Today of 46 years ago a nation named MALAYSIA was born. The newly formed Malaysia nation consisted of the Federal of Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore. On this very important event, the postal authority of Malaysia released a set of three stamps on September 16, 1963 to commemorate the formation of Malaysia. For the very first time the word "MALAYSIA" appeared on the stamps! Since then, all the stamps issued by postal authority of Malaysia bear the country inscription MALAYSIA. For Singapore, these Malaysian stamps were used until 1965 when Singapore was separated from Malaysia to become an independent country.
For better and for worse, Malaysia has experienced 46 years of nation building which has brought back many sweet and sour memories to the people of Malaysia. Anyway, I wish all Malaysians a very happy Malaysia Day!
