A Cover from Thailand

Lat Phrao 1; date: March 20, 2009

Malaysia Postmarks 034

Pusat Mel Taiping M2, Perak; date: March 13, 2009
Bandar Bahru M1, Kedah; date: April 1, 2009
Kuching P5, Sarawak; date: November 2, 2007
PP Jalan Laksamana K4, Melaka; date: April 1, 2009

Malaysia - Slogan Postmark

The slogan postmark below reads as:


BELI KOMPUTER
DI PEJABAT POS
IBM HP GATEWAY


Bukit Raja, Selangor; date: October 18, 2000

Malaysia - Slogan Postmark

The slogan postmark below reads as:


SATU DEKAD PENGURUSAN
ALAM SEKITAR DI MALAYSIA
12HB JUN 1985


Ipoh, Perak; date: June 24, 1985

Many Faces of Sungai Siput............

Sungai Siput, to be more precise Sungai Siput (U), is a small town located at the northern part of Perak. I grew up there, and therefore it has given me so much of memory. The post office of Sungai Siput is situated in the middle of the town, and it has been the centre for managing mail from and to Sungai Siput. Throughout the history of the post office, many postmarks have been in used for mail cancellation. The name of the town in the postmarks appears in different versions i.e. Sungei Siput, Sungai Siput and Sg Siput. I have a small collection of Sungai Siput postmarks which I am so delighted to share.


Sungei Siput K1, Perak; date: August 4, 1998

Sungei Siput K, Perak; date: October 27, 2000
the format of this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "K1" becomes "K"

Sungei Siput K1, Perak; date: December 3, 1993
the format of date is different from the above two, and the size of this postmark is also slight larger

Sungei Siput K, Perak; date: May 19, 1998
the format of this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "K1" is replaced by "K"

Sungei Siput C1, Perak; date: January 24, 1989
this postmark has a "C1"

Sungei Siput C, Perak; date: January 27, 1984
this postmark is similar to the previous one except the "C1" is replaced by "c"

Sungei Siput K2, Perak; date: April 29, 2000
this postmark has a "K2"


Sungai Siput M, Perak; date: August 3, 2000


Sungei Siput; date: August 31, 1957
this postmark has a time (9.45am)

Sungei Siput, Perak; date: November 23, 1995
this postmark has a time (02-0PTG meaning 2.00pm)


Sungei Siput, Perak; date: April 1, 2002
this postmark is a machine cancellation


Sungai Siput, Perak; date: December 9, 1985
this postmark is actually used for cancelltion of first day covers

Beautiful Stamps of Malaysia - Bantams

Pos Malaysia does from time to time issue beautiful stamps. One of the beautiful stamp sets that I treasure so much is the bantam stamp set released on August 1, 2001. The bantam images on the stamps and miniature sheet were designed by Mr. Teh Yew Kiang who is a well unknown Malaysian artist specializing in birds! In fact, Mr. Teh has been assisting Pos Malaysia in the design of bird stamps. The latest bird stamp issue (unique birds of Malaysia) was also the artwork of Mr. Teh.

the stamp set contains three denominations - 30 sen, 50 sen and RM1
perforated miniature sheet
imperforated miniature sheet
the miniature sheet was overprinted for Phila Nippon 2001

Malaysia 2009 - Traditional Wedding Costumes

Pos Malaysia released her third stamp issue on March 23, 2009 on the topic of costumes. Five different traditional wedding costumes were depicted on five 50-sen stamps - Malay, Indian, Chinese, Orang Ulu and Bajau. The stamps were printed in the format of strip of five. Apart from the five 50 sen stamps, a booklet was also released. The booklet contains ten 30-sen stamps (two sets of stamps) with five different designs as those of the 50-sen stamps. The stamps from the booklet have different background. Two different watermarks (SPM) have been recorded for the stamps from the booklet - upright and inverted watermarks.

stamps from stamp sheet
stamps from booklet; two different watermarks (upright and inverted) have been recorded for these stamps

back and front views of the stamp booklet

A Cover from Germany

Mulheim An Ber Ruhr 12, 45472; date: March 13, 2009