The Malaysian Philatelist 2010/2

The Malaysian Philatelist 2010/2 has finally come out. I congratulate Philatelic Society of Malaysia on successfully managing this fine journal. In this issue (2010/2) of the journal, I put up a write-up on 2005 bird definitives. The write-up is an update on gum/watermark varieties and serial number of an earlier one published in the same journal (issue 2010/1). Let me know if you are interested in the article, and I could send you a soft copy. The previous article on the 2005 bird definitives will also be provided upon request.

Actually, I wanted to write something about the 2010 Garden Flower National Definitives for the issue 2010/2. However, I was so occupied in October and November that I had to put off my intention. Well, the last two months have been a busy period for varieties/serial number for these Garden Flower National Definitives, and it is actually worth to wait a bit longer to write something more interesting about these national definitives, I guess. I will try my best to contribute an article on these national definitives in the next issue of The Malaysian Philatelist, hopefully.

PSM Journal - The Malaysian Philatelist

Philatelic Society of Malaysia (PSM) owns a periodical known as The Malaysian Philatelist - two issues per year, comes out in June and December. I received the lastest issue of The Malaysian Philatelist two weeks ago (see the cover image below).




I contributed an article in the lastest issue of The Malaysian Philatelist. I wrote about the serial number, and gum and watermark varieties of the bird definitives. The bird definitives were issued on May 14, 2005. Since then, plenty of reprints have emerged and these reprints are indicated by serial numbers on the top margin of the 100-stamp-sheet. I compile the serial number and watermark-gum varieties into a checklist (see the table below). The checklist may not be exhaustive but it provides a good start for update and improvement. Please feel free to contact me if you have something not mentioned in the checklist.





Please kindly let me know if you need a soft copy of this article.


Choong, I. 2010. 2005 bird definitives - five years on. The Malaysian Philatelist. pp. 9-14.

Philately Journal - Variable

Today I received a copy of the latest (April 2010) issue of Variable - a philately journal on franking labels published by ATEEME based in Spain. Variable is a quaterly bilingual (Spanish and English) journal. I received a copy of the latest issue of the journal because I contributed partially to the article on PAM of Malaysia. Yes, there is a long article (8 pages) on PAM of Malaysia with a lot of nice illustrations/pictures and good information.

It is shame that the Malaysian Philatelist did not come out with an article on PAM on its last issue (December 2009), and I am not sure the coming issue (due in June 2010) would have a write-up on PAM. I had communicated with the editor of Malaysian Philatelist some time end of last year on the matter of write-up of PAM for the December 2009 issue, and I was told that someone had planned to write about the PAM. When the December 2009 issue came out, however, I did not find PAM write-up..... I did mention to the editor that there are some stories/write-ups should be given priority than the others. One of the stories should be given priority is PAM.