Malaysia postal authority (Pos Malaysia) finally came out with the stamp issuing programme for 2008 a couple of days ago. It is a bit inefficient for Pos Malaysia to announce her issuing programme at this late stage (almost the end of January). For any good and well planned postal authority, the stamp issuing programme should be announced before the start of a new year. Anyway, here is the tentative stamp issuing programme for 2008 from Pos Malaysia:
Updated on 5 December, 2008
1. Historical Bridges - 28.2.2008
2. Nocturnal Animals - 13.3.2008
3. Astronaut - 25.3.2008 (changed to National Angkasawan Programme, and new date is 21.10.2008)
4. Royal Headgears - 9.4.2008 (date changed to 16.9.2008)
5. Butterflies - 24.4.2008
6. 100th Anniv. of St. John's Ambulance - 22.5.2008
7. Cultural Instruments and Artifacts - 10.6.2008
8. Literary Figures of Malaysia - 26.6.2008 (cancelled)
9. Birds of Malaysia - 8.7.2008 (cancelled)
10. 50th Anniv. of Sultan Kedah - 15.7.2008
11. Dragon Boat World Competition - 8.8.2008 (new date: 1.8.2008)
11a. 100 Years of Scout - August 2008 (new entry; confirmed date: 14.8.2008)
12. Visual Arts Heritage - 28.8.2008
13. Premier Schools - 23.9.2008 (cancelled) [reinstated; new issue date: 16.12.2008]
14. Cartoon - 9.10.2008 (new date: 11.11.2008; this issue is now listed as Malaysian Cartoon Series I - Lat [Stamp Week 2008]) [changed to another date - 1.12.2008]
15. Joint Issue with Iran - 30.10.2008 (cancelled)
16. Unique Flowers (Stamp Week 2008) - 11.11.2008 (new date: 9.10.2008; this issue is no longer an issue for Stamp Week 2008)
17. Razaksat - 2.12.2008 (cancelled)
18. Sea Shells - 23.12.2008 (new date: 27.11.2008) [changed to another date - 11.11.2008]
A total of 18 issues (15 issues only after some withdraws and new entries) are planned for year 2008. The first issue will only be out at the end of February...... a two-month gap.......The bird issue in July (this issue has been cancelled) should be interesting for many bird stamp collectors. The butterfly issue (in April) is nice too. The Malaysia-Iran joint (this issue has been cancelled) will also be interesting. I was just wondering what topic is going to be depicted in this joint issue. Another interesting issue is cartoon (in October). No detailed info for this issue so far, but many collectors in Malaysia anticipate the art work of Lat (well known Malaysian cartoonist) will appear in the issue. Sea shell issue is also exciting issue because it is the first time for Pos Malaysia to issue this theme. Hey, how about dragon boat issue (in August)........ well, I think this issue will definitely attract collectors from Far East Asia and Southeast Asia. Anyway, the above schedule is a tentative one, and Pos Malaysia is notoriously known for changing the schedule frequently. I shall update the release schedule from time to time.
