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.
- Date
- February 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Imperial Japanese Ministry of Communications (Teishinsho)
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Showa Japan
- Leader
- Hideki Tojo
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Leader
- Hideki Tōjō
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (collector scan), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons: PD-Japan, organisation work, 50-year term expired 1993)
Imperial Japanese Ministry of Communications, 1942; scan via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
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]
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.
