Malaysia Day 2024 - Stamp Design
Pos Malaysia released a single stamp on 16 September 2024 to commemorate Malaysia Day 2024 (see image below). Generally, the stamp looks nice – colourful with many elements. The only drawback (my personal view) is that the stamp is crowded with too many elements/images. It would be better to have a longer stamp to spread out the elements/images.
According to the leaflet of the official first day cover, the stamp was designed by loka made. The design of the stamp is basically based on the design of a panoramic postcard by loka made. The postcard labelled as Festivals of Harmony was used to design the Malaysia Day 2024 stamp. Actually, the postcard (Festivals of Harmony) was released by loka made in September 2023 (according to the date of Facebook post to announce the postcard in loka made Facebook) for the purpose of Malaysia Day 2023 celebration. loka made promoted the postcard in its Facebook by posting out the postcard using the Malaysia Day 2023 stamp. loka made reprinted the Festivals of Harmony postcard in 2024 (see image below). The 2024 postcard is slightly different (wordings) at the back of the postcards though the front image reminds the same.
All the buildings and structures in the Malaysia Day 2024 stamp can be seen/found in the Festivals of Harmony postcard. However, some of the buildings and structures in the postcard were omitted in the stamp. The buildings and structures in the stamps are Penang Bridge, KL Tower, Petronas Twin Towers, Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Tiang Bendera Jalur Gemilang Dataran Merdeka, Merdeka 118, Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building, Mt. Kinabalu and Tun Mustapha Tower (Yayasan Sabah). The people characters in the stamps are also spotted in the postcard. However, one additional people character was added on the stamp – the Punjabi wearing white dress (second from the right). This Punjabi character is nowhere to be found in the postcard. I guess it must be the request of Pos Malaysia to add this people character in the stamp design.
