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title: Japanese semi-postal stamps overprinted "Singapore fell", 2 sen + 1 sen and 4 sen + 2 sen (February 1942)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japan-fall-of-singapore-semipostal-stamps-1942/
description: Two Japanese postage stamps, one red and one green, each showing a bemedalled military portrait under the chrysanthemum crest, with a red overprint…
section: Collection
---

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[![Japanese semi-postal stamps overprinted "Singapore fell", 2 sen + 1 sen and 4 sen + 2 sen (February 1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/japan-fall-of-singapore-semipostal-stamps-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/japan-fall-of-singapore-semipostal-stamps-1942.jpg)

# Japanese semi-postal stamps overprinted "Singapore fell", 2 sen + 1 sen and 4 sen + 2 sen (February 1942)

Two Japanese postage stamps, one red and one green, each showing a bemedalled military portrait under the chrysanthemum crest, with a red overprint reading "Singapore fell" and a surcharge (+1, +2). The tell is the overprint: the 1942 victory is attached to existing portrait stamps of earlier military heroes.

## Text on the object

Original (Japanese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
貳錢
シンガポール陥落
2 + 1
四錢
シンガポール陥落
4 + 2
[top inscription partly illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
2 sen
Singapore fell
2 + 1
4 sen
Singapore fell
4 + 2
[top inscription partly illegible]
```

Read from the 500 px image; the national inscription at the top of each stamp is too small to read reliably. Translation machine-made, not checked by a fluent reader.

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