Labuan ( BMA ) 1945-1946

Brief History

1942 – 1945

Empire of Japan ( WW2 )

1942, 3th January – Labuan occupied by Japan

1942, 9^th December – Labuan renamed Maida Island 前田島

1945, 9^th December – Japanese force surrendered

 

 

 

 

1942 overprinted North Borneo stamps with “便邮国帝本日大”

 1943 overprinted North Borneo stamps with  “便邮国帝本日大| WAR TAX”

 

 

 

 1944 overprinted North Borneo stamps with “本日大|便邮国帝 | オネルボ北”

 

 

 1944 overprinted Japanese stamps with “オネルボ北”

1945 – 1946

British Military Administration

 

 

 

 1945 overprinted Malaya stamps with “BMA | MALAYA”

1946 – 1963 British North Borneo Crown

1946, 15^th July – Joined the North Borneo Crown Colony

1946, 18th December – Treaty of Labuan expired.

1949 – Victoria   town renamed Labuan

1963, 31^st August – North Borneo gained self-governance

1963 
Malaysia

1963, 16^th September – Labuan as part of North Borneo became part of Malaysia. 

1963 – North Borneo renamed Sabah.

1984 – Labuan became Federal Territory

1990 – Labuan made International Offshore Financial Center and a Free Trade Zone