Malaysia Stamp Booklet - Lat Cartoon 2008

Premier School - 50s SMK Convent Bukit Nenas

The 50s SMK Convent Bukit Nenas stamp comes with two different watermark varieties - SPM sideway up (swu) and SPM sideway down (swd). The swd is less common than the swu. You may contact me, if you are interested in the swd variety. :)

Visual Art 50s - Ring Flaws

The 50s stamp of the visual art set released in 2008 has a few ring flaws....

2008 - Premier Schools

Finally, Pos Malaysia released its last stamp issue for year 2008 on 16 December, 2008. The last stamp issue is on the topic Premier Schools. Four schools have been chosen for this stamp issue. They are SMK Convent Bukit Nenas and SMK Victoria in Kuala Lumpur; SMK St. Thomas in Kuching, Sarawak; and SM All Saints in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. All the stamps have denomination 50 sen.

SMK Convent Bukit Nenas
SMK Victoria
SMK St. Thomas
SM All Saints

2008 - Malaysian Cartoonist

A new stamp issue was released by Pos Malaysia on 1 December, 2008 with theme on cartoon. This stamp issue was part of the annual programme Stamp Week. The stamp issue consisted of stamp set, miniature sheet and stamp booklet. The stamp set contains 4 different designs with denomination 50 sen each, the miniature sheet has denomination RM5, and the stamp booklet contains 10 stamps (2 sets with each set consists of 5 different stamp designs with denomination 30 sen each). All the cartoon images in the stamps, miniature sheet and stamp booklet are of LAT, the well known cartoonist of Malaysia who sketches life of villages so skillfully on his cartoon artwork.

stamp set
miniature sheet
stamps from booklet
the beautiful cover (front view) of the stamp booklet

2008 - Seashells: Imperforated MS

Pos Malaysia also released an imperforated miniature sheet for the seashell issue. The imperforated miniature sheet is only available at Philately Bureau of Kuala Lumpur. The perforated miniature sheet and the stamp set can be viewed here.

2008 - Seashells

Pos Malaysia released a new stamp issue on topic of seashells today. The issue contains four stamp designs (two each for 30 sen and 50 sen) and a miniature sheet (RM2). The size of the stamp is rather small (25.5 x 22 mm), and the size of the miniature sheet is also in the range of small size (90 x 60 mm). In general, the design of the stamps and miniature sheet is beautiful. This is the first time for Malaysia postal authority to issue stamps on topic of seashells.

burnt murex
horned helmet
tutufa rubeta
triton's trumpet
venus comb murex

2008 - Butterfly MS Overprint

FIAP Stamp Exhibition of year 2008 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 23-28 October, 2008. Pos Malaysia released an overprint miniature sheet (MS) in conjuction with the event. The MS used in the overprint is from the butterfly issue released early of this year. The logo of the exhibition was printed on the area of the stamp. Therefore, this MS overprint is a bit different from those produced in the pass few years that the logo was normally printed on the stamp boarder of the MS.

2008 - National Angkasawan Programme

Pos Malaysia released a set of stamps and a miniature sheet on 21 October, 2008 on title of National Angkasawan Programme. The stamps come in three designs with denominations 30 sen and 50 sen while the miniature sheet contains two stamps with denomination RM1 for each stamp. What is "Angkasawan"? If literately translated, "Angkasawan" means astronaut. So, after all, Pos Malaysia issued this set of stamps to commemorate/publicize the national astronaut programme...... not really space programme........... The issue of "space" programme of Malaysia has been controversial.......... Nevetheless, the stamp set and miniature sheet of this issue are nice, and they are good for thematic collectors on topic of space.

2008 - Unique Flowers

Pos Malaysia released a set of flora stamps (2 designs of 30 sen and 2 designs of 50 sen) and a miniature sheet (RM5) on 9 October, 2008. The flower species depicted on the stamps are Goniothalamus tapis, Gloriosa superba; Quisqualis indica, Michelia figo and Epiphyllum oxypetalum.

Goniothalamus tapis; Gloriosa superba
Quisqualis indica; Michelia figo
Epiphyllum oxypetalum

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.

2008 - Treasures of the Nation's Visual Arts

The National Art Gallery of Malaysia (Balai Seni Lukis Negara) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Pos Malaysia released a set of three stamps on 28 August, 2008 to commemorate the event. The stamps portray some of the art work kept in the gallery. Among the three different art work in the stamps, I think I like "Fruit Season" by Chuah Thean Teng painted on batik.

Spirit of Ledang by Syed Ahmad Jamal (2003); painted using acrylic on canvas
Fruit Season by Chuah Thean Teng (1968); painted on batik
Pago-pago by Abdul Latiff Mohidin (1965); painted using oil on canvas

2008 - 100 Years of Scouts Association of Malaysia

Pos Malaysia released a set of scout stamps on 14 August, 2008 to celebrate 100 years of Scouts Association of Malaysia. The 30 sen stamp portrays map reading; one 50 sen stamp on monkey bridge; and the other 50 sen on water activities.

Dragon Boat Race Imperforated MS

Many collectors were caught in surprise to learn the existance of an imperforated version of the dragon boat race miniature sheet. The imperforated MS was only sold at the philately counter of the Pos Malaysia headquater in Kuala Lumpur. The perforated MS and the stamp set of the dragon boat race issue can be viewed at http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/08/2008-idbf-club-crew-world-championship.html.

2008 - IDBF Club Crew World Championship

On 1 August, 2008 Pos Malaysia released a set of 3 stamps (30 sen, 50 sen and RM1) and a miniature sheet (RM2) to commomerate the International Dragon Boat Festival (IDBF) Crew World Championship. The championship was held in Penang.





P/S: Imperforated miniature sheet was also released on the same day, but only sold at the philately counter at Pos Malaysia headquater in Kuala Lumpur. The image of the imperforated MS can be viewed at
http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/08/dragon-boat-race-imperforated-ms.html

2008 - Golden Jubilee of the Reigh of Sultan Kedah

Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah was installed as the Sultan of Kedah in 1958. His Royal Highness is celebrating the golden jubilee of the coronation in 2008. Pos Malaysia released a set of three stamps to commemorate the event on 15 July, 2008. They are 30 sen stamp depicting the Gunung Jerai and the paddy field of the foot of Gunung Jerai; 50 sen stamp portraying the old office of the State Secretary of the Kedah Government; and RM1 stamp showing the town view of Alor Setar.

The stamps were printed in the format of 22 stamps per sheetlet. This is an uncommon format as commemorative stamps have been normally printed in sheetlet of 20 stamps for the past six years. The use of different pin-hole machines on the same sheetlet of this issue had created stamps with three types of perforation: P12, P13.5 and P13.5 but P12 at bottom. The number of stamps of these different perforations is not even. For each sheetlet, two stamps will have perforation P13.5 but P12 at bottom, four stamps with perforation P13.5 and 16 stamps with perforation P12.

It is also noted that Pos Malaysia has a new logo. The Pos Malaysia logo was printed on the bottom margin of the sheetlet. The new logo indeed looks better than the old one. The old logo can be viewed at http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-nocturnal-animals.html. I'm not sure since when the new logo has been officially in use.

Nocturnal Animals Imperforated Miniature Sheet

The stamp issue of nocturnal animals was released on 13 March, 2008. Four different stamps and a miniature sheet were issued. The detail of the stamp issue can be viewed at http://kajang-stamps.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-nocturnal-animals.html. Actually, a limited imperforated miniature sheet was issued, but it was only available later through SODA (Standing Order Account) order. However, due to lack of demand, the left-over copies are being sold at the philatelic counter of GPO Kuala Lumpur.

2008 - Cultural Artefacts -- Series II

The fifth stamp issue of Malaysia for year 2008 came out on 10 June, 2008. The issue is on the topic of cultural artefacts. This is the second series of this topic. The first series was released on 11 June, 2001. The image of the first series can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.geocities.com/pasilla98/msia2001/0106.html

Back to this second series cultural artefact stamps, three stamps were issued - 30 sen showing stone grinder, 50 sen showing supu and another 50 sen (triangular shape) showing coconut grater. The triangular stamp is particularly beautiful. The last time Malaysia postal authority issued triangular stamps was in 1966!