Sunday 17 November 2013

2013 - Malaysia Day Overprint

Pos Malaysia released an overprint stamp in format of minisheet (four stamps in a miniature sheet) for the stamp fair event (Stamp Week 2013) held on 13-19 November 2013. However, this overprint minisheet was only put on sale on 15 November 2013 due to logistic problem. The overprint (love Malaysia logo) is imprinted inside the stamp, so this overprint stamp is basically a new stamp in philatelic sense. You may click here to view the original stamp (50 Years of Malaysia).

If one pays attention to the minisheet or the stamp event (Stamp Week 2013), one will notice that the event is actually called as OMG Stamp Week 2013. I was told that OMG stands for Oh Memang Gempa. The OMG has been used on this type annual philatelic event by Pos Malaysia since year 2012. It is interesting to see if the next stamp week event would be called as OMG Stamp Week 2014.