Malaysia New State Definitives

Malaysia released her last state definitive stamp series (Agro-based Products) in 1986! It was indeed a long due for Pos Malaysia to phase out the Agro-based Products state definitives and re-issue a new series. Actually, Pos Malaysia had long been planning to do it since 2002. After a few times of postponement, the new state definitive stamp series finally came into light on 31 December 2007. I could not believe it as it was released on the last day of year 2007! The layout design of the new definitve series resembles the previous one (agro-based products) but the motif for the new one is garden flowers. Six garden flowers have been chosen for this new series i.e. lotus (5 sen), Hydrangea macrophylla (10 sen), red lily (20 sen), Baugainvillea (30 sen), Ipomoea indica (40 sen) and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (50 sen). As usual, there are 14 states (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu and Wilayah Persekutuan) for this state definitive series, totalling up 84 stamps altogether. Showing below are the six different denominations for Selangor state.

A cover from Italy

Received this simple and clear cover from Leonardo (Italy) on 20 December 2007.

Portugal ATM - Parrot

Very nice ATMs with parrot motif from Portugal. The ATMs were released on 18 July 2005.

Malaysia Postmarks 009

Bidor, Perak. Date: 2 June 2003.

Ranau M, Sabah. Date: 10 May 2004.

Rumah Persekutuan, Sandakan M, Sabah. Date: 28 December 2006.

Parit M, Perak. Date 8 May 2003.

Malaysia Postmarks 008

Kedai Chekok, Kelantan. Date: 14 Febraury 2005.

Sebuyau M1, Sarawak. Date: 21 September 2006.

Gurun M.2, Kedah. Date: 5 June 2005.

Lumut M1, Perak. Date: 4 December 2007.

A USA cover with slogan postmark

" Happy Holiday" - that is the slogan postmark on this cover sent from Santa Clarita on 19 December 2007.

A nice cover from Portugal

A nice cover from Lisbon, Portugal dated on 17 December 2007.

A beautiful cover from Canada

I was delighted when this cover arrived at my door step. What a beautiful cover flanked with many dragonfly stamps. The drangonfly stamp is one of the recent definitive stamps released by Canada Post (2007). The scientific name of the dragonfly is Aeshna canadensis which is belonged to family Aeshnidae. The cover was sent from Vancouver on 19 Novemver 2007.