+ Issue Date : 01/05/1917
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Printer : De La Rue & Co, Limited
+ Watermark : Multiple Crown CA
+ Perforations : 14
+ Separations : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type : Gum
+ Shape : Rectangular
+ Orientation : Vertical
Immediately after the First World War end, as part of the Red Cross effort to secure funds for war victims, stocks of the existing 3- and 4-cent values received an additional "RED CROSS-2c" overprint. This issue was sold and used only for over a brief period.
Newspaper excerpt,
Red Cross Stamps
On and after May 1, 1917, Straits Settlements stamps of the values of 3 cents and 4 cents surcharged "Red Cross 2 cents." costing 5 cents and 6 cents respectively, will be on sale at all Post Offices in Singapore. They will be valid for the prepayment of postage for an amount not including the surcharge of 2 cents, on correspondence addressed to any place within the Colony, the F.M.S., Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganu, British North Borneo, Sarawak, Ceylon or the United Kingdom. The purchase of these stamps is optional, but the surcharge of 2 cents will be devoted to the Red Cross Fund.
The Straits Times
28 April 1917
Page 8
