Thursday 26 March 2009

Many Faces of Sungai Siput............

Sungai Siput, to be more precise Sungai Siput (U), is a small town located at the northern part of Perak. I grew up there, and therefore it has given me so much of memory. The post office of Sungai Siput is situated in the middle of the town, and it has been the centre for managing mail from and to Sungai Siput. Throughout the history of the post office, many postmarks have been in used for mail cancellation. The name of the town in the postmarks appears in different versions i.e. Sungei Siput, Sungai Siput and Sg Siput. I have a small collection of Sungai Siput postmarks which I am so delighted to share.


Sungei Siput K1, Perak; date: August 4, 1998


Sungei Siput K, Perak; date: October 27, 2000
the format of this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "K1" becomes "K"


Sungei Siput K1, Perak; date: December 3, 1993
the format of date is different from the above two, and the size of this postmark is also slight larger


Sungei Siput K, Perak; date: May 19, 1998
the format of this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "K1" is replaced by "K"


Sungei Siput C1, Perak; date: January 24, 1989
this postmark has a "C1"


Sungei Siput C, Perak; date: January 27, 1984
this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "C1" is replaced by "c"


Sungei Siput K2, Perak; date: April 29, 2000
this postmark has a "K2"



Sungai Siput M, Perak; date: August 3, 2000



Sungei Siput; date: August 31, 1957
this postmark has a time (9.45am)


Sungei Siput, Perak; date: November 23, 1995
this postmark has a time (02-0PTG meaning 2.00pm)



Sungei Siput, Perak; date: April 1, 2002
this postmark is a machine cancellation



Sungai Siput, Perak; date: December 9, 1985
this postmark is actually used for cancelltion of first day covers