| IV: THE
FOURTH ISSUE |
| The fourth
issue was released in December 1905
with values of 1 att (the local printed matter single rate), 2 atts
(the local
single rate for letters), 3 atts (the foreign printed matter single
rate), 4
atts (the domestic provincial single rate), 5 atts, 8 atts (the local
single
registered rate), 12 atts (the non-neighboring foreign single rate), 24
atts
(the non-neighboring foreign single registered rate) and 1 tical (64
atts). The second printing was issued
in April 1908 to accommodate a rate change from 12 atts to 9 atts and
included
values 9 atts (the new foreign single rate) and 18 atts (the foreign
single
registered rate). The second printing
is differentiated by colour changes. |
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The fourth
issue stamps, first and second
printing. |
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1908 cover
from Kedah, Malaya, to
Kandramanickam, India, bearing 1 att and 4atts values of third issue
tied by
Kedah cds dated April 1908 with transit marks of Penang and Madras.
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Classic Siam: The
Early Years (4 of 5) |
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