Key Chain - Visit Malaysia Year 2026

Tourism Malaysia produced a key chain for Visit Malaysia Year 2026. The key chain (back and front views) has the mascots of Visit Malaysia Year 2026 - sun bears named Wira and Manja.

front and back views of the key chain

Closure of Kajang Post Office

I was totally shocked to learn the closure of Kajang Post Office starting from 25 February 2026. I was at the post office to purchase the new commemorative horse stamps on 24 February 2026 in the morning. I witnessed some audit personnel (internal audit) inspecting the post office on 24 February 2026 in the morning. According the post office staff, the notice of post office closure was sent out in the evening on  24 February 2026 due to the occupational safety and health of the building. The closure was implemented immediately starting on the next day (25 February 2026). It is not sure if the closure is temporary or permanent. Kajang Post Office has an philately bureau, and it is an important part in my philatelic pursue. I feel sad on the sudden event.  

Kajang Post Office

notice of closure of Kajang Post Office

a calling number slip of the Kajang Post Office on 24 February 2026

Matchbox Labels of Malaysia

These are some of the match brands in yesteryear of Malaysia

Bus Ticket

I went one of my album and I found this bus ticket. I actually had a bus journey from Pertama Shopping Complex to Kotaraya on 27 February 2006. So, this bus ticket has been in my collection for almost 20 years..... time flies.

Raya Packet-Stamp - Keluang Man

I made these unusual items by tying up a raya packet with a stamp. I made two different types - one with a 70s-stamp and the other one with a RM1.50-stamp. The stamps are of the issue of Stamp Week 2025 released on 13 November 2025. Both the stamps depict Keluang Man. The raya packet is a Wonda Wonderful Coffee packet with a motive of Keluang Man mask. The raya packet was released in 2025 to promote the Keluang Man movie released in 2025.  I tied up the raya packets with the Keluang Man stamps. The stamps were cancelled by a special postmark of Keluang Man for the Stamp Week event at PosCODE Bangi on 15 November 2025. The postmark was released by Pos Malaysia to cancel the Stamp Week stamps at PosCODE Bangi. 

For those who would like to view the fully open-up raya packet, you may click here to view it.

stamp with denomination 70s

stamp with denomination RM1.50

My Other Interest

Apart from stamp/packet collecting, I am also into photographing/studying dragonflies and damselflies. The dragonflies and damselflies are known as Odonata in scientific term. In Malaysia, dragonflies and damselflies are called pepatung and pepatung jarum respectively. They also come in various local names, such as Puting Beliung or Ttuyuh (in Kelantan and Terengganu), Cakcibor (in Perak), Sesibu and Sibu-sibu or Sibur (in Pahang/Johor). More than 420 species are known to occur in Malaysia with Peninsular Malaysia containing more than 240 species. I have a blog showing many photos of dragonflies and damselflies. The link of the blog is shown below. Feel free to visit the blog to enjoy the beauty of dragonflies and damselflies.

https://dragonfly-and-damselfly-malaysia.blogspot.com/

a dragonfly

a damselfly

Visit Selangor 2025 - Fun Stuff

I created two fun items from the products of Visit Selangor 2025. One is made from Visit Selangor 2025 Guide folded leaflet and the other is made from Visit Selangor 2025 paper bag. These guide leaflet and bag paper were acquired as a gift from Visit Selangor 2025 booth during the recent MATTA Fair 2025.

I stuck a Visit Selangor 2025 stamp on one page of the folded leaflet of Visit Selangor 2025 Guide. Then I cancelled the stamp using special first day postmark of the stamp from Kajang Post Office.

I stuck a Visit Selangor 2025 stamp on the small paper bag Visit Selangor 2025. Then I cancelled the stamp using special first day postmark of the stamp from Kajang Post 

Stamp Week 2024 Passport

Pos Malaysia provide blank passport for the Stamp Week 2024. The blank passport was given to the visitors for Stamp Week 2024 event at PosCODE Bangi. I took the opportunity to gather postmarks at the event putting them on the passport.

Hobby Expo at MAEPS

KKSP (Koleksi Kad dan Sampul Perayaa) was one of the exhibitors at the 6th Hobby Expo held at MAEPS Serdang, Selangor on 30 November - 1 December 2024.

Sticker by Pos Malaysia

The below sticker was given by Pos Malaysia as a gift to costumer spending over RM100 on stamp purchase. 

 

MAHA 2024 - Paper Fan with Stamp and Cancellation

The MAHA 2024 Expo was held at MAEPS Serdang on 11-22 September 2024. A set of stamps was issued on 14 September 2024 to commemorate the event. Souvenirs were sold by the event organizer. One of the souvenirs is paper fan. The paper fan has the MAHA 2024 official logo. I created "maxicards" using the stamps and the Pos Malaysia cancellation for the MAHA 2024. Pos Malaysia has a temporary counter for the event.

CN 15 Stamping from Malaysia

These are two CN 15 stamping from Malaysia.

Paper Cuts by Master Xiong Chongrong

Xiong Chongrong (熊崇荣) from Yangzhou, Jiangsu was a well-known paper cutting master. He made these paper cuts for me. You may click here for a little background about the master Xiong. 

Hobbies of Collecting

The hobby of collecting coins and banknotes is called numismatics, and the hobby of collecting stamps is called philately. Then what is called for the hobby of collecting matchboxes?

The answer is phillumeny.

Selamat Hari Raya - II

Logos of Postal Authority of Malaysia

Updated on 3 January 2025

Throughout the history of postal service of Malaysia, three logos have been used including the current one. After the formation of Malaysia, the postal service of Malaysia was named as Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos. I am not sure when the logo of Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos (Fig. 1) was introduced. Perhaps some could help me to find out the answer. This very first logo of postal authority of Malaysia had been used until December 31, 1991.

On January 1, 1992, the postal service of Malaysia was privatized, and it has been named as Pos Malaysia Berhad, or convinently known as Pos Malaysia. Of course, a new logo was introduced on the occassion of privatisation (Fig. 2). This logo was being used until the middle of 2008.

In the middle of 2008, Pos Malaysia revised its logo (Fig. 3). This logo was being used until 2015. In 2015, Pos Malaysia revised its logo again (Fig. 4). Pos Malaysia modified the logo in December 2022 (Fig. 5).

Fig. 1: Logo of Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos. This logo had been used until December 31, 1991.

Fig. 2: Logo of postal authority of Malaysia during the period 1992-2008.

Fig. 3: Logo of Pos Malaysia for the period 2008-2015.

Fig. 4: Logo of Pos Malaysia introduced in 2015.

Fig. 5: left is the older version and right is the later version.

Traditional Festive Food - Secret Code

Pos Malaysia released traditional festive food on August 10, 2010. There are 10 different stamps (80s each stamp) from stamp sheet and 10 different stamps (60s each stamp) from stamp booklet. These stamps are in format of "mirror" image. One visitor to my blog (ohmcs110) alerted me about the secret code of these "mirror" stamps. It happens that the stamps depicting Malay, Sarawakian and Sabah food contain secret code! Merging the 80s and 60 stamps of Malay and Sarawakian food give a wonderful view of full plate! However, the stamps of Sabahan food may need a little bit of turning to view the full plate. This is absolutely fabulous! However, the stamps of Chinese and Indian food do not have this secret code.


merging 80s and 60s stamps of Malay food
merging 60s and 80s stamps of Malay food

merging 80s and 60s stamps of Sarawakian food
merging 60s and 80s stamps of Sarawakian food

merging 80s and 60s stamps of Sabahan food
merging 60s and 80s stamps of Sabahan food

Postal Rates - Domestic vs Overseas

With the latest postal tariff revision (started on July 1, 2010), something is not quite right when one tries to compare the domestic and overseas rates.

Pos Malaysia divides overseas mail into five categories (zones) as below:
Zone A: ASEAN
Zone B: Developing countries of Asia Pacific
Zone C: Developed (industrial) countries of Asia Pacific such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Zone D: Europe and Middle East (including Egypt)
Zone E: North and South America and Africa


The rates for the basic airmail letter (less than 20g) to the five zones are as follow:
Zone A: 90s (35s for each additional 10g)
Zone B: 95s (35s for each additional 10g)
Zone C: RM1.40 (35s for each additional 10g)
Zone D: RM1.50 (50s for each additional 10g)
Zone E: RM1.80 (70s for each additional 10g)
postcard: 50s flat rate to everywhere overseas

The problem with the latest tariff revision is that the overseas rates unrevised (unchanged), and the revision only affects the domestic rates (click here to see the revised domestic rates). This makes the postal rates distorted when one to compare the domestic and overseas rates. For example, a letter (brown colour envelop; which is designated as non-standard) of 15g sent to Vietnam is only cost 90s, but if the same letter is sent within Malaysia (domestic) it will be 80s! The different is just 10s - very much unrealistic! Furthermore, the same letter sent to Korea/China will only cost 95s - a 15s difference when compared to domestic rate!

Another very much distorted situation is the comparison of overseas postcard rate and domestic standard (less than 20s with white envelop) letter rate. The standard domestic letter rate is 60s but the overseas postcard rate (even for destinations Haiwai, Ethiopia, South Africa etc.) is 50s. The domestic rate is 10s more expensive than the overseas postcard rate!

It looks like there is something very wrong on the postal rates of Malaysian mail. Pos Malaysia may need to revise the postal rate again, and the next round of revision would most likely focus on the overseas rates. I believe the revision would be done "soon".

Am I So Famous?!

One postal staff from a post office told me that someone came to the post office to purchase stamps. This someone brought up my name during the introduction saying I am his friend, and he even said that he is a member of PSM (I was just wondering if the PSM has got something to do with his stamp purchase in the post office). However, this someone's dealing with the postal staff ended badly. The postal was extremely disgusted by this someone. Of course, the postal staff told me the story with much anger. I said to the postal staff that this someone is no my "friend". I related my story to another stamp collector fellow, and this stamp collector fellow also claimed that there are some people use (take advantage) his name in some post offices when making stamp purchases. Come on you guys, just be fair to us when you want to purchase stamps from a post office, just go ahead buying stamps and there is no need mentioning our names........ I don't know about my this stamp collector fellow, but I definitely don't want to be famous.