Reply Coupons of Malaya & Malaysia

Straits Settlements 1826-1946

Federated Malay States 1895-1941

 
 

Malayan Union 

1.4.1946-1.2.1948 

From 1946 to 1948, the eleven Malay states formed a single British Crown Colony known as the Malayan Union.  Due to opposition from Malay nationalists, the Union was disbanded and replaced by the Federation of Malaya, which restored the symbolic positions of the rulers of the Malay states. 

 

Federation of Malaya 

1.2.1948-31.8.1957

Within the Federation, while the Malay states were Protectorates of the United Kingdom, Penang and Malacca remained British colonial territories. Like the Malayan Union before it, the Federation did not include Singapore.
 
The Federation became independent from British colonial rule and became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 31 August 1957.    The independent Federation now includes Penang and Malacca.

Commonwealth Reply Coupon

IRC - Model 2 

Malaya - 24cents

IRC - Model 2  

Malaya - 30cents

IRC - Model 2 

Federation of Malaya - 40sen

 
 

Malaysia  

16.9.1963- present

In 1963, the Federation was reconstituted as "Malaysia" when it federated with the British territories of Singapore, Sarawak, and North Borneo ( later Sabah ).  Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent republic on 9 August 1965.

IRC - Model 3 

Malaysia - 40sen

IRC - Model 3 

Malaysia - 60sen

IRC - Model 4 

Malaysia - M$1.00

IRC - Model 4 

Malaysia - M$1.50

IRC - Model 4
Malaysia - RM2.00

IRC - Model 4 

Malaysia - RM3.00