Saturday, 13 March 2010

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Malaysia 2010 - Ferns

Pos Malaysia released a set of five stamps and a miniature sheet on topic of ferns on March 10, 2010. The five stamps with denomination of 50 sen each are printed in a format of horizontal strip of five. The fern species depicted in the stamps are Helminthostachys zeylanica, Stenochlaena palustris, Platycerium coronarium, Dicranopteris linearis and Diplazium esculentum. On the other hand, the miniature sheet has a denomination of RM3 depicting three fern species i.e. Asplenium nidus, Matonia pectinata and Dipteris conjugata. These ferns are medicinal and ornamental values. The design of the stamps is not too bad. However, I personally think that the miniature sheet would be much better if it were made into three different stamps with denomination RM1 each for each of the three fern species.




Saturday, 6 March 2010

Guernsey - 3D Stamps

Guernsey postal authority issued a set of two stamps on May 9, 1995. These stamps have hidden 3 dimension images (3D images). Could you see what are the hidden images in the stamps? I am not sure if any other countries also have issued 3D stamps. This is defintive a very innovative way of issuing stamps.....




1-Malaysia Slogan Postmark - Update 2

Here is another 1-Malaysia slogan postmark for my collection..... Click here to view other 1-Malaysia slogan postmarks.


Ipoh 3, Perak; date: February 18, 2010


Friday, 5 March 2010

Wow.... Many ATM Labels of Spain

What a view with these many ATM labels from Spain showing images of cars, trains, buildings and ships! Absolutely fabulous!




A Cover from Spain

I received this cover from Tarragona, Spain sent on February 25, 2010. The cover franked with beautiful two ATM labels.



Thursday, 4 March 2010

Great Britain - Flaw

Great Britain issued a set of five stamps to commemorate Prince William on June 17, 2003. I found a flaw on one of the stamps with value "E". The flaw is a big dot on the nose of Prince William..... with the big dot, Prince William looks ugly!


left stamp is normal; right stamp with a flaw of big dot on the nose of Prince William


Monday, 1 March 2010

Personalised Stamp - 1-Malaysia

Pos Malaysia released one new personalised stamp on February 4, 2010. The new personalised stamp is on topic of 1-Malaysia. The stamp is quite similar to one of the earlier 1-Malaysia stamps issued on August 31, 2009. I was learnt that the new personalised was popular, and it was sold out within two weeks after the release. I think it is mainly due to the price of the new personalised stamp. The new personalised stamp sheet (containing 20 pieces of 30-sen-stamp) was sold at a price of RM6 (the face value). In contrast, the other earlier personalised stamp sheet (still available at time of writing this entry) is sold at price of RM19. I heard that Pos Malaysia is planning to reprint this new 1-Malaysia personalised stamp, but the selling price would most likely be RM19 per stamp sheet.


I think the portrait on the right side of the personalised is gorgeous. Don't you think so...... heheheheehehe