Revenue stamps of Singapore

The coat of arms of Singapore which appear on many of the country's revenue stamps.

Singapore issued revenue stamps from 1948 to 1999. There were various types of fiscal stamps for different taxes.

Revenue

From the nineteenth century Singapore used revenues of the Straits Settlements. In 1948, the first revenue stamps exclusively for use in Singapore were issued. Three values were issued - $25, $50 and $100 - and the stamps portrayed King George VI. The $25 and $100 were reprinted in 1951 and 1953 respectively using a different perforation. In 1954, these three values were reissued with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II following her father's death. These were then reissued about ten years later with a new watermark.

Following Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965, revenue stamps were issued a year later showing the coat of arms. Seven values were issued, ranging from 5c to $5. Between 1969 and 1982 various high-value designs also showing the coat of arms were issued. There are various settings when it comes to perforation, watermark, paper and size, but the basic set consists of the following values:

$25 red and green
$100 red and orange
$500 red and violet
$2000 red and brown
$10000 red and dark blue
$50000 red and black

Apart from these, various other low value sets were also issued. In 1985 six values from 10c to $5 were issued in a horizontal format inscribed REVENUE SINGAPORE. These were replaced around 1990 with a set of four values inscribed STAMP DUTY INLAND REVENUE SINGAPORE.^[1]

The last set of low values as well as the high values were withdrawn by the IRAS in 1999, as from that year e-stamps were used. As an effort to raise money, 2500 sets of revenue stamps were sold to collectors by the Authority in 2012.^[2]

Other types

Entertainments Duty

Singapore issued several stamps to pay the tax on theatre and cinema tickets. The first series was issued from 1955 to 1965 and they bore the symbol of the Straits Settlements. Various surcharges on these were issued until the 1970s. Two other types showing the new coat of arms were issued in 1971 and 1976 as well.

Television or Radio Licence

Various stamps were issued to pay for television or radio licence in Singapore. In the late 1960s and the 1970s, stamps inscribed for either radio or television licence were used accordingly. By the 1980s, radio licence stamps were no longer used and various stamps inscribed SINGAPORE COLOUR TELEVISION LICENCE FEE were issued.

Trade Development Board

Following the creation of the Singapore Trade Development Board in 1983, two stamps denominated $2 or $10 were issued to pay fees and taxes by the Board.

Passenger Service Charge

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore issued several labels to pay for the passenger service charge. Around 1983 a plain label was issued to pay the international passenger service charge of $12. Until 1993, other labels denominated $5, $12 or $15 were used. From 1994 onwards, $15 labels also included 44c GST.

References

↑ Barefoot, John. British Commonwealth Revenues. 9th edition. York: J. Barefoot, 2012, pp. 347-349. ISBN 0906845726
↑ Decommissioned revenue stamps of Singapore. Stampboards, 4 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

Revenue stamps by country

Africa	Asmara Basutoland Bechuanaland Bophuthatswana Botswana British Bechuanaland British Central Africa British East Africa British South Africa Company Buganda Cape of Good Hope Ciskei Cyrenaica East Africa and Uganda Eritrea Ethiopia Fezzan Griqualand West Kenya Lesotho Libya Malawi Mauritius New Republic Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland Rhodesia Rhodesia and Nyasaland South Africa South African Republic Southern Rhodesia Stellaland Tati Concessions Transkei Transvaal Tripolitania Uganda Venda Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe Zululand

Americas	Antigua Argentina Barbados Bermuda Bolivia British Guiana British Honduras British Virgin Islands Canada Colombia Falkland Islands Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Uruguay

Asia	Abu Dhabi Aden Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bahrain Balochistan Bangladesh Batum Cyprus Dubai Federated Malay States Hong Kong India Islamabad Johore Kedah Kelantan Malacca Malaya Malaysia Negri Sembilan North West Frontier Northern Cyprus Pahang Pakistan Penang Perak Perlis Philippines Punjab Sarawak Selangor Sindh Singapore Straits Settlements Sungei Ujong Syburi Trengganu Trucial States United Arab Emirates Weihaiwei West Pakistan

Europe	Cyprus Gibraltar Ireland Isle of Man Italy Malta Northern Cyprus Southern Ireland United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia Australian Capital Territory British Solomon Islands New South Wales New Zealand Norfolk Island Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

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