Stamps on Stamps

Brunei stamps

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Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace is a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the states of Sarawak and Sabah, East Malaysia. Brunei, the remnant of a very powerful sultanate, became independent from Britain in 1984.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei

Type G [The 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Sultan Ahmed Tajudin Akhazul Khair Wad-din, 1913-1950, type G1]

Scott: #76-8O

Issued: 22.9.1949

25^th Anniversary, Reighn of Sultan Ahmed Tajudin Akhazul Khair Wad-din

#59 Inside #76-8: Brunei Type A2O (Pic of #59) (B)

Scott: #81O (CD308)

Issued: 10.10.1949

UPU Issue

Inside #81: Stamps on Envelopes

#318

Scott: #317-9O

Issued: 22.10.1984

Philakorea '84

#93 Inside #317: Brunei #93P

sos brunei 27 1907 Inside #318: Brunei #27O

Inside #319: 1895 Local

brunei 317a brunei 318a

Scott: #317aO, #318aO, 319aO

#536

Scott: #535-7O

Issued: 29.9.1998

5^th Anniversary, Civil Service Day

Inside #535-7: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #552-4O

Issued: 9.10.1999

125^th Anniversary of the UPU

Inside #552: Pseudo Stamps

Brunei Darussalam became the 168th member of the Universal Postal Union in 1984. Since then, the Brunei Darussalam Postal Administration had great involvement in the Union which contributed to the development of the postal services of the country such as in the engagement of consultants in various management, technical marketing, training, the coordination of postal regulations and payments among the union members in order to facilitie the delivery and contribution of postal items throughout the world. In conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, the Brunei Darussalam Postal Administration issued 3 commemorative stamps.

http://www.brunet.bn/gov/post/125th.htm

Scott: #573a-dO

Issued: 9.10.2001

Dialogue among Civilizations

Inside #573a: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

brunei 582a-b-c setenant

Scott: #582a-cP

Issued: 27.3.2004

National Philatelic Society

local Inside #582a: Brunei 1884 localO

Since the advent of the Universal Postal Union, the stamps issued by a sovereign state, or breakaway rebel group or whatever need to be recognized by the U.P.U. in order to have international postal validity. There are numerous examples of local stamps - India native states, many in Eastern Europe, German, Swedish and other City Posts, University Posts, Maritime Mail and on and on. Many of these are for a specialized service or were only used for local postal service.

In 1895 Brunei issued a set of 10 stamps which saw valid postal use. They were used locally and, with the addition of Labuan postage stamps, also internationally. When used on cover they command substantial prices.

Inside #582b:


Czechoslovakia #2058P	German DDR #1220O	Gabon Rep. #156O


Brunei #321O	Brunei #323O	Brunei #308O	Brunei #206O	Brunei #284O

brunei 582b detail behind 60, 43--unidentifiable partials, 5c is not brunei stamp


TBI	Brunei #60O	Brunei #43O	Brunei #540O

Brunei #551O

Inside #582c:


Brunei #538O		Brunei #539O	TBI

brunei aerogramme 1998

Brunei Aerogramme 1998

brunei new issue brochure 2001 on end

Brunei new issue brochure 2001


Brunei #573aO	Brunei #573bO	Brunei #573cO	Brunei #573dO

brunei bklt cover 2000-- see 571 note

Booklet cover 2000


Brunei #27O	Brunei #557O	Brunei #558O	Brunei #391O

sos brunei 564f 2000

Brunei #564fO

sos brunei577a-b-c-d setenant strip 2002

Brunei #577a-dO

Lou wrote: The three-value setenant set issued by Brunei on March 27 2004 illustrated a wide gamut of its postal history from obscure sultanate to British protectorate to independent state on stamps and other products-- as well, a few stamps from other countries were included. Two values were quite crowded, and it was a fun challenge to ID and find scans. I would like to share them with you, before they are added to the sites.

Of interest, in the backgrounds of each stamp are pastel portions of the frames of a proof of a stamp similar to the "Scene on Brunei River" definitive issues of 1907- 1951, without inscriptions and motif (see scan and #s 43 and 27).

On # 582a is Brunei's first stamp, one of a series of values issued in 1895, strictly for local usage. For many years, until actual mailed covers were reported by stamp collectors and their usage confirmed from 1895 to 1903, they were not considered legitimate issues. Many catalogs still do not list them due to their being locals. I am happy to have one in my collection.

On # 582b, the designer, for some reason, topped the issue with three foreign stamps, with no relation to each other or Brunei and added a partial non-Brunei further down. For the balance of the design, there are Brunei stamps and a s/s issued from 1931 thru 1999.

On # 582c the designer included some very interesting items--a partial aerogramme (cachet only), a new issue brochure (with imprinted stamps), a Brunei stamp catalog cover (with imprinted stamps and a prestige booklet cover), and a few more stamps. In the bottom left corner are a partial stamp with a "99" and cartoon figures and another with several flags which have eluded me.

Back in 2004, I looked at this strip and wished the stamps had been printed in a larger size, and now, with my almost twenty year older eyesight, I am still wishing the same!