to be identified! See all of them here. ID003 ID0048 ID0089 ID0094B ID0066 ID0073

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

• to identify, illustrate and catalogue all the Security Markings used on postally used stamps and stationery of Straits Settlements.
• to exchange and record pertinent information on the companies that used Security Markings.
• record Directional Markings, Arrival Markings and Ship Markings found on Straits Settlements stamps and stationery.
• link to a website that is expert in the PERFINS of the Straits Settlements.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

• by pointing out errors and suggesting corrections.
• 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
• images of items not illustrated
• images and details of new finds including sources
• pertinent background information on the firms
• bibliographic references on firms and related individuals
• images of the owners / buildings / advertisements / ephemera related to the firms.
• Post Office and other official regulations dealing with the use of chops.
• the addresses of related websites
• IDEAS!

SENDING SCANS: please:

• Scan at 600 dots/inch, full colour and in .jpg format. [I will not reject your scans 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 images/information, 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.