Malaysia 2009 - 1-Malaysia

Pos Malaysia released a stamp issue on August 31, 2009 on topic of 1-Malaysia on occassion of National Day. All the post offices throughout the countries were close for business on August 31, 2009 except the philately counter at Pasar Seni. So, the stamp issue was launched on August 31, 2009 at Pasar Seni. However, the sale of stamps was mainly done on September 1, 2009. Five types of stamps (all in denomination 30 sen) and one miniature sheet were released. Three types of stamps were printed in sheet-of-20 format while these three types with additional of two types of stamps were printed in booklet format. The minature sheet (denomination RM5) was in format of die-cut with a shape of "1". The five types of stamps are interesting because they come with different watermark and perforation. I shall explain these watermark and perforation varieties in another blog entry later.

three types of stamps from sheet-of-20 format

die-cut miniature sheet

a strip of 5 stamps from stamp booklet

the cover of the stamp booklet