Malaysia 2009 - 1-Malaysia

Pos Malaysia released a stamp issue on August 31, 2009 on topic of 1-Malaysia on occassion of National Day. All the post offices throughout the countries were close for business on August 31, 2009 except the philately counter at Pasar Seni. So, the stamp issue was launched on August 31, 2009 at Pasar Seni. However, the sale of stamps was mainly done on September 1, 2009. Five types of stamps (all in denomination 30 sen) and one miniature sheet were released. Three types of stamps were printed in sheet-of-20 format while these three types with additional of two types of stamps were printed in booklet format. The minature sheet (denomination RM5) was in format of die-cut with a shape of "1". The five types of stamps are interesting because they come with different watermark and perforation. I shall explain these watermark and perforation varieties in another blog entry later.

three types of stamps from sheet-of-20 format

die-cut miniature sheet

a strip of 5 stamps from stamp booklet

the front of the stamp booklet

2005 Bird Definitives 30 sen - 2009/5

The serial number for 30 sen bird defintive is now 2009/5........

Malaysia - Slogan Postmark

Presented here is the latest slogan postmark of Malaysia. The slogan postmark reads as:


1-Malaysia
Rakyat Didahulukan
Pencapaian Diutamakan


Kuala Lumpur 12; date: August 26, 2009
Kuala Lumpur 2; date: August 26, 2009

Pitcher Plant - Madagascar 1973

The postal authority of Madagascar released a set of floral stamps on August 6, 1973. Two stamps (denominations 25f and 40f) have image of pitcher plant (same species). The pitcher plant species depicted on the stamps should be Nepenthes madagascariensis. However, the species inscription on the stamps is Nepenthes pervillei. So, it is a misidentification of the pitcher plant species.

Nepenthes pervillei is endemic to Seychelles Island while N. madagascariensis is endemic to Madagascar Island. These two species are easily distinguished by the shape of pitcher. Actually, N. madagascariensis is the first Nepenthes species to be discovered (in 1685). It is distributed along the eastern coast of Madagascar.


the pitcher plant species on the stamps is Nepenthes madagascariensis not Nepenthes pervillei

Pitcher Plant - UN New York

The postal authority of United Nations (New York) released a set of endangered floral stamps on March 14, 1996. One of the stamps shows a pitcher plant species - Cephalotus follicularis. Cephalotus follicularis known as West Australian pitcher plant is endemic to southwestern part of Australia. This pitcher plant species is classified under the family Cephalotaceae, which is quite different from the common pitcher plant family Nepentheceae endemic to Southeast Asia. In fact, C. follicularis is more closely related to apple and oak than Nepenthes plants, scientifically. Family Cephalotaceae is a monotypic family and Cephalotus is a monotypic genus, meaning that there is only one species in the family Cephalotaceae - C. follicularis. Eventhough C. follicularis is only found in Australia, Australian postal authority has yet issued stamp on this spectacular plant species.

Unique Cover from Kuala Terengganu - Inverted Date

kkkhor sent me this cover with machine cancellation from Terengganu on August 22, 2009. It is really a pleasant surprise to receive this cover on two counts. First, the machine cancellation has the words BAYARAN POS JELAS (meaning postage paid). Secondly, the date of the postmark is inverted. This is an ordinary mail, the Kuala Terengganu Mail Centre supposed not to use cancellation BAYARAN POS JELAS. Normally, BAYARAN POS JELAS cancellation is in red ink, but the BAYARAN POS JELAS cancellation on this cover is in black!

Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu; date: August 22, 2009

Domestic Registered Cover 019

Bt 18 Jln Semenyih K1, Selangor; date: August 22, 2009

Maxi Card - Penang Government Building

Below is a maxi card created using a stamp (UNESCO World Heritage Sites) released on April 9, 2009. The stamp shows the image of Penang Government Building located in the Penang Island. The postcard shows the Penang Government Building. The postmark is the special postmark of the stamp issue for Penang Post Office.