Too Much Above Face Value

In 2000s, Pos Malaysia had released and is still releasing from time to time imperforated miniature sheets. All these imperforated miniatures (those released after 2000) were sold without incurring premium (face value). Well, the situation was a bit different in 1999..... Pos Malaysia released a imperforated miniature - the Petronas Twin Towers (see below), and it was sold at a very high premium - RM38. Pos Malaysia was definitely over board on this imperforated miniature sheet, and I think Pos Malaysia might have realized the "mistake"....

Petronas Twin Towers MS - Original Print vs Reprint

Many of us are not aware that the Petronas Twin Towers MS released in 1999 has been reprinted. It must be due to the immense demand from the collectors and non-collectors. The original print and reprint of this MS can be recognized easily by looking closely at the control number (located on the left bottom) on the MS. The control number for the original print is printed clearly whereas the control number for reprint is hand stamped.

Original Print

Reprint

Hologram Stamp - Petronas Twin Towers

On 30 August 1999, Pos Malaysia released a set of three stamps and a miniature sheet to commemorate the completion of Petronas Twin Towers. I wrote about the set of stamps some time ago (http://http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2007/10/petronas-twin-towers.html). The miniature sheet for this issue is a hologram stamp. It is the second hologram stamp released by Pos Malaysia. The image of Petronas Twin Towers in the hologram is shifted to left and to right for some miniature sheets which has created some interesting flaws.

The normal position of Petronas Twin Towers in the hologrom section.

The image of Petronas Twin Towers is shifted to left of the hologram section.

The image of Petronas Twin Towers is shifted to right of the hologram section.