page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements
section_title: Stamps of British India and Burma
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements / Stamps of British India and Burma
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan of Straits Settlements 4c stamp of 1883
context_page_description: The Straits Settlements of the Malayan Peninsula have a postal history distinct from the other Malayan areas.
context_section_description: Service was regularised by the Indian Post Office Act of 1837, by which the East India Company was granted a monopoly of the mail services. All private vessels were required to carry letters at prescribed rates for postage.  Handstamps were applied to preadhesive ship letters.  Postage stamps of India were used from 1854, the Settlements being considered part of the "Bengal circle", then from 1861 they became part of the "Burma circle". The cancellations used were B/109 at Malacca, B/147 at Penang, and B/172 at Singapore.
caption: 1883 Straits Settlements 4c stamp.
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