Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted (Japanese occupations during WWII 1942)

03 April (Japanese occupations during WWII ) within release Malaya: Straits Settlements goes into circulation Stamp Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 2 Straits cent

Stamp Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted in catalogues
Stanley Gibbons:	Sg: SG-ST J148c

Stamp is square format.

Handstamped In Brown Specialists recognize 9 varieties of overprint depending on degree of completeness of the characters resembling "EP" in bottom left corner of chop.

Also in the issue Malaya: Straits Settlements:

• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 2;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 10;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 40;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 5;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 2;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 15;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 3;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 3;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 8;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 1;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 1;
• Stamp - Series of 1938-1941 Overprinted face value 2;