Malaysia : Prepaid Envelope pre-1980s

A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or  inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid。 

In general, postal stationery is handled similarly to postage stamps; sold from post offices either at the face value of the printed postage or, more likely, with a surcharge to cover the additional cost of the stationery. 

Prepaid Envelope

1965

FIRST Malaysian prepaid envelope was issued in 1965, with indicia printed in magenta over white envelope.  The stamp was part of the nation's first State Definitive series ( Orchid ) issued on 15th November 1965, with slight modification to the stamp : enlarged graphic with omission of state emblem/head of state.

The indicia depicted Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid), an orchid, belonging to the Vanda alliance. The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary pendant to 60 cm long, racemose, densely flowered, cylindrical inflorescence .

1971

The second prepaid envelope, issued in 1971, also depicted a indicia printed in magenta over white envelope.  The butterfly stamp was from 1971's State Definitive series depicting butterfly Precis orithya.

The butterfly Precis orithya, currently known as Junonia orithya, is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through southern and south-eastern Asia, Cambodia and in Australia,

1979

Again, in 1979, a third installment of prepaid envelope was issued.  This time the indicia was printed with it's original design but with slight blurred colour

The 15c Hibiscus rosa-sinensis stamp was from 1979's National Definitive series.  The Hibiscus is widely cultivated in tropical and sub tropical regions, including Malaysia.  However, the native distribution of the plant is uncertain.

1984

The fourth installment of prepaid envelope was issued on the 1st Sep 1984, with the pre-printed stamp from 1979's National Definitive series.  With the increment of the postage rate, the stamp used was of 20c Rhododendron scortechinii.

Rhododendron scortechinii is an indigenous Malayan species, occurs on Genting Highlands Mt. Ulu Kali and on Mt. Benam 2,163 m, Malaysia's second highest peak after Mt. Tahan 2,186 m in Pahang.