Monday 23 March 2009
Malaysia 2009 - Traditional Wedding Costumes
Pos Malaysia released her third stamp issue on March 23, 2009 on the topic of costumes. Five different traditional wedding costumes were depicted on five 50-sen stamps - Malay, Indian, Chinese, Orang Ulu and Bajau. The stamps were printed in the format of strip of five. Apart from the five 50 sen stamps, a booklet was also released. The booklet contains ten 30-sen stamps (two sets of stamps) with five different designs as those of the 50-sen stamps. The stamps from the booklet have different background. Two different watermarks (SPM) have been recorded for the stamps from the booklet - upright and inverted watermarks.
stamps from stamp sheet
stamps from booklet; two different watermarks (upright and inverted) have been recorded for these stamps
front cover of the stamp booklet