24th December 1846 | Labuan ceded to Great Britain |
by 1849 | Official acted as Postmaster |
1st August 1860 | Agreement with British Post Office to exchange mails.
Hong Kong and Indian stamps used for mail from Labuan. |
1867 | Straits Settlements stamps used. |
16th April 1877 | Labuan joined Universal Postal Union. |
22nd November 1877 | Straits Settlements postage rates adopted + 3d for transit from Labuan to Singapore. |
May 1879 | First Labuan stamps issued. |
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1881 | First postal card issued |
1st January 1890 | Labuan administration transferred to British North Borneo Company. |
1892 | North Borneo stamps valid for use in Labuan. |
May 1894 | New Labuan stamps issued with designs the same as North Borneo but colours changed and Labuan engraved on vignette plate. |
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24th September 1896 | Set of six stamps issued to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of cession to Great Britain. |
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April 1897 | New Labuan definitives issued with revised frames containing Chinese and Jawi inscriptions. |
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September 1902 | New definitive stamps issued with a unique design. |
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1st January 1906 | Control of Labuan administration reverted to the British Colonial Office. |
30th October 1906 | Labuan incorporated in Straits Settlements.
Straits Settlements stamps used thereafter. |
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1st January 1942 | Japanese invaded Labuan Japanese and overprinted Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak stamps valid for postage |
10th June 1945 | Australians landed in Labuan
Australian Military Mail used by civilians |
1945 | Japanese Surrender British Military Administration established. |
15th August 1946 | Labuan transferred from Straits Settlements to the Crown Colony of North Borneo |
1949 | Victoria, the main town in Labuan, renamed Labuan Town |
31st August 1963 | North Borneo (including Labuan) became self-governing |
16th September 1963 | North Borneo joined the Federation of Malaysia and was renamed Sabah |
16th April 1984 | Labuan made Federal Territory |
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25th October 1986 | New Federal Territory definitives issued |
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