Malaysia 2019 Honey Bees

Stamp Value: 60sen x 3 designs

Stamp Size: 34.6mm x 40mm

Perforation: 14

Sheet Content: 20 stamps

Miniature Sheet Value: RM4

Miniature Sheet Size: 115mm x 89mm

Stamp Size In Miniature Sheet: 34.6mm x 40mm

Miniature Sheet Perforation: 14

Paper: 102 gsm TR8 OBA free stamp paper

Printing Process: Lithography

Printer: Joh. Enschede Stamps B.V., The Netherlands

Stamp Designer: Reign Associates Sdn Bhd

Sarawak 1965-2007 Definitives Stamps

“If it please God to permit me to give stamp to this country which shall last after I am no more, I shall have lived a life which Emperors might envy.”

– Sir James Brooke, K.C.B. First Rajah in 1868 at his home, Burrator in Devonshire -

Excerpt from Sarawak Postal History 1858 – 1956 by J.C.B. Fisher

The words written by the First Rajah had their tragic sequel as very unfortunately Sir James Brooke did not live to see his stamp in use.

In Sarawak stamps are issued from 1869.  All issues, until WWII, portray the ruling member of the Brooke dynasty.

In WWII, during the occupation by Japan, the Japanese administration overprints available stamps from Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak in Japanese. The overprints would read ‘Imperial Japanese Government’, ‘Imperial Japanese Post North Borneo’ or just ‘North Borneo’. The overprints exist in several varieties and in different colors as the overprint was applied both by the central authorities and by local post offices. Two sets of Japanese design have been issued in 1943. Both overprints and definitives were valid throughout the administrative area of North Borneo including Sarawak.

After WWII, the British issue stamps of North Borneo and Sarawak overprinted ‘BMA'. These overprints were also valid for use throughout all the British possessions in northern Borneo. In 1946, a set is issued to commemorate 100 years of rule by the Brooke family – ironic since the family would be deposed the same year.

From 1947 until 1963, the colony of Sarawak issues stamps. The first issue is an overprint on previous issues, the overprint being an emblem with a crown and ‘GR'. Subsequent issues are of the standard design issued in many British colonies.

The stamps of the colony of Sarawak are superseded, from 1963, by the federal issues of Malaysia, used concurrently with the state issues of Sarawak.

Malaysia

  
 1965  Orchid definitive #1

1971  Butterfly definitive #2

1979  Flowers definitive  #3

1986  Agro products definitive #4
    

  

1993  Agro products definitives #4b (with new shield )

  2007  Garden Flowers definitive #5

Philippines 2015 Dragonflies

 

Malaysia 2014 Visit Malaysia Year

Visit Malaysia Year 2014 stamps were scheduled to be released during the 2013 OMG Stamp Week at Berjaya Times Square.

However, a Filipino wildlife photographer Romy Ocon recognized the bird photo in the Pos Malaysia’s promotional posters on the latter’s Facebook page.  The posters were later taken off the fb page without further explanation.

Romy is not the only photographer accusing of plagiarism by Pos Malaysia.  Singapore based American Con Foley , and UK based Roberto De Micheli too claimed their photographs were being reproduced in the coming VMY stamps.  Malaysian Nature Society ( MNS ) also pointed out that there could be more images being used without permission.

  

The stamp’s design were submitted by Media Eye Sdn Bhd, a design house owned by World Communications Network Resources (M) Sdn Bhd to Tourism Malaysia and Pos Malaysia.

 

stamps

1. Pityriasis gymnocephala 

- Bornean Bristlehead

2. Microheirax latifrons ☓ 

2. Lanus schach 

- Long-tailed Shrike ✓

3. Harpactes whitheadi 

- Whiteheads Trogon

4. Arborophila campbelli 

- Malaysian Hill Partridge

5. Polyplecron inopinatum 

- Mountain Peacock Pheasant

6. Polyplectron malacense 

- Malaysian Peacock Pheasant

1. Hymenopus coronatus  

- Malaysian orchid mantis

2. Mormolyce phyllodes - Violin beetle

3. Chrysochroa purpureiventris 

- Jewel beetle

4. Pyrops spinolae - Lantern bug

5. Actias maenas - Lunar moth

6. Paracycnotrachelus sp. 

- Long necked beetle

  

1. Curcuma sp  - Tumeric Flower

2. Tacca integrifolia – White Bat flower

3. Gloriosa superba – Flame Lily

4. Strophanthus preuss 

- Poison Arrow flower

5. Trichosanthes cucumerina 

– snake gourd

6. Couroupita guianensis 

- Cannonball Tree

1. Kuala Lumpur

2. Banguan Abdul Samad, KL

3. Masjid Ubudiah, Kuala Kangsar

4. Pejabat Perdana Menteri, Putrajaya

5. Dataran Lang, Langkawi

6. Istana Seri Menanti, 

Negeri Sembilan

stamp sheets

Buceros rhinoceros - Rhinoceros hornbill

Trogonoptera brookiana 

– Raja Brooke’s Birdwing

Rafflesia sp

A’Famaos, Melaka

fdc

A 4-stamps sheet of 50-years-of-Malaysia OP with a heart-shaped Malaysian flag was issued last minute to replace the withheld VMY stamps.