Tuesday 30 September 2008

Monday 29 September 2008

Malaysia Postmarks 024

Pejabat Pos UKM Bangi K3, Selangor; Date: 30 August, 2008.

Sg Petani 01, Kedah; Date: 16 September, 2008

Kota Bharu 01, Kelantan; Date: 15 September, 2008

A Cover from Belgium

I received a nice cover from Belgium with many bird stamps. Date: 12 September, 2008.


A Cover from Thailand

A cover from Rong Muang, Thailand with an overprint stamp. Date: 20 September, 2008.


A Cover from Thailand

A cover from Rong Muang, Thailand with an overprint stamp. Date: 15 September, 2008.


Cover from Thailand

A cover from SaM Sen Na, Thailand dated on 8 September, 2008.


Tuesday 16 September 2008

Machine Cancellation - Ipoh

Below are the recent machine cancellations from Ipoh, Perak. It looks like three machines are currently used in stamping the mail from Ipoh and the surrounding areas.

Machine 1

Machine 2

Machine 3

2008 - Royal Headgears

Pos Malaysia released a set of ten stamps on 16 September, 2008 on topic of royal headgears. The stamps were issued in the format of sheetlet. The headgears of eight Malay Rulers (except Johor) and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the King) were depicted in the stamps.

Top row (from left to right): Summary of 9 headgears; of Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of Kedah Sultan, of Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar; of Pahang Sultan.
Bottom row (from left to right): of Kelantan Sultan; of Perak Sultan; of Perlis Raja; of Selangor Sultan; of Terengganu Sultan.

Thursday 11 September 2008

A Nice Cover from Vietnam

I received this beautiful cover from Vietnam dated on 1 September, 2008.


A Cover from Germany

Below is a nice cover from Germany dated on 4 September, 2008...... with three dinosaur stamps........ it is a jurassic letter!


Saturday 6 September 2008

A Postal Card from Thailand 04

Showing below is a postal card posted at Sam Sen Nai, Thailand. Date: 30 August, 2008.


Friday 5 September 2008

Postage Due 1986 - Flaw

The 50c postage due stamp showing below is one of the five postage due stamps issued on 15 September, 1986 (http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/09/postage-due-1986.html). A minor flaw has been recorded on this 50c postage due stamps. The flaw (ring shape) occurs at the bottom of the "0".

Top: normal stamp; Bottom: flaw stamp

Ring shape appear at the bottom of the "0"

Postage Due 1986

Malaysia postal authority issued a set of postage due stamps (five different denominations) on 15 September, 1986. These postage due stamps are still in use until now. All the postage due stamps were intially printed without watermark. Later on, however, the 10c and 20c reprints were printed with SPM-watermark (http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/04/postage-due-plate-numbers.html).



Wednesday 3 September 2008

Thai Aerogramme

This Thai aerogramme was sent from Rong Muang on 24 August, 2008.