Ongzi's Stamps: Registered Label

Monday, 2 April 2001

Malaysia : Registerd Mail Label “PosDAFTAR”

As on 2 April 2001, all Malaysian offices introduced a new Registered post system, marketed as ‘PosDAFTAR’, which complied with the UPU standard. The UPU system ensures that, in theory, postal administrations should be able to track foreign mail automatically using the barcodes without the need to apply national tracking labels.

The new Malaysian system required all registered mail to carry a large, self-adhesive, combined stamp and label with computer barcodes, including tear-off barcode strips which could either be attached to documentation, such as the postman’s delivery receipt book, or scanned by a handheld recording device.

The backing sheet of the stamp provided instructions for use and acted as the sender’s receipt.

The registration fee (and postage in some cases) was therefore no longer paid for using ordinary postage stamps, but was paid using these labels.

At launch, the system used three versions of the PosDAFTAR stamp, for domestic, international and postal service use, plus a registration envelope for domestic use only.