tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32033381447267519662024-03-05T07:46:55.485-08:00Uniquely MalaysiaPhilately: Unique Covers, Cancellations and Philately Items From MalaysiaSyeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-69596526395760131112009-01-29T21:05:00.000-08:002009-01-30T17:31:21.986-08:001994 Orchids - Hong Kong Stamp Exhibition<u>1994 Orchids of Malaysia - Hong Kong Stamp Exhibition</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Malaysia had issued stamp and covers to commemorate 3 major philately exhibition in 1994, 1 of which was held by Pos Malaysia. They were the Hong Kong'94, Aseanpex'94 (in Penang!!) and Philakorea'94. I would showcase the first stamp exhibition in that year, Hong Kong'94, in this blog.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbTs6fEdqx0KHSBSTbP8BubnW67yWcy3a435FBhOCNXD0ooaRaO2PmOtYiGOFHzG9n07dDs_kb1Y-sngtQL_7Kdj6BcNcZMgqmFe8QUBEHd_4UE7C5VjNk-fHPotHJhBf0aWzBHMf_0g/s1600-h/1994+Hong+Kong+94.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYbTs6fEdqx0KHSBSTbP8BubnW67yWcy3a435FBhOCNXD0ooaRaO2PmOtYiGOFHzG9n07dDs_kb1Y-sngtQL_7Kdj6BcNcZMgqmFe8QUBEHd_4UE7C5VjNk-fHPotHJhBf0aWzBHMf_0g/s400/1994+Hong+Kong+94.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296951921339210146" border="0" /></a>"1994 Hong Kong Stamp Exhibition - MS on FDC"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Orchids of Malaysia miniature sheet was overprinted with the Hong Kong'94 logo to commemorate the event. No special exhibition cover was issued but the nice miniature sheet and FDC cover make up for the loss.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The exhibition was held from 18 - 21 February (4 days) by Hong Kong Philatelic Society and Hong Kong Postal services.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Hong Kong Philatelic Society was established in 1921 and is the oldest philatelic organisation in Hong Kong. Members were mainly Europeans before the war and after 1946, more and more Chinese became members and the Society has grown in stature.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the years, the Society has promoted philately vigorously in Hong Kong and organised the first national stamp exhibition in 1994 (ie Hong Kong'94 as shown in the FDC above), the first international stamp exhibition in February 1997 and the 15th FIAP Asian International in February 2001. In addition, the Hong Kong Philatelic Society has also organised national exhibitions such as Hongpex'96, Hongpex'98, Hongpex'00, Hong Kong Stampex 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 so that new exhibits formed by local collectors can qualify for future FIAP & FIP exhibitions. The Christopher D'Almada trophy is to be awarded as the grand prize for the Hongpex exhibitions. In December 2002, our Society together with the Hong Kong Study Circle (UK) organised the 140th Anniversary of Hong Kong Stamps Exhibition at the City Hall. In addition, the HKPS also participated in joint stamp exhibitions such as in Guangzhou, Macau and the most recent Hong Kong-Macau Joint Stamp Expo in October 2005. In January 2004, the Society co-organised the Hong Kong 2004 Stamp Expo - 17th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition which was another success. HKPS looks forward to the next international show in 2009.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eNY5ddoHc64qyH3SkcDAEqj_m1HEnal1k8S3Cf4btHWO9awGjNj_h0WV4fH2g-74hZbr_kIeFZ2hpnLuyR-WxxYnKuaFEUQmMv1VKh0GbBiadkKLVYPN-ce9g_rsApsXTf-U7f_4Udo/s1600-h/1994+Hong+Kong+94+Malaysia+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eNY5ddoHc64qyH3SkcDAEqj_m1HEnal1k8S3Cf4btHWO9awGjNj_h0WV4fH2g-74hZbr_kIeFZ2hpnLuyR-WxxYnKuaFEUQmMv1VKh0GbBiadkKLVYPN-ce9g_rsApsXTf-U7f_4Udo/s400/1994+Hong+Kong+94+Malaysia+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296951783226196418" border="0" /></a>"Malaysia Orkid - First Day Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first day cancellation of this issue was very delicate and illustrate an orchids flower. You can see the magnify version of this flower on the FDC.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2g-Zb0PUbPYH3cAthmB3HYPTSDSlEye3-_QcY4eyWnbuvfUrtisPthuXxdQd2kD8qCXUs5y92dfUURq9TyHy0Sz1tArlAUt4uP-f_PDeg8Z49wBM-NGVyXK9WBgCU5QdeS9j_MRbxoFs/s1600-h/1994+Hong+Kong+94+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2g-Zb0PUbPYH3cAthmB3HYPTSDSlEye3-_QcY4eyWnbuvfUrtisPthuXxdQd2kD8qCXUs5y92dfUURq9TyHy0Sz1tArlAUt4uP-f_PDeg8Z49wBM-NGVyXK9WBgCU5QdeS9j_MRbxoFs/s400/1994+Hong+Kong+94+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296951669309602274" border="0" /></a>"Hong Kong'94 - Exhibition Cancellation"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The exhibition cancellation was more complexly designed. It illustrates the Malaysia Clock Tower (or better known as Sultan Abdul Samad building near Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur) along side with the Hong Kong Central Plaza ("中環廣場"). From my opinion, this cancellation give a false impression that both the buildings are of similar hight. But this is far from reality.<br /><br />In term or hight, Sultan Abdul Samad building is 40m (peak of the clock tower) while the Hong Kong Central Plaza is 374m!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2S5AdRrWBXbbaAGeIUJ2I9ZAjZKYzfhNOawYs6zeVs9d5FnB-uUBkUfoAWNCAk1h0VCHuotjNMdSXVVGcbjKv_wHINTefK2B3vkUoIl00N2VZ3MHQTaiosXNfrWFtmojyGMB98d1ntc/s1600-h/800px-Sultan_Abdul_Samad_National_Day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2S5AdRrWBXbbaAGeIUJ2I9ZAjZKYzfhNOawYs6zeVs9d5FnB-uUBkUfoAWNCAk1h0VCHuotjNMdSXVVGcbjKv_wHINTefK2B3vkUoIl00N2VZ3MHQTaiosXNfrWFtmojyGMB98d1ntc/s400/800px-Sultan_Abdul_Samad_National_Day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296964406512562226" border="0" /></a>"Sultan Abdul Samad Building - night view"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Topped by a shiny copper dome and a 40m high clock tower, it is a major landmark in the city. It serves as the backdrop for important events such as the National Day Parade on August 31 and the ushering in of the New Year. This heritage building used to be occupied by the then Apex Court of Malaysia, the Supreme Court which was subsequently renamed the Federal Court. The Court of Appeal was also housed in this historic building. The Federal Court and the Court of Appeals have since moved to the Palace of Justice located in Putrajaya, the new Federal administrative capital. The Sultan Abdul Samad Building now houses the Commercial Division of the High Court of Malaya.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Behind the building flows the Klang River and Gombak River's confluence and in the middle of where the 2 rivers meet stands The Masjid Jamek (or Jamek Mosque), a mosque of similar design by the same architect.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzSF8p052-mZUyfVvJhJBc23vQGYiPGIwj9gx4QAOAtM1KWHFv4O2y38ByfNYr2YRahBw-Qh5Gm4PJcZqLaIgCET40taoLOBz_Sif0qU1smUzKrv3YV9mS6XHh5bPgqylnqsrspOZ9AI/s1600-h/hongkong016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzSF8p052-mZUyfVvJhJBc23vQGYiPGIwj9gx4QAOAtM1KWHFv4O2y38ByfNYr2YRahBw-Qh5Gm4PJcZqLaIgCET40taoLOBz_Sif0qU1smUzKrv3YV9mS6XHh5bPgqylnqsrspOZ9AI/s400/hongkong016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296966294364936386" border="0" /></a>"Hong Kong Central Plaza (中環廣場)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Central Plaza is the second tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong. With a height of 374 m (1,227 ft), Central Plaza is only surpassed by 2 IFC (415 m / 1,362 ft) in Central. The building is located at 18 Harbour Road, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island. It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, until the Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, was built. The 78-storey building was completed in August 1995. The building surpassed the Bank of China Tower as the tallest building in Hong Kong until the completion of 2IFC.<br /><br />Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colors in 15 minute intervals, blinking at the change of the quarter.<br /><br />An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast; the anemometer sits at 378 m (1,240 ft) above sea level. The mast has a height of 102 m (335 ft). It also houses the world's highest church--Hong Kong City Church.<br /><br />For more information of all the skyscraper in Hong Kong, you can visit <a href="http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?13780488"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HERE</span></a>.<br /></div><br /></div>We should put KL Tower (335 meter in hight) in this cancellation instead of Sultan Abdul Samad clock tower. However, KL Tower was only completely built in 1996....<br /><br />Anyhow, I think both structure are magnificent, from both historical as well as architecture point of view.<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-13484614246380575062009-01-19T04:57:00.000-08:002009-01-19T06:12:11.306-08:002002 Malaysia - China Joint Issue<u>2002 Malaysia-China Joint Issue - Rare Flowers</u><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the late 1990's, "joint-issue" became a relatively new and "hip" concept in philately through out Asia Countries. Singapore, Thailand and China started the trend to jointly issue stamp with other countries.<br /><br />But lets get this clear first... what is a "joint issue". A joint issue is the release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more countries to commemorate the same topic, event or person of relevance to both countries. Joint issues typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often similar or identical, except for the identification of country and value.<br /></div><br />Pos Malaysia, don't want to fall behind the trend, issued its first joint issue cover and stamps with China in 2002 - Rare Flowers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02tMlByF8zQn6_KMOSzy9yVDzrVlCLDRojO3eUdFOa3ihjoNwjShm6oOhUiWaFoyYJMhhZJbmsOwMdsYCkoKeSlbRVHMApm1Tm7ojhmKuthseY3vKC56wqIqE2tpUw3pCMfOAS2p50WQ/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02tMlByF8zQn6_KMOSzy9yVDzrVlCLDRojO3eUdFOa3ihjoNwjShm6oOhUiWaFoyYJMhhZJbmsOwMdsYCkoKeSlbRVHMApm1Tm7ojhmKuthseY3vKC56wqIqE2tpUw3pCMfOAS2p50WQ/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992874824713138" border="0" /></a>"Joint Issue Cover and Stamps - design A"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkf64YPsgwVv_dfV2WtAQh_s9S_qPIHzcakI1SxVTiJYBMAnOqEWD2UhP-aj8uoMAtjou6W0r2NCKXj9tw3mAiDELiEuXI7sCciCDg33he1IoA-rqm2MZPSgkWHEj3ZyF6D1-lK8s6zw/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkf64YPsgwVv_dfV2WtAQh_s9S_qPIHzcakI1SxVTiJYBMAnOqEWD2UhP-aj8uoMAtjou6W0r2NCKXj9tw3mAiDELiEuXI7sCciCDg33he1IoA-rqm2MZPSgkWHEj3ZyF6D1-lK8s6zw/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992757140442434" border="0" /></a>"Joint Issue Cover and Stamp - design B"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Beside from the normal first day cover, Pos Malaysia had issued the unique "joint-issued FDC". The cover was uniquely designed and are larger than the standard size FDC in Malaysia. It was affixed with both version of the stamps (Malaysia version and China Version) on a single FDC and cancelled with respective cancellation.<br /><br />As you may notice, both the joint issue stamps (RM1 in se-tenant pair) had the same design with China's 80c setenant pair. The "Golden Camelia" flower design is a flower found in southern Guangxi of China while "Guiana Cannonball Tree Flower" Malaysia native flower. I would suspect that each stamp was design by respective designer in each contry. However, as you can see, the color plant used for printing was not agreed upon and thus caused some differences in the color used.<br /></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUj4g2AMrt28q5taxPQGGuN7Ng8tyRARbf5IWjKoH4nIeyOYVyoYM-jLNg_NZBgVVrn4spuFRDLUGCusS38j5C6aXgZ8TRsysuaD8x60-bBnSjw6sDS5ZQq1cFVe8RSvkfokE_zG4Lew/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A+-+Msia+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUj4g2AMrt28q5taxPQGGuN7Ng8tyRARbf5IWjKoH4nIeyOYVyoYM-jLNg_NZBgVVrn4spuFRDLUGCusS38j5C6aXgZ8TRsysuaD8x60-bBnSjw6sDS5ZQq1cFVe8RSvkfokE_zG4Lew/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A+-+Msia+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992586719057874" border="0" /></a>"Malaysia First-Day Cancellation"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLrYWrAt2m2phfMXT1bxH-EIaEoqzbBsZ87pjrioW8BeFlrakC9Av_ooJopjCpT1qbZn306cUGLOUaS8OTsRoJXRo4W-B0IFNi6YzEdozxXw3e9Xlb2buk_DKQ0ZWBlSlJNkUKFXsNmI/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A+-+China+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLrYWrAt2m2phfMXT1bxH-EIaEoqzbBsZ87pjrioW8BeFlrakC9Av_ooJopjCpT1qbZn306cUGLOUaS8OTsRoJXRo4W-B0IFNi6YzEdozxXw3e9Xlb2buk_DKQ0ZWBlSlJNkUKFXsNmI/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+A+-+China+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992500032246482" border="0" /></a>"China Joint Issue Cancellation A"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9aUNa1_PgQPC3sS77Z6kVG61sMdCJKltJgCyA-HmJM8CTmuO1DOHjOaFLaIdrfFWZXxhLN5KMf8R2kAedd9n4ats3v09rtuMhCpa2L91YozbKQA7TjVWJEK03pdMBhL4Qe_vDKNmrBw/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+B+-+China+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9aUNa1_PgQPC3sS77Z6kVG61sMdCJKltJgCyA-HmJM8CTmuO1DOHjOaFLaIdrfFWZXxhLN5KMf8R2kAedd9n4ats3v09rtuMhCpa2L91YozbKQA7TjVWJEK03pdMBhL4Qe_vDKNmrBw/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+B+-+China+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992379941653538" border="0" /></a>"China Joint Issue Cancellation B"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There is only 2 version of this joint issue covers that you can find in Malaysia (at least that's what I had found so far). Please see above for design A and B. The different was mainly the stamps attached and cancellation used.<br /><br />Design A was purchased over-the-counter from Pos Malaysia. Quite a number of this was produced and you still can get these joint issue cover from some selected pos office. Although for this series, Malaysia had issue a 30c stamp and a miniature sheet, only the RM1 setenant pair stamps are affixed together with their China version. From my opinion, this was a more appropriate way of presentation as the RM1 pairs was the "joint issue stamp". All the stamps are nicely cancelled with cancellation from respective country. In some case, special joint-issue cancellation would be introduced for the cover. However, Malaysia had only use its normal first-day cancellation on this.<br /><br />Design B was purchased from International Stamp and Coint Sdn. Bhd. It includes a 30c stamp (to complete the set of stamps) and a different joint-issue cancellation for the China side. I am not sure how this is done as normally Pos Malaysia would have control over the issue and cancellation of the stamps and thus you can't really change the design. However, for some reason, this stamp dealer had done it. And to be fair, the China's cancellation in design B was actually nicer.<br /><br /><u>Stamps in Twins?</u><br /><br />Since the starting of this issue, I had given myself a new challenge to collect all the Malaysia FDC, its Joint-issue variation, other country joint issue partner joint-issue cover variation, and other joint issue partner FDCs. Believe me, this prove to be very challenging. The hardest part was mainly to get the joint-issue special cover, as the are normally issued in very low quantity. However, it could also be tricky seach and found the joint-issue partner FDCs. For this case, it took me almost 6 years to finally acquired the China FDCs for this issues. But I always think that this is the fun part of stamp collecting, and I like to call it "target and found".<br /><br />The joy of finding an item to complete your collection is what keep me addicted to this hobby for so long.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yK2fsxHpAxugJpHQuGlsPYCtb1GiUXARXxIF4N6XjjoW62JJMXbCsiHRF-5-WEdsQNdZEegOAXwEoYd4OO0ixIyjZzzkqaX793vc6E40W_QBB_HrHfaUITeYq7fMTgTU0uS87NcKxYI/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yK2fsxHpAxugJpHQuGlsPYCtb1GiUXARXxIF4N6XjjoW62JJMXbCsiHRF-5-WEdsQNdZEegOAXwEoYd4OO0ixIyjZzzkqaX793vc6E40W_QBB_HrHfaUITeYq7fMTgTU0uS87NcKxYI/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992253359933266" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover A: Front"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkscz-Gz5dm6O9XHh90O-Dy107mbZA_hoz4vKEOp-ScZ6tqYbz2FSykRY-QYklZWLfBPC9sgdT0_pwBcKv2dVly2ep86AuqqVThUZZ5OSb3bAFDPRzeJwR_o5eDsJI2OHUkYylfiXkWwI/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+Bck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkscz-Gz5dm6O9XHh90O-Dy107mbZA_hoz4vKEOp-ScZ6tqYbz2FSykRY-QYklZWLfBPC9sgdT0_pwBcKv2dVly2ep86AuqqVThUZZ5OSb3bAFDPRzeJwR_o5eDsJI2OHUkYylfiXkWwI/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+Bck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292992007331546786" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover A: Back"</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSngW7PccgSEkT-897ccKnG7HoWhk2fPAifzmdnetxr2IgL9JsGMzlIHPCs5YX8kQVMvgzCGb7CivUU7ck4ETU3HmTYpvCuuyFJosRrlxlbvjoKu4Shsj-FOXst42_do5Ew30WlnzVPU/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+-+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSngW7PccgSEkT-897ccKnG7HoWhk2fPAifzmdnetxr2IgL9JsGMzlIHPCs5YX8kQVMvgzCGb7CivUU7ck4ETU3HmTYpvCuuyFJosRrlxlbvjoKu4Shsj-FOXst42_do5Ew30WlnzVPU/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+-+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991882371958034" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover A cancellation"</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Only at the time I acquired these 2 covers then I realised China's postal service operates in a very different way in term of new stamps / FDC issued.<br /><br />First of all, there is no "official FDC" as sold by all post office. The FDCs cachet are design by each private and individual companies/corporation as authorised by the China postal services. The company would also design the "first day cancellation" as there is no "official cancellation".<br /><br />Thus, for a stamp issue, you could have 20 different type of FDCs designed and sold by various parties.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE04WcoJ_gQ0JU_QFwCyFFKW2Q59xoum7ZyIFXSqs0ZstVitO9OG9UF26osRAAchE4xDAsVp0ep5pZIYC5y3bJFAC9yuGBUzct73UkQKWypfNqP_7xnLrJ5mnQErhTHl7TzABcAXVYJM/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE04WcoJ_gQ0JU_QFwCyFFKW2Q59xoum7ZyIFXSqs0ZstVitO9OG9UF26osRAAchE4xDAsVp0ep5pZIYC5y3bJFAC9yuGBUzct73UkQKWypfNqP_7xnLrJ5mnQErhTHl7TzABcAXVYJM/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991771003221458" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover B: Front"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqr2utzzp0Vf5E_NxspscDaxmA534sjWvRvi91KMNXTrmaxZqyTiir2UHDLGp1cpYDUHXCjSxo9OCjij_mMj7KKFrYdfJPDIa0ORnRnUqlg3pP1LPkyWhyphenhyphenh8y5CLsV00wDltyBx8cpaQ/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+Bck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqr2utzzp0Vf5E_NxspscDaxmA534sjWvRvi91KMNXTrmaxZqyTiir2UHDLGp1cpYDUHXCjSxo9OCjij_mMj7KKFrYdfJPDIa0ORnRnUqlg3pP1LPkyWhyphenhyphenh8y5CLsV00wDltyBx8cpaQ/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+Bck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991664153207730" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover B: Front"</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYLXhFenZ4YlhVy7e1LomDs6EPrnSFSRx1q7i6ImwWQTAQI-XSAznHkKRe-TIdRinNIpYSI8hFti3lCjOxD8dxbbhyphenhyphenQsLnz94bnl47LpBhi0-gk4pC5ckJdOvF7EpDTSR9Wb02tytqMM/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+-+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYLXhFenZ4YlhVy7e1LomDs6EPrnSFSRx1q7i6ImwWQTAQI-XSAznHkKRe-TIdRinNIpYSI8hFti3lCjOxD8dxbbhyphenhyphenQsLnz94bnl47LpBhi0-gk4pC5ckJdOvF7EpDTSR9Wb02tytqMM/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+-+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991557533476130" border="0" /></a>"Rare Flower - Cover B: Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the second design for this issue. In China, they normally refer this design as cover B ("B封"). As you can see from the front of the cover, on the left hand side, it is indicated this as "B-FDC".<br /><br />Most China stamps collectors would regard this 2 disign as the "official FDC" as the entity that issued these covers, China National Philatelic Corporation and Beijing Stamp Company had been in this business for many year and had the reputation of producing the best FDC.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy5HLEotq17zQ_l88eU2ImWhAFs4q0CLW1P7PNlxPIVqvmPQn06aC5E3NOF6lxBMzH8elyZgbSl4W3dyyoyTbezeN_3LVZYndbsOdPinWIiDPsdqx2YvpMv4vA3j5VyPnMlfTvE8NmqI/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+Bck+-+China+Philatelic+Corp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy5HLEotq17zQ_l88eU2ImWhAFs4q0CLW1P7PNlxPIVqvmPQn06aC5E3NOF6lxBMzH8elyZgbSl4W3dyyoyTbezeN_3LVZYndbsOdPinWIiDPsdqx2YvpMv4vA3j5VyPnMlfTvE8NmqI/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+A+Bck+-+China+Philatelic+Corp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991295521762434" border="0" /></a>"Cover A - China National Philatelic Corporation (A 封)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tBFEWzq0cRExvcz5s71uqy4t9OhFv6ZhcA7vzWB_JcVwLvcC-i7M6ESTtUzhmiDH3N7f6gP3WWq_A9NddjoHELZwkYM8fZjEwrTrzC49RWw4lvFfcBbW8ZBcxh5FquSmvHPVh3aHq-s/s1600-h/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+Bck+-+Beijing+Stamp+Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tBFEWzq0cRExvcz5s71uqy4t9OhFv6ZhcA7vzWB_JcVwLvcC-i7M6ESTtUzhmiDH3N7f6gP3WWq_A9NddjoHELZwkYM8fZjEwrTrzC49RWw4lvFfcBbW8ZBcxh5FquSmvHPVh3aHq-s/s400/2002+MY+China+Joint+Issue+Cover+B+Bck+-+Beijing+Stamp+Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292991135707083986" border="0" /></a>"Cover B - Beijing Stamp Company (B 封)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I think this is a great phenomena where entities are encourage to compete to disign the best FDC for its customers. However, for cover and cancellation enthutiasts like me, it would cost me a bom just to collect each FDC design from each issue...<br /><br />If you have seen any variance of this FDC (China/Malaysia version), please let me know or even send me a scan/pic of it. I would very much like to catalouge all FDC for this issue, if possible.<br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-16041067301239762009-01-12T03:53:00.000-08:002009-01-12T04:16:51.073-08:001993 Bangkok Exhibition<u>1993 Bangkok Exhibition</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gWbT3d0_1bOgYqflaMP09ETTKnLuyHrEqrz5uYYcEs50ArhsFyjX1naTitrj0AzrZFUlVR9LXOgAvXe2diXA6T825Xjb6JRWYD2H_KIEJVgQJwAmirsgYZLABd169yrHWj6PbpfGK6M/s1600-h/1993+Bangkok+Word+Philatelic+Ex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gWbT3d0_1bOgYqflaMP09ETTKnLuyHrEqrz5uYYcEs50ArhsFyjX1naTitrj0AzrZFUlVR9LXOgAvXe2diXA6T825Xjb6JRWYD2H_KIEJVgQJwAmirsgYZLABd169yrHWj6PbpfGK6M/s400/1993+Bangkok+Word+Philatelic+Ex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290376017004395122" border="0" /></a>"1993 Bangkok Exhibition Overprint Stamp on Souvenir Cover"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thailand, through my years of collecting covers, had pop out to be one of the few nation which did really well in promoting philately as hobbies among its people. This was well proved by the amount of international level philately exhibition that it had held. Thailand truly stand out among the crowd for being the country which hold tons of successful world exhibition, the most recent one being Bangkok'07 (please correct me if you think I am wrong).<br /><br />Bangkok'93 was held from 1 to 10 October at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Pos Malaysia, as a postal service who participate in this event, issued a set overprint stamp and special cancellation for this event. However, no official souvenir covers issued. The cover you seen above was privately made by collectors.<br /><br />The cover was designed by an elephant (wearing a vest with the letter "post"), the scared animal in the heart of Thailand people. No a really impressive design, especially it was mono-colored. However, due to minimal quantity being produced, this was still one of the rare collectors' fouvorite.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFVU9TJCPx2Pml8pBXbYphyNn5QZsdXzDtimgB6SLGq1gvfAkJ291OejJ0xGoCgl6iBUF01SaGhtY7BPpQTUd2uUwgTSP-oYTYOvbTvEOhEDSGnHJDTD_UpHzUeB8FsnpdI1ktA_1rFM/s1600-h/1993+Bangkok+Word+Philatelic+Ex+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFVU9TJCPx2Pml8pBXbYphyNn5QZsdXzDtimgB6SLGq1gvfAkJ291OejJ0xGoCgl6iBUF01SaGhtY7BPpQTUd2uUwgTSP-oYTYOvbTvEOhEDSGnHJDTD_UpHzUeB8FsnpdI1ktA_1rFM/s400/1993+Bangkok+Word+Philatelic+Ex+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290375805899185202" border="0" /></a>"1993 Bangkok World Philatelic Exhibition Cancellation"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover was affixed with the overprint stamp and cancelled with the exhibition cancellation. The cancellation was pretty classic but neat and nice.<br /><br />The cover worth quite some money due to the quantity of the overprint stamp issued. It was still a highly sought after cover even until today.<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-64891835586675608092009-01-07T04:33:00.000-08:002009-01-07T05:24:17.854-08:002000 Millennium<u>2000 Millennium Souvenir FDC</u><br /><br />First thing first, Happy 2009 !!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Yeap. Time passed like nobody business. It is year 2009 already. I have been writing this blog for 9 months. . . .<br /><br />Tons of things happen in the previous year (2008). I got married, changed job, migrate, traveling, set up this blog, become an uncle as my sis-in-law give birth to a cute baby girl. . . . what a year I would say.<br /><br />And sorry for not updating this blog for quite some time. I have gone for a long vacation in New Zealand. I had a really nice vacation bungy jumping, sky diving, horse riding, luging, zorbing, cruising, spa, shopping, rafting, sight seeing etc etc etc. There is just so much to do in New Zealand. Please put it in one of your "must go places before you die"!!<br /><br />Quote: "Stamps let you see the world, but it is better to see it yourself".<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UY4Kiz6-vKJD2ubDq0kwpP84Knka-kbDDcAJ-6ysqXb_78BVJicBZsHbcPaaC75qNpQwvqhHnOrFGH67S_FipOvSrzmR18ZviN-IDOEmDTcSeJo8KdG3e0zCNqFkTZTWU9zW4cCFegM/s1600-h/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UY4Kiz6-vKJD2ubDq0kwpP84Knka-kbDDcAJ-6ysqXb_78BVJicBZsHbcPaaC75qNpQwvqhHnOrFGH67S_FipOvSrzmR18ZviN-IDOEmDTcSeJo8KdG3e0zCNqFkTZTWU9zW4cCFegM/s400/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288532042735447586" border="0" /></a>"2000 Millennium Cover #1"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLzgFDaQYIJFGDx_YsJImE-ixVVgWebTF7u-JCwtJeo5j_t82aLkU45Rk6B5hKsQQU7jyHfyIgtHYzSzAtvBZY9YRvRRPo51uqJ1dEZLcHo_QDLo9Gc55271JpKHExdYZ2O_Rqb3wQ5Q/s1600-h/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+1+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLzgFDaQYIJFGDx_YsJImE-ixVVgWebTF7u-JCwtJeo5j_t82aLkU45Rk6B5hKsQQU7jyHfyIgtHYzSzAtvBZY9YRvRRPo51uqJ1dEZLcHo_QDLo9Gc55271JpKHExdYZ2O_Rqb3wQ5Q/s400/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+1+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288531924411604162" border="0" /></a>"2000 Millennium Cover #1 Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since we are all in the new year mode, let me showcase something which fits this theme, 2000 millennium souvenir cover. As a grand event of our generation, many postal services around the globe had issued FDC to commemorate this event. Pos Malaysia join in the fun and issued "several" series of stamps for this event. Apparently motivated by earning more money from the event, they choose quantity over quality. the 2000 millennium series, from my view, was not nicely designed and presented.<br /><br />The souvenior cover as shown above was from a special folder issued for the event. The folder cost RM25 and consist of an album which highlight Malaysia development over the passed millennium and 2 souvenior covers. The above is cover #1. The selling point of this issued was that you have to buy this folder to get this exclusive cover, exclusive miniature sheet and exclusive cancellation. Now do you realised how exclusive it is?<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TaaCM5ODwxLFK3tMJG2M8umU_FqjqKhpJalnMIvBhmVii5qUwAlLXI005oSxfnAPGOP779IxzZi5eY6Jeel_tcf92FUACR33AbiPqGwtLaPf34mqlxGxW18czFevHUgfKQN1HfrPmS0/s1600-h/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TaaCM5ODwxLFK3tMJG2M8umU_FqjqKhpJalnMIvBhmVii5qUwAlLXI005oSxfnAPGOP779IxzZi5eY6Jeel_tcf92FUACR33AbiPqGwtLaPf34mqlxGxW18czFevHUgfKQN1HfrPmS0/s400/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288531845506772690" border="0" /></a>"2000 Millennium Cover #2"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5Plsu72q8xt56c3JFXz4VLTXB4aP2n42qPVlQiZMtd1N02zWilAHrz6Hdm536zEvAQBcGEdhSa9IE3-DEz5iUdb1dFQ7CGcKeIB2SQVpFtoRjH47x6kvb9s-NKDyK5WpFR6R3BN_5Go/s1600-h/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+2+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5Plsu72q8xt56c3JFXz4VLTXB4aP2n42qPVlQiZMtd1N02zWilAHrz6Hdm536zEvAQBcGEdhSa9IE3-DEz5iUdb1dFQ7CGcKeIB2SQVpFtoRjH47x6kvb9s-NKDyK5WpFR6R3BN_5Go/s400/2000+Melinium+Souvenior+Cover+2+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288531355086341794" border="0" /></a>"2000 Millennium Cover #2 Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The design of the souvenior cover actually fits the theme quite well. It give us the idea of where the new millenium would be an "astro" era, advancement, technology, hi-tech, unknown and should various element. Both miniature sheets are Rm5 and show an universe view of the earth, with a ship "sailing into the next millennium".<br /><br />From the design point of view, this issue could be the best-designed issue for the whole millennnium celebration series. Due to the high price, the quantity issued was quite limited and should be highly sought after by various collector. But to my surprise, some of the post office still have this item in their "philately" section and you can still purchase them at original price (I am not joking). However, due to the poor handling of the Pos Malaysia staff, some of the cover had turn yellowish. My guess was that these covers was not prepared in an environment with low humidity.<br /><br />A new year stamp to mark the new starting for everyone in the world. I hope all readers of my blog will be bless with good health and mind in 2009!!<br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-53038726873915850552008-12-15T04:23:00.000-08:002008-12-15T06:05:20.909-08:001992 Asian Philatelic Exhibition<u>KL'92 5th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition</u><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisWF3aO2gRd5aPPZoeiNDUfkpCY6_3UwEkjaXXyhIFSTltlLD8VUqKeJEcHvYF651vwR-22FezcWIEZNUvXUZxL5n6c3KDaIpV8MjTNM1RwgHLgc0cmzpcaMSRt_SgD34Ky_NutTC9FE/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisWF3aO2gRd5aPPZoeiNDUfkpCY6_3UwEkjaXXyhIFSTltlLD8VUqKeJEcHvYF651vwR-22FezcWIEZNUvXUZxL5n6c3KDaIpV8MjTNM1RwgHLgc0cmzpcaMSRt_SgD34Ky_NutTC9FE/s400/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279997455192727042" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Exhibition Cover with first day cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After multiple years in organising smaller philatelic exhibition, Pos Malaysia finally got a chance to organised an event at international level - the "5th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition". I find it a bit weird to call it "Asian International" because logically, you should be either Asian, or International.. and not both.<br /><br />But anyhow, that is not the point. The point was that this exhibition was phenomenal!! Postal services all over the world had participated in this exhibition and tons of exhibits, booth and activities was sets up for the participants.<br /><br />The event was held from 1 Sept to 7 Sept 1992. I am not sure about the location of the event. But my guess would be the Muzium Negara.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLVEPcOmUmc_5_t7MBCvH1f5w-ojMPeLHgwQKvXPf2EMohhjQg_dgbD9DYbcHMpe0Bvj2dioAWNPt_yUZKBbhqm-2CZkK6aw6AT1YnlOL-LOzc7ezvr0brQkwaqJpfsmrbk4ttjAF4gc/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLVEPcOmUmc_5_t7MBCvH1f5w-ojMPeLHgwQKvXPf2EMohhjQg_dgbD9DYbcHMpe0Bvj2dioAWNPt_yUZKBbhqm-2CZkK6aw6AT1YnlOL-LOzc7ezvr0brQkwaqJpfsmrbk4ttjAF4gc/s400/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279997300534288642" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 - Daily exhibition Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like all philatelic exhibition, the daily cancellation was introduced. Each of the cancellation represent different theme for the day. From top left were "Philatelist Day", "Youth Day", "Thematic Day", "Award Presentation Day", "Pos Malaysia Day" and "FIAP Day".<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3R2xZQ0p4R99VGPO1gXpACQMtHwIyjmQvMZIXFwnZR9Ll-hQKIRuWodFl4hgZE-jO-wD2LbTcIb26oFdTBV7SDQ8DVer4Ov_4AO3dvcYQxyoT08h4gxeP1W77iW4dQs0EOT_FpjmTD0/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+A+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3R2xZQ0p4R99VGPO1gXpACQMtHwIyjmQvMZIXFwnZR9Ll-hQKIRuWodFl4hgZE-jO-wD2LbTcIb26oFdTBV7SDQ8DVer4Ov_4AO3dvcYQxyoT08h4gxeP1W77iW4dQs0EOT_FpjmTD0/s400/1992+KL92+Ex+Cover+A+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279997160096659938" border="0" /></a>"First day cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Stamp introduced was to commemorate 125th years since the first stamp in Malaysia. The stamps featured interesting design which now fits into a thematic category called "stamp on stamp". This basically mean there are a group of collector who like to collect stamps which have stamps printed on them. It was actually a very interesting theme.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmMacj5KCNY3O47n6eakRcWP5bqRJolvcJRUFrcyv7kzeW62JKBAQ4CcwcdMBOiSWyHEVyIkwWV8MzrDILcpGujQXmLjsd1naIqooG_vIOnwZCxzFALSl42Ncgl1tGxcrLOn_bBDfBWo/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Multiple+Cancellation+Front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmMacj5KCNY3O47n6eakRcWP5bqRJolvcJRUFrcyv7kzeW62JKBAQ4CcwcdMBOiSWyHEVyIkwWV8MzrDILcpGujQXmLjsd1naIqooG_vIOnwZCxzFALSl42Ncgl1tGxcrLOn_bBDfBWo/s400/1992+KL92+Multiple+Cancellation+Front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279996987713206466" border="0" /></a>"KL 92 - Exhibition cover with full set of new stamps"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are interested in "stamp on stamp", you might want to visit <a href="http://www.stampsonstamps.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7Mt4d_SjJt_c0o-TwtKxslsHOJnIvhQVUlqVoI-6rstWOSMkhNkvcD2oUkdDU7K2G5Iyg0uMV_JAn_H3ig1hUjNxFeJPcEIKPSi-RX9ZtVUonPpnXdYagnteDJ_IkF7WKl09oZQXUx4/s1600-h/1992+KL92+MS+on+FDC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7Mt4d_SjJt_c0o-TwtKxslsHOJnIvhQVUlqVoI-6rstWOSMkhNkvcD2oUkdDU7K2G5Iyg0uMV_JAn_H3ig1hUjNxFeJPcEIKPSi-RX9ZtVUonPpnXdYagnteDJ_IkF7WKl09oZQXUx4/s400/1992+KL92+MS+on+FDC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279996741536339666" border="0" /></a>"Official MS on FDC for 125th anniversary of first stamp issued in Malaysia"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This was the official FDC issued. As you can see, the post man uniform at that point of time does change a bit as compared to now.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSwui6Z8jRESUArFLiWdWrA2EP-nKiG5l_ndK5wojrVBbTMhZ7MtAwGveJUBmRChXKNsctPFxqOheV5AaE4llvUJYnhBcCCtpLXRmgad9h65Vym309p-hDUXLwg5if_1W5tqFO-W7pjE/s1600-h/1992+KL92.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSwui6Z8jRESUArFLiWdWrA2EP-nKiG5l_ndK5wojrVBbTMhZ7MtAwGveJUBmRChXKNsctPFxqOheV5AaE4llvUJYnhBcCCtpLXRmgad9h65Vym309p-hDUXLwg5if_1W5tqFO-W7pjE/s400/1992+KL92.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279996585992435938" border="0" /></a>"125th years of first stamp in Malaysia - FDC with stamps"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first day cover itself actually fits in the category of thematic collection for "stamp under glass", which I had introduced in my previous blog.<br /><br />As I have mention above, ton of postal services from over the world came to Kuala Lumpur to participate in this events. To commemorate this, most of the postal services have issued stamps, miniature sheet, exhibition cover as well as cancellation specially for the philatelic exhibition. For instances, Hong Kong have issued 2 miniature sheet with KL' 92 overprint. Tuvalu have also have their fish series overprint (see below).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tuvaluislands.com/stamps/images/d06-17.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://www.tuvaluislands.com/stamps/images/d06-17.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Tuvalu KL'92"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Just in case you wonder where is Tuvalu, it is a beautiful island in the middle of the pacific ocean. There have only a few series of stamps issued. Click <a href="http://www.tuvaluislands.com/stamps/stamps.htm">here</a> if you are interested in this country's stamps.<br /></div></div><br />As there is so many booths around, people start going around and collect the KL'92 cancellation from all the participating postal services. Here are some of the cancellation I have manage to collect.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ7T8HzP6sJap3ivDNKivfO58gbQ6ZJCwCOViyIvtaZ09v7md1OvGa7KvX1gA0RYrUfBM6ScVVVovyq6EceBCPPnUDwxAeGulZwD2T7Tvc02fXkyR7_aVNtahCK1KI07jjNaaZdaqJb8/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Singapore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ7T8HzP6sJap3ivDNKivfO58gbQ6ZJCwCOViyIvtaZ09v7md1OvGa7KvX1gA0RYrUfBM6ScVVVovyq6EceBCPPnUDwxAeGulZwD2T7Tvc02fXkyR7_aVNtahCK1KI07jjNaaZdaqJb8/s400/1992+KL92+Singapore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995397552003234" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Singapore"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPL50FoVa5WHNDSIOr6PvX57ApvmleDHTud1WKbfK6SqRQwf4ifYZ7JvJ4pq7eQo0IvvgKqqc8cyS8KMGrgHP1xAppGmeN1n5Jnp1Vm-k5NHB0hHzALr0RGKfWbqWp9n5FYy750oIcfk/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Indonesia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPL50FoVa5WHNDSIOr6PvX57ApvmleDHTud1WKbfK6SqRQwf4ifYZ7JvJ4pq7eQo0IvvgKqqc8cyS8KMGrgHP1xAppGmeN1n5Jnp1Vm-k5NHB0hHzALr0RGKfWbqWp9n5FYy750oIcfk/s400/1992+KL92+Indonesia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279995030993276162" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Indonesia - wayang kulit / hand puppet"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeSGtPEzkj85zH7bs7vREAht_Tlw3rw20rM8aFYt6m12lj3jDflV4xF9jua8_dFamXUlY31JDfcekTG86x3o7erC7JJDAZfp8nt5izNJ5xrc7I2fhsUKoz9tXbcIWm44dy1Wkv5CT2-I/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Korea.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeSGtPEzkj85zH7bs7vREAht_Tlw3rw20rM8aFYt6m12lj3jDflV4xF9jua8_dFamXUlY31JDfcekTG86x3o7erC7JJDAZfp8nt5izNJ5xrc7I2fhsUKoz9tXbcIWm44dy1Wkv5CT2-I/s400/1992+KL92+Korea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994844727006562" border="0" /></a>"KL' 92 Korea"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-t1IgsDGTR-M-yu8uknVzeBTaGw0r9wlGq5DnCCg9scA6M2zzZyI5VS1gUsHivF06AblMcYmr2goTS1acAUNeINfvdrkpTSVU-z5oqSX-tnqUqTw3gKoieN4cGhHR9oGNCGUKC0Yi4U/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Nauru.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-t1IgsDGTR-M-yu8uknVzeBTaGw0r9wlGq5DnCCg9scA6M2zzZyI5VS1gUsHivF06AblMcYmr2goTS1acAUNeINfvdrkpTSVU-z5oqSX-tnqUqTw3gKoieN4cGhHR9oGNCGUKC0Yi4U/s400/1992+KL92+Nauru.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994722573858082" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Nauru (another island in the pacific ocean)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnARHEJLn5Q-2rBik5-wxG8AhNi61enl4Rk-20elu1-LYYABg1TaFJHFJLSY7fLhrPQ8o9eOnrss0CCThjbmON1zYjIfqJLEYb0JbE1mzK88Ol_Srh68OJag-o0IZIWVsclgwcZsfRPw/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Hong+Kong.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnARHEJLn5Q-2rBik5-wxG8AhNi61enl4Rk-20elu1-LYYABg1TaFJHFJLSY7fLhrPQ8o9eOnrss0CCThjbmON1zYjIfqJLEYb0JbE1mzK88Ol_Srh68OJag-o0IZIWVsclgwcZsfRPw/s400/1992+KL92+Hong+Kong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994613868520050" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Hong Kong"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglC1NSLCPz3_T9kq8Ev44tg2DDkmd1yhzBECBQvFQ25RadxrGiuIRUdBhno6Gqm-Cb6uGyofNyD6vaQ7Y5nP3dQQ-UkIc8iDZ3jqLnf2O8AjA5vKfkFwI4JM5qEKTBjwlone9ST780JJ4/s1600-h/1992+KL92+PNG.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglC1NSLCPz3_T9kq8Ev44tg2DDkmd1yhzBECBQvFQ25RadxrGiuIRUdBhno6Gqm-Cb6uGyofNyD6vaQ7Y5nP3dQQ-UkIc8iDZ3jqLnf2O8AjA5vKfkFwI4JM5qEKTBjwlone9ST780JJ4/s400/1992+KL92+PNG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994404725319042" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 P.N.G"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Just in case you are wondering what is "P.N.G", it stands for Papua New Guinea. I try to figure out what is the picture as illustrated on the cancellation but just can't work it out. It seem like a coral or birds. If anybody know what is it, please do tell me.<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDqXxzdasPjDM4rvzooPy2siyx7JL6G9Nd-UG_HCfDgCj9-zWkEPNyHwhJxGDc4H7EDo06H3ubbEZEzZ4T4B7BVhEZLc5JesSitUH6MDx_nK-UjlfTA51ws3GmfZy7A9Isgu5zhk_8fY/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Solomon+Islands.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDqXxzdasPjDM4rvzooPy2siyx7JL6G9Nd-UG_HCfDgCj9-zWkEPNyHwhJxGDc4H7EDo06H3ubbEZEzZ4T4B7BVhEZLc5JesSitUH6MDx_nK-UjlfTA51ws3GmfZy7A9Isgu5zhk_8fY/s400/1992+KL92+Solomon+Islands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994261122867426" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Solomon Islands - Butterfly"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This cancellation would be nice for philatelic cum butterfly lover.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W16gJIvpG8uaVgvWvpr5V6t0fyhQvRltbDUa9RjCxy4g9UNKmGrK5JKOsXMCzpoiP-4ayzajgymG3cl6i_H6STcx0SmYi9ave8kUkyTa37e5VEkLP3hnTgofLg4sAyB_BulgQAyKVQ4/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Tuvalu.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W16gJIvpG8uaVgvWvpr5V6t0fyhQvRltbDUa9RjCxy4g9UNKmGrK5JKOsXMCzpoiP-4ayzajgymG3cl6i_H6STcx0SmYi9ave8kUkyTa37e5VEkLP3hnTgofLg4sAyB_BulgQAyKVQ4/s400/1992+KL92+Tuvalu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994040293826978" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Tuvalu"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVl3nJGhN369VlcUEF-YmJPYBhx3wBStX_YI3KdNR3-ACFZPascGo5QMiH0bBiaIwmTqpLQs4Tf91gKBRzyk11bUhjtUx4W1uX89xrzNT6RoSMbDRQN81yu-YmvmYPGEoX-hsmP53Z_Q/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Tuvalu+WWF.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVl3nJGhN369VlcUEF-YmJPYBhx3wBStX_YI3KdNR3-ACFZPascGo5QMiH0bBiaIwmTqpLQs4Tf91gKBRzyk11bUhjtUx4W1uX89xrzNT6RoSMbDRQN81yu-YmvmYPGEoX-hsmP53Z_Q/s400/1992+KL92+Tuvalu+WWF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279993829235964178" border="0" /></a>"KL'92 Tuvalu - FDC cancellation for the overprint stamp"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMjLuBNRrUyq8Ul0wdoE85ysYBINv3O3BJ9N1tsHZZV9d7HH_hB9GctPT7Adz5Qsb-qV8FbBgczTBy_HcTUH1RT_VGHbq5DpMWV_tWFNTvSONiTsupeOXpN-crlEZcTFPp4s2qJHLL6o/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Viet+Nam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMjLuBNRrUyq8Ul0wdoE85ysYBINv3O3BJ9N1tsHZZV9d7HH_hB9GctPT7Adz5Qsb-qV8FbBgczTBy_HcTUH1RT_VGHbq5DpMWV_tWFNTvSONiTsupeOXpN-crlEZcTFPp4s2qJHLL6o/s400/1992+KL92+Viet+Nam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279993392807256578" border="0" /></a>"KL '92 Viet Nam"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I apologized for not having a nicer version of the Viet Nam cancellation. This is the best I have got. If you have a sample of this cancellation which can provide to me, please do email me the image. I will really appreciate that.<br /><br />After introducing all the cancellation above, do you know of any cancellation regarding KL'92 which you want to share? If so, please do email me. I would definitely like to make this blog as complete as ever. But I alone can't have all the information available and thus hope this blog could server like the "wikipedia" concept and pool as much information as possible regarding this exhibition.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jAf0IBfPti8d6EC1YMjOlLh9wy3ok6p8d03bkvYWy-iyI5eohS2z8DevN9n0x2NRUlBzQh4YJuOogi45wr4zodx5i42jkpohjgGRmz1XnxjgvkuNmFYCvB-BEhsrVsVs30aidjYm0JY/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Aus+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jAf0IBfPti8d6EC1YMjOlLh9wy3ok6p8d03bkvYWy-iyI5eohS2z8DevN9n0x2NRUlBzQh4YJuOogi45wr4zodx5i42jkpohjgGRmz1XnxjgvkuNmFYCvB-BEhsrVsVs30aidjYm0JY/s400/1992+KL92+Aus+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279992950539299810" border="0" /></a>"Australia Special KL'92 cover"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you have participated in this event, you might have bought the cover as shown above. Sprintpak was a supplier who have participated in this exhibition to demonstrate a auto-affixed technology. It showcase a machine which auto affixed the stamps at pre-set location on a cover and machine cancelled it.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eMmCAmshGMzTVIwi7wc0lst-f41Xj7ACyr3CSl_Nrnqz7UwaFJqXWp7u_M0RU74L4XLKPXx0ESBh4PLYLLZWjs4paeccTrjUzqenTgR4343_PpZS6Wn8k-OCunIEnvm42GwrUzEecNY/s1600-h/1992+KL92+Sprintpak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eMmCAmshGMzTVIwi7wc0lst-f41Xj7ACyr3CSl_Nrnqz7UwaFJqXWp7u_M0RU74L4XLKPXx0ESBh4PLYLLZWjs4paeccTrjUzqenTgR4343_PpZS6Wn8k-OCunIEnvm42GwrUzEecNY/s400/1992+KL92+Sprintpak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279992500443157570" border="0" /></a>"Sprintpak - stamp perfectly affixed an cancelled"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">See above for the result. The stamp and cancellation was at a exact perfect position. The technology could be used to mass produce FDC and souvenior covers for the postal services to be sold to collectors.<br /><br />Making philatelic history with a number of world firsts, Sprintpak has carved a strategically important niche in the international philatelic and collectible packaging market. Today, a commitment to vigorous research and development and a growing reputation as one of the world`s best, Sprintpak is setting its sights on new business opportunities.<br /><br />When it comes to business diversification, Sprintpak, a fully owned business of Australia Post, is ahead of the pack.<br /><br />Specialising in providing high quality finishing processes in the production of postage stamps, philatelic products and other related products such as numismatic, collector albums and book publications, Sprintpak has gone from strength to strength since it began in the 1970s.<br /><br />For those who have followed this unique businesses lifecycle it would have been difficult to predict the amazing outcome of this relatively obscure service provider.<br /><br />Sprintpak was launched as a division of Mayne Nickless, an Australian transport and distribution company, firstly supplying stamp packs to Post and then later first day covers and the annual collection stamp album.<br /><br />Recognising the strategic importance to Post`s philatelic division, Sprintpak was purchased in 1987 and incorporated as a division of the postal corporation in 1994. Sprintpak is now a business unit of Post Logistics.<br /><br />This is why when you purchase Australia FDC, you seldom see flaw or damage on the stamps, cancellations or covers. The FDCs produced by Australia post are so perfect due to the Sprintpak technology being employed. As for Malaysia.... our postal services still very much believe in human power. If you ever visited the philately counter in Complex Dayabumi, you may even find a scene where the Pos Malaysia staffs are affixing stamp to FDCs and hand stamp them. This is why you will find not-straightly-affixed-stamp or dirtied-cancelled FDC when you have a SODA account in Pos Malaysia and have them send you every issue of new FDC.<br /><br />In 1992, Australia Post was already using this technology. It was 2008 now... which mean Pos Malaysia Bureau Philately was about 16 years behind. Not too bad....<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-50474383925940770962008-12-10T04:04:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:46:08.500-08:001991 FFC KL-Beijing<u>1991 First Flight Cover - Kuala Lumpur to Beijing</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs2t0ZJDYoy88absYAtfbmBVFnrwSS5sCI1YlR7LcrrfYBGcYB7uDULrqz3DmI0xfJjZJA9ZlS48fjITOKOr6AJcDr2mQ_5BckxCY2sqoUQwAljIkPN78Ct2xKvYTr5n4Hgt_KwU4l5Y/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs2t0ZJDYoy88absYAtfbmBVFnrwSS5sCI1YlR7LcrrfYBGcYB7uDULrqz3DmI0xfJjZJA9ZlS48fjITOKOr6AJcDr2mQ_5BckxCY2sqoUQwAljIkPN78Ct2xKvYTr5n4Hgt_KwU4l5Y/s400/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278134275868141330" border="0" /></a>"FFC KL-Beijing Front"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1991, a cover was issued to commemorate the first flight of Malaysia Airline ("MAS") first flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The flight was commenced on 31 March 1991.<br /><br />As with most of the first flight cover, it illustrates the landmark structure in Beijing, the "Temple of Heaven". In Chinese we called it "<span lang="zh-Hant">天壇" or </span><span lang="zh-Hans">"天坛". This was a well-known tourism destination in Beijing and was included as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.<br /><br />But now, after the Beijing 2008 Olympic, perhaps the "Bird Nest" and "Water Cube" was more famous than Temple of Heaven.<br /></span><span lang="zh-Hans"> </span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskGOy6saI_IO_KHL3ExvzjtsSMNwof8rfEbxwN_WX6pQ7oN4uLSoVzvuGYiokGFEA0VxL2xnAPKn6sFlzf87BDfYaH2Bt7RmVXp7jGGkeA9ySWXOi0TAQsdMx19l9R0ZzFdN0hOehtCQ/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskGOy6saI_IO_KHL3ExvzjtsSMNwof8rfEbxwN_WX6pQ7oN4uLSoVzvuGYiokGFEA0VxL2xnAPKn6sFlzf87BDfYaH2Bt7RmVXp7jGGkeA9ySWXOi0TAQsdMx19l9R0ZzFdN0hOehtCQ/s400/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278134119894381378" border="0" /></a>"FFC KL-Beijing Back"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The back of the cover had an arrival cancellation from Beijing Post. The small print of the bottom of the cover contain information of the issuer and cover designer.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOj6ZrfUYDtIm1j73ZmfbGEeo9-ap_1SpEckg5P040Z7aCkQIrfEIWhA2Cbtj4Wwx2To6x8iQNOE1QlTEXjFkybVV2j6Zk53xCbaZ3yrlmBIwpi7xF-Ot2zZ3cInBOFUkbsJIu_VwglE/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOj6ZrfUYDtIm1j73ZmfbGEeo9-ap_1SpEckg5P040Z7aCkQIrfEIWhA2Cbtj4Wwx2To6x8iQNOE1QlTEXjFkybVV2j6Zk53xCbaZ3yrlmBIwpi7xF-Ot2zZ3cInBOFUkbsJIu_VwglE/s400/1991+FFC+KL-Beijing+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278134027750530994" border="0" /></a>"FFC KL-Beijing Cancellation"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first flight cancellation was very similar to the first flight cover from KL-Khoh Siong, which was issued in 1991 also (see my previous post regarding FFC to Khoh Siong).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkM8xHQ9xF8tog3CRbds69ELS1e731qqB4dFrJnQ8zH0fSSHcVMatNric-1-Nc6-wiLtvuOQVWGDq_CVLdXah8j-DLsZmlu6WO7FgfsioycIixYcxyru88grLnnPnBY1Ts_g9uYDHw_o/s1600-h/Temple_of_Heaven,_Beijing,_China_-_010_edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkM8xHQ9xF8tog3CRbds69ELS1e731qqB4dFrJnQ8zH0fSSHcVMatNric-1-Nc6-wiLtvuOQVWGDq_CVLdXah8j-DLsZmlu6WO7FgfsioycIixYcxyru88grLnnPnBY1Ts_g9uYDHw_o/s400/Temple_of_Heaven,_Beijing,_China_-_010_edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278138796237126114" border="0" /></a>"Temple of Heaven - front overview"<br /></div><br />The Temple of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in southeastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It is regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.<br /><br />The Temple of Heaven comprises of three building structure:<br /><br />The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) - the structure in the middle(as illustrated in the cover) is a magnificent triple-gabled circular building, 32 metres in diameter and 38 metres tall, built on three levels of marble stone base, where the Emperor prayed for good harvests. The building is completely wooden, with no nails.<br /><br />The Imperial Vault of Heaven (皇穹宇) is a single-gabled circular building, built on a single level of marble stone base. It is located south of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and resembles it, but is smaller. It is surrounded by a smooth circular wall, the Echo Wall, that can transmit sounds over large distances. The Imperial Vault is connected to the Hall of Prayer by the Vermilion Steps Bridge, a 360 meter long raised walkway that slowly ascends from the Vault to the Hall of Prayer.<br /><br />The Circular Mound Altar (圜丘坛) is the altar proper, located south of the Imperial Vault of Heaven. It is an empty circular platform on three levels of marble stones, where the Emperor prayed for favorable weather. It was built in 1530 by the Jiajing Emperor and rebuilt in 1740.<br /><br />It was amazing how a structure from such ancient time illustrate the concept of ultimate beauty from the creator/god - "Symmetry". If you may have notice, the structure was symmetry (same in left and right if you look at it in the middle). The concept of symmetry was used by the creator in the creation of life. The form of human being, animal, snow flake to even individual cell, follows of golden rule of symmetry. A structure in perfect symmetry, now that's a beauty!!!<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-7985724923922989682008-11-26T03:17:00.001-08:002008-11-26T03:34:10.616-08:00Visitor<u>More Than 1,000 Visitor</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFVrKdH0hxw7lisSMpV3dsZO_ISE7fNCDJLTuwm3Ul2yTyjmEh-VCSBMl7rc324GD4yxjxkGd3Y_TSc8LOacOxv_wceb8PKk9w27yAS1iNz3U7Vu6ETTrBO0T6y_S5aG2sj0MT12immk/s1600-h/1001+Visitor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFVrKdH0hxw7lisSMpV3dsZO_ISE7fNCDJLTuwm3Ul2yTyjmEh-VCSBMl7rc324GD4yxjxkGd3Y_TSc8LOacOxv_wceb8PKk9w27yAS1iNz3U7Vu6ETTrBO0T6y_S5aG2sj0MT12immk/s400/1001+Visitor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272923994606922258" border="0" /></a>When I started this blog on 15 March 2008, I have never imagine this blog could actually reach 1,000 visitors in just 8 months time.<br /><br />As this was an historical moment in my blogging history, I would share a little statistic about this blog:<br /><br />- there were 46 blogs being written (not including this one)<br />- average 5.75 blogs written per month<br />- approximate 1.4 blog written per week<br />- there was an approximate 22 visitors per blog<br />- covers tagged "Exhibition" was most frequently written (17 in total)<br /><br />Thanks everyone who enjoy this blog. I will continue to bring you interesting covers and hope to earn a "wah!!" or "wau!!" from every one who visit here.<br /> <br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-17881112259646672292008-11-26T02:25:00.000-08:002008-11-26T03:17:02.436-08:001996 Istanbul Exhibition<u>1996 Istanbul Exhibition</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_mHXhICZW2-afRDpJ7UFHA3krZ4Qygp3_epkteDRAj3-yHE5DLAxCpbpU3lQ7HYrTp9NFW9DmiX_6uQK0tBuTmVD42L1-k-4N0_dbdu1xIQpm3zlU1zKg5KpSHZH19V8jD-mDKCe9kA/s1600-h/1996+Instanbul+World+Philatelic+Exhibition.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_mHXhICZW2-afRDpJ7UFHA3krZ4Qygp3_epkteDRAj3-yHE5DLAxCpbpU3lQ7HYrTp9NFW9DmiX_6uQK0tBuTmVD42L1-k-4N0_dbdu1xIQpm3zlU1zKg5KpSHZH19V8jD-mDKCe9kA/s400/1996+Instanbul+World+Philatelic+Exhibition.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272912735493532162" border="0" /></a>"1996 Butterfly - Istanbul World Philatelic Exhibition Cover"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As promised in my previous blog, I present you the 1996 Butterfly Booklet on Istanbul World Philatelic Exhibition Cover. The exhibition was held from 27 September - 06 October 1996 which attracted 4,000 participants, including Pos Malaysia.<br /><br />The International Philately Federation Congress was also held in conjunction of this World Philatelic Exhibition. The exhibitions opened at the Lutfi Kirdar International Convention Centre and the Harbiye Military Museum and Culture Village. About 700 philatelists from all over the world will exhibit their collections. The exhibition played an important role in promoting Turkey abroad.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgts3Ai1KJO-EDmgSqEjgoSU-o7v_Bx46G5TuL_pvurUKxwwgRT4GqYZBgIzpRcka_TOlYW-_bUrH_cv66ixjL8PqWqBZPamA0rP_ihZsRTzRLCWaIXW-nQ7TfZkg168XkM2xrpVJrT7QU/s1600-h/1996+Instanbul+World+Philatelic+Exhibition+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgts3Ai1KJO-EDmgSqEjgoSU-o7v_Bx46G5TuL_pvurUKxwwgRT4GqYZBgIzpRcka_TOlYW-_bUrH_cv66ixjL8PqWqBZPamA0rP_ihZsRTzRLCWaIXW-nQ7TfZkg168XkM2xrpVJrT7QU/s400/1996+Instanbul+World+Philatelic+Exhibition+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272912627051150194" border="0" /></a>"Exhibition Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The cancellation resembled the logo of the Istanbul 1996. Is this Jawi character, Istanbul building structure or ... I am not sure.<br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-64109362060471585432008-11-22T05:03:00.000-08:002008-11-22T17:18:36.951-08:001996 Butterflies<u>1996 Butterflies Booklet on FDC</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35FPeS_0Rt5bna3z-nUEeP8OZpXpsY6Kbc3lUjU7g5JgYPNXrR1JgRM-kCiVqQqI2XIRculDniEkl-wYzImU8Uqio5VtMknVnWd9gsF089pc7VOdgRbCpQPrx1uj0LZfLHRrKNK20iwE/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35FPeS_0Rt5bna3z-nUEeP8OZpXpsY6Kbc3lUjU7g5JgYPNXrR1JgRM-kCiVqQqI2XIRculDniEkl-wYzImU8Uqio5VtMknVnWd9gsF089pc7VOdgRbCpQPrx1uj0LZfLHRrKNK20iwE/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469777710169346" border="0" /></a>"Butterfly FDC - Design A"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow up with the beautiful proton booklet issue in 1995, Pos Malaysia introduced the butterfly booklet in 1996. However, despites high anticipation, no official FDC issued by Pos Malaysia. When I learned about this at that time, I asked myself: " How can this still happening after 43issue of booklet?!! (the previous issues without official FDC were <a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/03/1995-marine-paradise.html">Marine </a><a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/03/1995-marine-paradise.html">Paradise</a>, <a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/04/1995-turtle-booklet-fdc.html">Turtle</a>, <a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/05/1995-proton.html">Proton</a>)". Apparently Pos Malaysia was rather slow in meeting the public demand.<br /><br />Stamp enthusiasts had designed some rather cretive private cover to commemorate this issue. Design A was my personnal fauvorite. The cover was nicely designed with a butterfly flying towards a HIBISCUS flower. See... Like I told you: Malaysian love their national flower!!!<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ1oyND2xpGyh1Y8sDn2zkKTRlCox8hDNF2Xy4fBzIQG3LcXz4WehZ34GOhNHJOTV75Ogcc3fgq32vjflqnvxt1XxBCt2xObJX7bzYLoMQ21dZ0lCOq8HtmUlFWpYfe_IIXNyrSbL30c/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-1Words.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ1oyND2xpGyh1Y8sDn2zkKTRlCox8hDNF2Xy4fBzIQG3LcXz4WehZ34GOhNHJOTV75Ogcc3fgq32vjflqnvxt1XxBCt2xObJX7bzYLoMQ21dZ0lCOq8HtmUlFWpYfe_IIXNyrSbL30c/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-1Words.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469653735798882" border="0" /></a>"Design A - Description"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you look carefully, the "flying motion line" behind the butterfly was actually made up of words which describe the technical details of this issue. The background of this cover was actually a painting of several butterfly around some lily flower.<br /><br />The designer had also added some shadow effect to the main flying butterfly (please click design A picture to get a larger picture), which make it more lively and 3d. A true masterpiece indeed, especially with its printing effect. I would suspect that this was done by bubble-jet printer, which was considered a pretty "high-tech" printing in 1996.<br /></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsHjL3mQhKlTuKFaTa-NVueLK1WjVPs0-rynEUBalVl8FSe6svDOLxNNC_xeMcwHNEgY4UBBifSQrZglQzA0-SO3FQf34becnflqG9zhF2zErT3l_5p67E4B875PCkO3I-BCN7ORVuiM/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsHjL3mQhKlTuKFaTa-NVueLK1WjVPs0-rynEUBalVl8FSe6svDOLxNNC_xeMcwHNEgY4UBBifSQrZglQzA0-SO3FQf34becnflqG9zhF2zErT3l_5p67E4B875PCkO3I-BCN7ORVuiM/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469584319281634" border="0" /></a>"1996 Butterfly Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A nicely designed cancellation with curve line to match the flying butterfly. FDC design A had match this theme perfectly by showing the same effect. As illustrated by the cancellation, the booklet was issued on 27 September 2008. I still find it pretty weird today that Pos Malaysia issued an official cancellation but not FDC. If anyone know why Pos Malaysia do it so, please enlighten me as well as fellow readers of this blog.<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLDU-U6MNdQGHvr3xDAEuH4Ho6CtOB_usspywJMnwxa5O9crBj_1-AGh1xPWwtg1dV8r8v9ipKLOntsNWqCwfjXkKFZOEMusAa81ReDHigLSgZR73-H93OJT4ArgOVsBYjPYvr2I4rU0/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLDU-U6MNdQGHvr3xDAEuH4Ho6CtOB_usspywJMnwxa5O9crBj_1-AGh1xPWwtg1dV8r8v9ipKLOntsNWqCwfjXkKFZOEMusAa81ReDHigLSgZR73-H93OJT4ArgOVsBYjPYvr2I4rU0/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+A-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469504607914418" border="0" /></a>"Butterfly - Design B"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This was a second design from a Kuala Lumpur stamp dealer. I think his inspiration was from some Chinese paper cutting art. See below for a sample:<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chinaartworld.com.cn/images/products/artwork/8000546L-8000546l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://www.chinaartworld.com.cn/images/products/artwork/8000546L-8000546l.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Chinese paper cutting - Butterfly"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Chinese in China would normally hang paper cutting on window and wall during Chinese New Year as decorative. Paper cutting was a rather traditional art skill which still popular among youngsters. Chinese believe hanging paper cutting with auspicious symbol would bring good luck, health and even fortune to the family.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAqtXmLpRNmPSDG3oXOdWOurDUCfbhCqH4uC29sIIlw3Ws0nS18Kh01qiTNFISenktSatrYtcuhv02nGspaXZBx8ZYfvcdNYTeo5Zl4qFZFRwSgYhRJJBgADbedFxHNJ76u3ZPufyRjk/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAqtXmLpRNmPSDG3oXOdWOurDUCfbhCqH4uC29sIIlw3Ws0nS18Kh01qiTNFISenktSatrYtcuhv02nGspaXZBx8ZYfvcdNYTeo5Zl4qFZFRwSgYhRJJBgADbedFxHNJ76u3ZPufyRjk/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469376105649026" border="0" /></a>"Butterfly - Design C (Shah Alam)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Design C was not bad actually (if you don't compare it with design A and B). Did anyone notice that all the FDCs (design A, B and C) had only 2 colours?<br /><br />Design A: Black and Red<br />Design B: Blue and Dark Green<br />Design C: Light Green and Pink<br /><br />But trust me, in the 1990's, 2 colours private FDC was considered to be really rare already. Just look at the Marine Paradise and Proton issue and you will notice the similarity. Anything more that 2 color should cost quite a bomb even just to produce it.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv6uUji-XMMD51Esvw3Sraajx4CeRn2RvwGoWUPevsV8PI5Yrnr8vGntK043y_YOu1a5CiGa-_0iQpmb5K3z0gRztPThve9N_iiqcX7XyaPFtvnnDUW-300to0pfjHIiwVyzpKwRTTck/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+C.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv6uUji-XMMD51Esvw3Sraajx4CeRn2RvwGoWUPevsV8PI5Yrnr8vGntK043y_YOu1a5CiGa-_0iQpmb5K3z0gRztPThve9N_iiqcX7XyaPFtvnnDUW-300to0pfjHIiwVyzpKwRTTck/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Booklet+C.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271469297221557250" border="0" /></a>"Butterfly - Design D (Melaka)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lastly, the melake stamp dealer had design this version. It is actually longer than the normal FDC envelope and feature a full pane of butterfly booklet stamps. The empty booklet glued on the side make it rather presentable. An overall good design.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtI3C0ekE_SV7Xn5hYbvVmPQ3UmNx4lf9ipNil4KgVmECS6wYGK8RCzs2Vz6X9tPLSqdqxOyrvU3OXH-3v01UQR8sX36CTdFe_lSsZPqKkKZSLJkL0uFOmWHKSvH22TyriS6NYHHiRa4/s1600-h/1996+Buttleflies+Instanbul.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtI3C0ekE_SV7Xn5hYbvVmPQ3UmNx4lf9ipNil4KgVmECS6wYGK8RCzs2Vz6X9tPLSqdqxOyrvU3OXH-3v01UQR8sX36CTdFe_lSsZPqKkKZSLJkL0uFOmWHKSvH22TyriS6NYHHiRa4/s400/1996+Buttleflies+Instanbul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271482250872656050" border="0" /></a>"Istanbul 1996 logo"<br /></div><br />As you may notice, the booklet actually carried the Istanbul '96 World Philatelic Exhibition logo. This means that the booklet was also issued to commemorate this event. And yeah, I have also got the exhibition cover for Istanbul 1996. So stay tune to this blog and I will showcase it to you in the future.<br /><br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-58631353826571375312008-11-12T04:22:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:53:19.301-08:001991 Phila Nippon<u>1991 Tokyo, Japan World Stamp Exhibition</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fOBIBc2x6fBiOd7pmonzMiFeFLKCCK-bPDx0-yty3dFRyxpB_Ld4emUUJRCOBR152pAq6D1apgpBi-_L17Ub5lFpYo3QGyhOIUMkYWyQZ02XiFBlqVS8dxj8O1GDpsyOSIhfYmhynt0/s1600-h/1991+Phila+Nippon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fOBIBc2x6fBiOd7pmonzMiFeFLKCCK-bPDx0-yty3dFRyxpB_Ld4emUUJRCOBR152pAq6D1apgpBi-_L17Ub5lFpYo3QGyhOIUMkYWyQZ02XiFBlqVS8dxj8O1GDpsyOSIhfYmhynt0/s400/1991+Phila+Nippon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267747507556323362" border="0" /></a>"Phila Nippon'91 souvenior cover"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This was a cover issued to commemorate 1991 Japan WORLD stamp exhibition in Tokyo from 16 to 24 November 1991. Nothing too fancy about this cover as Pos Malaysia (refer to as Postal Services Department of Malaysia at that time) decided to keep it simple. It had a hibiscus flower, the national flower of Malaysia, on the cover.<br /><br />In the early day, Pos Malaysia seem to be obsess with this flower and we can see it quite often in most of the stamp design. However, its appearance have drop in the recent years.<br /><br />Does anyone know that Hibiscus is also the national flower of South Korea?<br /><br />However, their Hibiscus is of a different species from Malaysia.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXAuaoUtZf8tc8MzUcPfTUGLsSj3JD6qnZ2UNdJPc_NRqkEW3HVJCZ9ncPcjDH4kbVBCyBT9aYMIzrTnZO3TF9i_I4MPMh1hRoHtVUgbtVd17fR880AmsECLY7w5U4UoVSYjBAelGGB4/s1600-h/Hibiscus_syriacus_June-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXAuaoUtZf8tc8MzUcPfTUGLsSj3JD6qnZ2UNdJPc_NRqkEW3HVJCZ9ncPcjDH4kbVBCyBT9aYMIzrTnZO3TF9i_I4MPMh1hRoHtVUgbtVd17fR880AmsECLY7w5U4UoVSYjBAelGGB4/s400/Hibiscus_syriacus_June-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267753976740937026" border="0" /></a>"Hibiscus Syriacus - South Korea National Flower"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">South Korea national flower is "Hibiscus Syriacus" while Malaysia national flower is "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis". The obvious different is the colour, one in bright red while another in purple (a bit pinkish). Hibiscus is also known as Rosemallow.<br /></div></div></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwTLlPtPkI_C-oAqx9IRQU0aHFeYvMc2YAQPbWDhLiS33ZfetTMZLko34wcN30yhyphenhyphenH6y7VcxXa4IaOT5kbjVmEP2JOpUL-p6ApvL6sTidoQc10jzpO9RQzys5cowLsKloZ5FsedK3bR0/s1600-h/1991+Phila+Nippon+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwTLlPtPkI_C-oAqx9IRQU0aHFeYvMc2YAQPbWDhLiS33ZfetTMZLko34wcN30yhyphenhyphenH6y7VcxXa4IaOT5kbjVmEP2JOpUL-p6ApvL6sTidoQc10jzpO9RQzys5cowLsKloZ5FsedK3bR0/s400/1991+Phila+Nippon+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267747006388086098" border="0" /></a>"Phila Nippon'91 Exhibition cancellation"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">No special stamp (overprint etc) introduced for this event. Pos Malaysia used the boring national fruit series. However, Rambutan + Hibicus = truly Malaysia!!! What more can you ask for?<br /><br />In a world exhibition, the participating country would normally bring their own cancellation. to commemorate the event The above was Postal Services Department of Malaysia cancellation for Nippon'91. Visitor to the event would normally have lot of fun collecting all the different cancellations from different country regarding the event.<br /><br />I will show you some cover in the futher bearing various cancellation from different postal services participating in the stamp exhibition.<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-77985031914480283612008-11-08T04:05:00.000-08:002008-11-08T05:51:08.937-08:001965 Methodist Church<u>1965 Methodist Church Cover</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIqDpbb2zEddE6FQDEIJxq4_1GbApeXy9jMCoidOX9CYRu-_8V9qsFA8gbR1FuIz9G91AJxjmyt82AYdSTL3bmJj-de1hN6iiHAcXY9775lQwUxxlYdaAFFAqmbcsX9xJrdVHz60B1rU/s1600-h/1965+Methodist+Church.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIqDpbb2zEddE6FQDEIJxq4_1GbApeXy9jMCoidOX9CYRu-_8V9qsFA8gbR1FuIz9G91AJxjmyt82AYdSTL3bmJj-de1hN6iiHAcXY9775lQwUxxlYdaAFFAqmbcsX9xJrdVHz60B1rU/s400/1965+Methodist+Church.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266270258612649842" border="0" /></a>"Methodist Church Cover - front and back"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I always believe that every cover tell a story. The stamps, pictures, words or even content of a letter/cover could be a significant piece in the history of a nation. This cover, for instance, have recorded a history of Methodist Church movement to Singapore, Malaysia, Sarawak and even the whole of south east Asia.<br /><br />The cover was sent from Singapore to USA. I have calculated the postage on the cover and discovered that is was $4.70 !!! That was a really high postage changes as $1 should be able to feed a family of 3 for a week at that time. This letter should be sent by air. It was sent on 29 December 1965 and arrived in Alabama, USA on 3 January 1966 (6 days).<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi3V45HOOAIQCAvo5a_SY3_n2uYYu7HdvC8NATvjaJNyajGr6TonC95bJeQ86s60s_4Ycz-wbNCoC1jq95sGeGpqVHLOKh5GjMt9Z8WAnF7VuPalgOkYY46FB_BSmEA-u3ID-iXIC-U0/s1600-h/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi3V45HOOAIQCAvo5a_SY3_n2uYYu7HdvC8NATvjaJNyajGr6TonC95bJeQ86s60s_4Ycz-wbNCoC1jq95sGeGpqVHLOKh5GjMt9Z8WAnF7VuPalgOkYY46FB_BSmEA-u3ID-iXIC-U0/s400/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266277496446475570" border="0" /></a>"Malaysia - Singapore bridge?"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Many entities have printed their own envelope in the history for various purpose: for advertising, convey certain message (environmental msg etc), uplift corporate image etc. This cover was obviously printed to commemorate Methodist Church movement to south-east Asia. I could not figure out where is the picture on the front taken from. My guess was the Malaysia-Singapore bridge. However, I could be wrong.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufxYbf3G5aHRFCorTByWWDZFh4KyOMnFOFyzi1UXO5O_oiNH3ovO4w4lfQ-PnHrSsD_DE6sGHalz2eTf65HZz7bSWzKCfA1d_TMiL73HCZsqOyzwmU5SNe_0imOHje0KAh695LPttg90/s1600-h/1965+Methodist+Church+-+One+people.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufxYbf3G5aHRFCorTByWWDZFh4KyOMnFOFyzi1UXO5O_oiNH3ovO4w4lfQ-PnHrSsD_DE6sGHalz2eTf65HZz7bSWzKCfA1d_TMiL73HCZsqOyzwmU5SNe_0imOHje0KAh695LPttg90/s400/1965+Methodist+Church+-+One+people.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266277408532647410" border="0" /></a>"Methodist Church Slogan: One People"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On May 10, 1939, Bishops from the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South declared "the Methodists are <span style="font-weight: bold;">ONE PEOPLE</span>," thus becoming the Methodist Church. "One People" have become the slogan for methodist church missionary in the 1960's.<br /><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YrUjvgvA3OoAAS-tuZVggqoB8WnQRSJnif4B2m9hBUGaRmfMh5gGD2PdqiVVr4AuJYfh92KdUIoTTcN7QnDKIqwdakb3TMvvIWldALaJpvHm1D_GezNeaYEVyX4KraHnhkyr_EGUBE8/s1600-h/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Harris+and+Indian.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YrUjvgvA3OoAAS-tuZVggqoB8WnQRSJnif4B2m9hBUGaRmfMh5gGD2PdqiVVr4AuJYfh92KdUIoTTcN7QnDKIqwdakb3TMvvIWldALaJpvHm1D_GezNeaYEVyX4KraHnhkyr_EGUBE8/s400/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Harris+and+Indian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266277289404344498" border="0" /></a>"Missionary to Sarawak and Indian"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiTxq6XndDL0p1hi-dsBH_knuWWahZG1rJLdImpVotRsEZ49vyvOqShXN0bjZ3QKwqO4yhgzAm2FnZ6-i0H7qO3BMFDuEM1LUGrkcLX-B-pnVI85EvdlNurorq3efmJTTdzITsKXIphE/s1600-h/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Chinese+and+Kenya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiTxq6XndDL0p1hi-dsBH_knuWWahZG1rJLdImpVotRsEZ49vyvOqShXN0bjZ3QKwqO4yhgzAm2FnZ6-i0H7qO3BMFDuEM1LUGrkcLX-B-pnVI85EvdlNurorq3efmJTTdzITsKXIphE/s400/1965+Methodist+Church+-+Chinese+and+Kenya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266277168910540466" border="0" /></a>"Chinese and Kenyah"<br /></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This cover was interestingly colorful and full of details. It just don't make economic sense to produce such cover unless you are mass producing it. Remember, this was the 1960's and there was still no laserjet colour printer at that time!! This lead me to believe that there should be quite a number of these cover available in the hand of collector. However, this is the only one I have seen so far.<br /><br />As illustrate on the back of the cover, the Harries family was the missionary send to established Methodist Church and spread the word of god in Sarawak in the 1960's.<br /><br /><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">History: Methodist Church of Malaysia</span></u><br /><br />The Methodist Church in Malaysia shares part of its heritage with the Methodist Church in Singapore as both the territories shared a similar political history.<br /><br />The history of the Methodist Church in Malaysia began 120 years ago following a decision taken at the South India Conference held in Hyderabad in 1884, when William Oldham was appointed as a missionary to Singapore in 1885.<br /><br />The Tamil work started with the coming of a Ceylon Tamil, Mr Underwood. In 1894 the Tamil work was started in Penang by the Pyketts, and in Kuala Lumpur by the Kensetts and was continued by Rev. S Abraham from Ceylon in 1899.<br /><br />Methodism came to Sarawak in the year 1900 when a group of immigrants came from Foochow in mainland China. Missionaries came in 1903 in the persons of J.M Hoover and G.V Summers. Methodism grew rapidly in the town of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sibu </span>and a solid foundation was laid.<br /><br />The work among the indigenous people, the Ibans, began in 1937 with pioneers like Lucius D. Mamora and Paul H. Schmuker who took the Gospel to the longhouses.<br /><br />The Methodist Church in Singapore and Malaysia became a self governing body in 1968. After the separation of Singapore from Malaysia, the Methodist Church in Malaysia became autonomous in 1976.<br /><br />PS: I found it strange to put the Kenyah boy in the cover instead of Ibans as Iban is the major tribe in Sarawak. However, I really like the Kenya boy coconut head hair style. :)<br /><br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-7286380516833354022008-10-18T05:53:00.000-07:002008-10-18T18:22:21.595-07:002002 Stamp Week<u>2002 Stamp Week</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUASWVPi4bt9qybBFHHZlVhl5Y5dZKq5hE9TOBD5aCfPWXYqYzs7LB-YZ2lshOcTRqTLU1dh_EleIZSsLoGbzMyv4i28b_wT-TSHWyvsVdZRTPbCW_GZCWe1TVJkkOqRr-oUbAhBoqLk8/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+Resized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUASWVPi4bt9qybBFHHZlVhl5Y5dZKq5hE9TOBD5aCfPWXYqYzs7LB-YZ2lshOcTRqTLU1dh_EleIZSsLoGbzMyv4i28b_wT-TSHWyvsVdZRTPbCW_GZCWe1TVJkkOqRr-oUbAhBoqLk8/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+Resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258500384232512674" border="0" /></a>"2002 Stamp Week Private Cover - with First Day and Daily Stamp Week Cancellations"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For the 2002 stamp week, Pos Malaysia had celebrated it with a twist. Instead of holding the stamp week event at Kuala Lumpur (normally the GPO), they had held it in Penang. The whole idea was to let Penang people to have a chance to participate in such a great event without having to travel all the way to Kuala Lumpur. However, it became a really hard challeange for people staying in Johor to go there, as it will be a 8 hours drive. . . .<br /><br />Anyway, it should have been a great event (although I had not gone there, I was a poor student study in Klang that time). I was told that the event was held in GPO Penang. If this information was not true, please kindly tell me. The event was held from 17 - 23 December 2002 (8 days).<br /><br />A series of stamps featuring the Tame (yang Jinak) and the Wild (yang Liar) animals was issued. And continueing from the effort to ripe collector monies since 1999, Pos Malaysia had decided to issue the stamp in the following denomination: 2 x RM0.30, 6 x RM1. Yes, 6 RM1 stamp!! 2 on se-tenant pair (the birds) and 4 on 2 separate miniature sheet ("MS"). I believe the se-tenant pair RM1 birds stamps was plant to be issued on RM0.50 denomination when Pos Malaysia decided "Who cares about those collectors view, let them pay more!!".<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8VoQXs8BZMLd3v6tJZjfIh29ddmPrF2H5aFvyGhCt6vs_B3vzJQ_1zxoWAHZ_edNvxNGmJChrIv_g2JV2AKtfkMmxk_hq7ysZAAtCFL6S2Dts8qzEwT_BL0kjWhzYkaePtL3a3zX_vo/s1600-h/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+FDC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8VoQXs8BZMLd3v6tJZjfIh29ddmPrF2H5aFvyGhCt6vs_B3vzJQ_1zxoWAHZ_edNvxNGmJChrIv_g2JV2AKtfkMmxk_hq7ysZAAtCFL6S2Dts8qzEwT_BL0kjWhzYkaePtL3a3zX_vo/s400/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+FDC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258500227386619890" border="0" /></a>"2002 The Tame and the Wild Original FDC"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite the fraustration I had on the location to held the stamp week the denomination of the stamps, this issue was really a magnificiant work of art. The design of the stamps, cover to the cancellation clearly illustrated that this was a top notch issue, which was highly seek after from collector over the work.<br /><br />The so called "stamp week private cover" as shown on the top was actually a master piece I bought from a stamp trader from Penang. He had actually cut out the hamster and the stamp week logo from the original FDC (as above) and pasted them on the supersize blank cover, to create this one-and-only FDC which fits all the stamps, cancellations and 2 x miniature sheet.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoF2AwV06D0kh3attjhfdS0L2UYxyI813rYcUTQpmsZwUzyBDyNGQH-DVZwYGn5-c0FbLXFzLQs8J1VpIpMdtlr1sGq55aEnI2aDU568HX9O3B1Ur1n-MN0ZXugd0skCNaRIYq0kFXOEU/s1600-h/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoF2AwV06D0kh3attjhfdS0L2UYxyI813rYcUTQpmsZwUzyBDyNGQH-DVZwYGn5-c0FbLXFzLQs8J1VpIpMdtlr1sGq55aEnI2aDU568HX9O3B1Ur1n-MN0ZXugd0skCNaRIYq0kFXOEU/s400/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496721018422114" border="0" /></a>"First Day Cancellation"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Interestingly, Pos Malaysia did not intruduce any individual "Stamp Week Cancellation". If you have been following my blog, a stamp week cancellation was a cancellation to show the duration and date of the stamp week, as well as the location of it (for instance, "17 - 23 Dec 2002, Penang"). Instead, this issue have the normal cancellation (as above) which illustrate a mouse and cat on 17 Dec 2002, and stamp week daily + stamp week combo cancellation from 17 Dec (2 cancellation of the same day!!) to 23 Dec 2008.<br /><br />As you can see, the daily cancellation was design with and animal on the stamp and idicate whether they are either "tame" or "wild". I will showcase them one-by-one below:<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUJkE65mqGE_JQnSF2yqQq2yKAq3HPcLPo9XZ4i1DhKGHVUf1ZHNxgxh0Q7C4xZsr45_8pku6t12rQ9xPtOftvsYGL-F99z5SRaQixqkqR76ENkhuRYvfZxmRqEXu2Ol9wZjK2OwgHWk/s1600-h/2002+Fishes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUJkE65mqGE_JQnSF2yqQq2yKAq3HPcLPo9XZ4i1DhKGHVUf1ZHNxgxh0Q7C4xZsr45_8pku6t12rQ9xPtOftvsYGL-F99z5SRaQixqkqR76ENkhuRYvfZxmRqEXu2Ol9wZjK2OwgHWk/s400/2002+Fishes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496411294933762" border="0" /></a>"Gold Fish (Tame) and Bubble Fish (Wild)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEIWExvUEo2G7Z8A7KDuuuqjaf-m-I_k-3zwnpclguWKIcYNcxQi-S0hSS-uOMHA8MRDUA47nifYqF6IzgGgabPnjIG-hUIp5jVs35Bj5ABNse1-BV6qifJSPg2hI_JspJjflofzbM-Q/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+1712+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEIWExvUEo2G7Z8A7KDuuuqjaf-m-I_k-3zwnpclguWKIcYNcxQi-S0hSS-uOMHA8MRDUA47nifYqF6IzgGgabPnjIG-hUIp5jVs35Bj5ABNse1-BV6qifJSPg2hI_JspJjflofzbM-Q/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+1712+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496304590865970" border="0" /></a>"17 Dec Cancellation - Gold Fish and Bubble Fish"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's what I call syncronized stamp and cancellation. I am not sure the real name for the "bubble fish" but that's what I normally call it. In Malay, it is called Ikan Buntal. I know that it was poison and not edible. So if you caught one when fishing, please just let it back to the water before it inflated itself, like a baloon in the miniature sheet. The fish don't inflate itself for fun. It only do it to scare off enemy. I saw some fisherman selling some fully inflated, dried one as hanging ornament in the Kukup fishing village. I personally don't really fancy about hanging a death fish in your house, but it may be cool.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZDPkP0AT8N7APYGm6A7q7Kb2vVAzV14K2TrGfgBc7zFFzBuvfAgE3t0bskpuCGVT6v6dXUJGVYwS-CcTj4poBOMpqryJEOxU0MWCBWmQdn-ECUa6Qk9dLZWXb4J6T3CWFTBpvxFSYHY/s1600-h/2002+Parrot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZDPkP0AT8N7APYGm6A7q7Kb2vVAzV14K2TrGfgBc7zFFzBuvfAgE3t0bskpuCGVT6v6dXUJGVYwS-CcTj4poBOMpqryJEOxU0MWCBWmQdn-ECUa6Qk9dLZWXb4J6T3CWFTBpvxFSYHY/s400/2002+Parrot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496208191245458" border="0" /></a>"Cockatoo (Tame)" </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjHJHQwVKjXNZy1HazeNbHuk58zXtsYIxt6fdoynlgMrmSkGwtFF4eDTmW3X1uiPLzlSPOmtmoSXAS-PVmfrLPbkag8h4y3kez0qYGl_6yaVz7DHujluyQolXtZi3syBwMjBrHuqUUp0/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+1812+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjHJHQwVKjXNZy1HazeNbHuk58zXtsYIxt6fdoynlgMrmSkGwtFF4eDTmW3X1uiPLzlSPOmtmoSXAS-PVmfrLPbkag8h4y3kez0qYGl_6yaVz7DHujluyQolXtZi3syBwMjBrHuqUUp0/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+1812+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496131547968322" border="0" /></a>"18 Dec Cancellation - Cockatoo"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my previous blog <a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/08/1983-hornbill.html">here</a>, I mentioned that this bird was not origin from malaysia and does not exist in the wild. Looking back at this stamp, I think I am right as it categorised the bird as "Tame" (you can see the "Yang Jinak" on the cancellation). Can anybody studying zoologist or bird confirm this?<br /><br />Looking at this stamp make me realised that Burung Kakak Tua (cockatoo) was a parrot, not a crow. When I was singing the children song "Burung Kakak Tua" in primary school, nobody explain to me how this bird look like, so I always think it was a crow as crow always go "Kak Gak Kag".<br /><br />Anybody still remember the song "Burung Kaka Tua"? The lyric go like this:<br /><br />Burung kakak tua<br />Hinggap di jendela<br />Nenek sudah tua<br />Giginya tinggal dua<br /><br />Lechum Lechum Lechum Mu la la<br />Lechum Lechum Lechum Mu la la<br />Lechum Lechum Lechum Mu la la<br />Burung Kakak Tua<br /><br />Those would like to do a sing-along with you kids could go and download the midi file <a href="http://www.mamalisa.com/midi/kakaktua.mid">here</a>.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RGHfFOSn6byv0gpObWxTbiWW99Vx2b48gDkBQbXwK9kJgPM1EnQ94n-3t6w1nB4EEFTLFab3Qmc5cMxIKBqAvwTYrioGF18eAtGnyTkO6fidO7TUS3oFBJZJQpnTBjmCKtJxHAT4n7Q/s1600-h/2002+OWL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RGHfFOSn6byv0gpObWxTbiWW99Vx2b48gDkBQbXwK9kJgPM1EnQ94n-3t6w1nB4EEFTLFab3Qmc5cMxIKBqAvwTYrioGF18eAtGnyTkO6fidO7TUS3oFBJZJQpnTBjmCKtJxHAT4n7Q/s400/2002+OWL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258496009677828402" border="0" /></a>"Owl (Wild)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPaQ-sKnRnlqqPkiVWxncvKiATWzXVYAXuzrKAfv-MfsxFK4y2NcMA9BA1FgkpFmQop17102vWVB4qOLTSHuy_CHZVOlcisBT21wGAmYdcgvSdC1wIdUEpGR_zLnWdDnxelCWDTdgCEw/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+1912+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPaQ-sKnRnlqqPkiVWxncvKiATWzXVYAXuzrKAfv-MfsxFK4y2NcMA9BA1FgkpFmQop17102vWVB4qOLTSHuy_CHZVOlcisBT21wGAmYdcgvSdC1wIdUEpGR_zLnWdDnxelCWDTdgCEw/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+1912+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495934077011922" border="0" /></a>"19 Dec Cancellation - Owl"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Owl, a bird of prey that hunt behind the shadow of the night. Did you know that this bird can fly without making a sound?<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLoSyo8tvhk8Lv1eSfeqGw70FejEYXhL3sNWza3DGR2LWKuyy9gruIh-EVF-smV9aoNsVMHx8yWsB7NQnsabR4ZObOSq6Pe-O_Az3BaUyTWm_TXwX7C756xgox16bTmaGMwQMD5lJcZE/s1600-h/2002+Cat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLoSyo8tvhk8Lv1eSfeqGw70FejEYXhL3sNWza3DGR2LWKuyy9gruIh-EVF-smV9aoNsVMHx8yWsB7NQnsabR4ZObOSq6Pe-O_Az3BaUyTWm_TXwX7C756xgox16bTmaGMwQMD5lJcZE/s400/2002+Cat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495739627458978" border="0" /></a>"Meow (Tame)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGidq0wSGHcgf034OXStW41Se9XKsXRuRw1WPLJKd9xntwGSIcmB-lbex1Z2hwgDy0iZRw4u8C4hOFbOVnLxkkOu5LOS-I2He-jB-y_q555IZPeZmObHh3WRSwcaPMUgBCH9DeMdx7aao/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+2012+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGidq0wSGHcgf034OXStW41Se9XKsXRuRw1WPLJKd9xntwGSIcmB-lbex1Z2hwgDy0iZRw4u8C4hOFbOVnLxkkOu5LOS-I2He-jB-y_q555IZPeZmObHh3WRSwcaPMUgBCH9DeMdx7aao/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+2012+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495668803244738" border="0" /></a>"20 Dec - Cat"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Meow ...... Cats, how adorable. They will only pester you when they want food and they know how to clean themself. A perfect pets for everybody who hate dog.<br /><br />This stamp and cancellation make a nice collection for thematic collector of "cats on stamps". Please click ---> <a href="http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/philately/">here </a>for a nice web page about cats on stamp and post-mark of cats.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuQdZChYiIY2kiqYcmJ1xl5tid3zAEQYpa2sEzDG3USwICGGM-9_V_xqi2TBbwxZk_8k-3mDtYn4Wl1tEpjhS4qPT2DT5wh1WxQFBTWVNcmh4XIWB3U8YE0T9fide9nnP-7subDb7SyU/s1600-h/2002+Wild+Cat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuQdZChYiIY2kiqYcmJ1xl5tid3zAEQYpa2sEzDG3USwICGGM-9_V_xqi2TBbwxZk_8k-3mDtYn4Wl1tEpjhS4qPT2DT5wh1WxQFBTWVNcmh4XIWB3U8YE0T9fide9nnP-7subDb7SyU/s400/2002+Wild+Cat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495527972970322" border="0" /></a>"Wild Cat / Clouded Leopard (Wild)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVbvC_xYAyxvwyfzH7ckcuCnAFIpvEiN1h88Dz3ptd7_51QsorCrqdMeTCfwwoaOBF3GVOL_MQfrGfbvw-MPCBjcALkcKandJqd0WlksVSBgFe-aTMdclmgv5tu1ar-hiMaF26g9N4rM/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+2112+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVbvC_xYAyxvwyfzH7ckcuCnAFIpvEiN1h88Dz3ptd7_51QsorCrqdMeTCfwwoaOBF3GVOL_MQfrGfbvw-MPCBjcALkcKandJqd0WlksVSBgFe-aTMdclmgv5tu1ar-hiMaF26g9N4rM/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+2112+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495408049577250" border="0" /></a>"21 Dec Cancellation - Wild Cat"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I am not sure if I should call this "Wild Cat" or "Clouded Leopard". But the Malay translation was "Kucing Batu" so I guess "Wild Cat" was the appropriate term here. But I am really not sure what's the different between both of them.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyytLHgqMbeROq73TfbD3cLp3AMkP8Xc-Qn_gcaKOUOfwKBvxGBXjvPKkjqZRKecHuFbETj-gvmNsVmsrPrFB1YuMH6x24ArQG3tG4TwqeGIJCn4rLBhrutOjsvkLm6o7Fz-kKsJZ8DNE/s1600-h/2002+Squirrel+and+Rabbit+MS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyytLHgqMbeROq73TfbD3cLp3AMkP8Xc-Qn_gcaKOUOfwKBvxGBXjvPKkjqZRKecHuFbETj-gvmNsVmsrPrFB1YuMH6x24ArQG3tG4TwqeGIJCn4rLBhrutOjsvkLm6o7Fz-kKsJZ8DNE/s400/2002+Squirrel+and+Rabbit+MS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495140418091810" border="0" /></a>"Squirrel (Wild) and Rabbit (Tame)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd8O1f2wB0YOCebd5qTik83f8lC-CgjXhr6-7spJLpaSAbYLfYEyMB-uvh7l6lBjWsDX_NO-HUpa8tCXIQ16sAUbJpMX1cUqnqvyx6fFSiW_f6DiS-iLwuePpZf_RwiTaImNZGRzXOQA/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+2212+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd8O1f2wB0YOCebd5qTik83f8lC-CgjXhr6-7spJLpaSAbYLfYEyMB-uvh7l6lBjWsDX_NO-HUpa8tCXIQ16sAUbJpMX1cUqnqvyx6fFSiW_f6DiS-iLwuePpZf_RwiTaImNZGRzXOQA/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+2212+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258495054011617266" border="0" /></a>"21 Dec Cancellation - Rabbit (Tame)"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1q8J0F6rJFHW9fPsn8uk51cizob8jbFO5RucqjOKi4W7pznDeUiO3HNeAjYaWREUwxdtlHFTslC0ylnDwTes9aQw6DEfaxJKbsrRdmh45Bw4vev7nQT4w6f3SpgnK4TRQPBLEFoRi3g/s1600-h/2002+Stamp+Week+2312+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1q8J0F6rJFHW9fPsn8uk51cizob8jbFO5RucqjOKi4W7pznDeUiO3HNeAjYaWREUwxdtlHFTslC0ylnDwTes9aQw6DEfaxJKbsrRdmh45Bw4vev7nQT4w6f3SpgnK4TRQPBLEFoRi3g/s400/2002+Stamp+Week+2312+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258494632630876530" border="0" /></a>"23 Dec Cancellation - Squirrel (Wild)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Rabbits are ground dwellers that live in environments ranging from desert to tropical forest and wetland. Their natural geographic range encompasses the middle latitudes of the Western Hemisphere. In the Eastern Hemisphere rabbits are found in Europe, portions of Central and Southern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Sumatra, and Japan. The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) has been introduced to many locations around the world, and all breeds of domestic rabbit originate from the European. So the rabbits we see in Malaysia were not origin from the land there.<br /><br />Squirrel, wild. No body keep them as pet. They bite. And remember the old saying of Malay, "sepandai-pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga" (which translate to english as "no matter how good a suirrel jump, it may fall to the ground one day"), which mean "no matter how good you are at something, you may fail one day too".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>SPECIAL ISSUE (Pewter, Gold and Nobium FDC)</u></span><br /></div></div><br />Royal Selangor also issued some special FDC to commemorate this issue.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVGTPxD4-1IB0KUviX1_lulLnDmqWXIch2B-w-wZyU9EkfoZDOcTMrQnM8BX8HVrIn-GIZPKuCFu1wF0HnZPS8MpS-WBqefFhlBPkeMIoRGXBRT4jQen9z28K9ibNV4TP38kPl87XqU/s1600-h/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Pewter+FDC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVGTPxD4-1IB0KUviX1_lulLnDmqWXIch2B-w-wZyU9EkfoZDOcTMrQnM8BX8HVrIn-GIZPKuCFu1wF0HnZPS8MpS-WBqefFhlBPkeMIoRGXBRT4jQen9z28K9ibNV4TP38kPl87XqU/s400/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Pewter+FDC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258494464856145074" border="0" /></a>"Pewter FDC - Cheetah (Wild) and Meow Cat (Tame)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The wild big cat on this cover is obviously an African Cheetah. Why is it even doing on the cover? It was not even featured in the stamp and it was not even found in Malaysia wild? The Pewter FDC original price was RM33.<br /><br />The little kitty on the cover just reminded me of the "puss-in-boots" from Skrek. See below:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/dreamworks_skg/shrek_2/pussbigeyes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/dreamworks_skg/shrek_2/pussbigeyes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Meeeowwwww"</div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7YmSw-YJQbmExGOyOSuBFolnyIkDvu4GLm7xxWx_ulNloVTVBpMCTkjxYb531PhgWT321vOMOyHa5h2eMWfXyZ-cvKeWGwTJHi8SV4dsVD1s-YDgCmhcxywmj4fDV-ueYcxBWr8yFMI/s1600-h/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+GOLD+FDC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7YmSw-YJQbmExGOyOSuBFolnyIkDvu4GLm7xxWx_ulNloVTVBpMCTkjxYb531PhgWT321vOMOyHa5h2eMWfXyZ-cvKeWGwTJHi8SV4dsVD1s-YDgCmhcxywmj4fDV-ueYcxBWr8yFMI/s400/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+GOLD+FDC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258494375944657202" border="0" /></a>"24k Gold FDC - Cockatoo (Tame) and Eagle(Wild)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another bird of prey, the eagle was featured on this cover. The stamp was not actually full gold. It was gilded pewter coated in 24K gold. Original price: RM85.80.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfXn_qWQ7EhF76v0faRQo39iK9xap0UrRFbieCAHcKtfSGQtHsXjhd3RcgQU06zpqqbmpt45xdZFQh9A09eWrvgJg2h8zZv0XmPdUD2paI9aVC-YVv7zSISmmnpQ7qJvnROApjUq7ZMQ/s1600-h/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Nobium+FDC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfXn_qWQ7EhF76v0faRQo39iK9xap0UrRFbieCAHcKtfSGQtHsXjhd3RcgQU06zpqqbmpt45xdZFQh9A09eWrvgJg2h8zZv0XmPdUD2paI9aVC-YVv7zSISmmnpQ7qJvnROApjUq7ZMQ/s400/2002+The+Tame+and+The+Wild+Nobium+FDC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258494301757415698" border="0" /></a>"Nobium FDC - Cow (Tame) and Sumatran Rhinoceros (Wild)"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover original price was RM137.50. Sumatran Rhinoceros (as illustrated on the cover) are now critically endangered, with only six substantial populations in the wild: four on Sumatra, one on Borneo, and one on peninsular Malaysia. Their numbers are difficult to determine because they are solitary animals that are widely scattered across their range, but they are estimated to number around 300. The decline in the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros is attributed primarily to poaching for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much as US$30,000 per kilogram on the black market. The rhinos have also suffered from habitat loss as their forests have been cleared for lumber and conversion to agriculture.<br /><br />So please, if you see this blog, please stop buying these product, or you will destroy this creature, a beautiful natural heritage for our children.<br /><br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-37039480240815876992008-10-07T06:00:00.000-07:002008-10-07T06:50:10.284-07:001970 Sarawak Exhibition - Update<div style="text-align: justify;">Subsequent to my blog regarding the <a href="http://umsia.blogspot.com/2008/04/1970-sarawak-exhibition.html">1970 Sarawak Exhibition</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14384958508671237423">George Wu</a>, blogger from Gulfmann Stamp Collection have provided me with his certificate of membership for the Sarawak Philatelic Society. The Society postal address was:<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />PO Box no. 376, Sibu, Sarawak.<br /><br />I have uploaded the Certificate of Membership to share with fellow collector:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2pj8flZRwtUTa3DuZdvYqKSw_NVYtUTfhS8qw8WCcF1Dp9uSeAbs5vUpGzE-byFBuYNLIOPU52t6DkTxJy5RmK6pt3gwYoi6-AknR_0uDhKzOeLB27tT8GN_VyzvkHVY8bj8aUihSiQ/s1600-h/MALAYSIA_19700101_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2pj8flZRwtUTa3DuZdvYqKSw_NVYtUTfhS8qw8WCcF1Dp9uSeAbs5vUpGzE-byFBuYNLIOPU52t6DkTxJy5RmK6pt3gwYoi6-AknR_0uDhKzOeLB27tT8GN_VyzvkHVY8bj8aUihSiQ/s400/MALAYSIA_19700101_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254397870882451058" border="0" /></a>However, we still have no information as if the society is still active or such. Anybody who have more information is more than welcome to share it here under "comments".<br /><br />Once again, thank George Wu for the information.<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-68348956553674173122008-10-07T04:22:00.000-07:002008-10-07T05:55:11.707-07:001999 Golf World Cup of Golf<u>1999 World Cup of Golf</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UNJ9JoGjjLFMvJFh__qHipb20XAf0EeNdOPT8wcfXV0nd-sbgTmBNzkJBin5nxh4izstfhkA56_3yxW6ugLbVA3SZ0t6jjncJtWkkQQFB-xPWHVhqvcyK7CA6byC01_tSdttRdFXsTQ/s1600-h/1999+Golf+Souvenior+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UNJ9JoGjjLFMvJFh__qHipb20XAf0EeNdOPT8wcfXV0nd-sbgTmBNzkJBin5nxh4izstfhkA56_3yxW6ugLbVA3SZ0t6jjncJtWkkQQFB-xPWHVhqvcyK7CA6byC01_tSdttRdFXsTQ/s400/1999+Golf+Souvenior+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254372746774353650" border="0" /></a>"1999 Golf World Cup Commemorative Cover with Limited Edition MS"<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The cover you see above may be the most expensive cover in the history of Malaysia modern philately. I last saw the miniature sheet sold at around USD$90 in ebay.<br /><br />The stamp and cover was issued in 1999 to commemorate Golf World Cup held in <span style="font-size:85%;"><strong></strong>Mines Resort & Golf Club</span> from 19 - 21 November 1999. The commemorative cover will only be available if you bought the limit issue folder, which contain the cover with stamp and fdc and a special booklet outline the world cup. The folder was originally sold at RM25.<br /><br />However, what make this cover valuable is the limited edition sheetlet with the design which outline 18 holes of the Mines Resort & Golf Club. Only 300 sheetlets were issued and sold in GPO Kuala Lumpur. Yes, 300!! No kidding. At that quantity, it had become one of the rarest stamp sought after by hardcore collector.<br /><br />In this tornament, Tiger Wood won his first world cup individual title and team title with Mark O’Meara, bringing the world cup back to US since 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8sKyHmbrQkGQLabpSfJRnZV-EVPvrPRHD7GoYrdKiLByV_ss_KhqIMMQgy7ZRdmB9aRQh5DolNuO1ZfFoeQAxvS-dycTiahTfh-aa7SzAFXqSYKxalAvx2Pk1VbhT5TFzgQ9Af623Lk/s1600-h/Clip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8sKyHmbrQkGQLabpSfJRnZV-EVPvrPRHD7GoYrdKiLByV_ss_KhqIMMQgy7ZRdmB9aRQh5DolNuO1ZfFoeQAxvS-dycTiahTfh-aa7SzAFXqSYKxalAvx2Pk1VbhT5TFzgQ9Af623Lk/s400/Clip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254392255772498722" border="0" /></a>"1999 Tiger Wood"<br /></div><br />The United States won the 32-team World Cup on Sunday (21 Novermber 1999), with Woods producing the best score in the tournament’s history and taking individual honors by a record nine strokes. <p>His overpowering performance allowed the United States to erase Spain’s lead over the last nine holes, ensuring that the cup would return to the United States.</p> <p>Woods shot a 6-under-par 65, more than offsetting a 77 by partner Mark O’Meara. He finished at 21-under 263 and O’Meara had 282 for a five-shot victory over Spain, 545 to 550.</p> <p>“Tiger rose to the occasion,” O’Meara said. “He met the challenge.”</p> <p>Woods won of $200,000 from the team prize plus the individual award of $100,000.<br /></p> <p>In 1999, the United States has won 22 of the 45 World Cups. But it had not won since Couples and Davis Love III swept four in a row from 1992 through 1995.</p> <p>Backed by Woods’ course-record 63, the Americans took a seven-shot lead over Spain on Saturday (20 November 1999). But the Spaniards still had a chance.</p> <p>Spain team's Miguel Angel Martin and Santiago Luna made the turn Sunday one shot ahead. The United States was hurt by O’Meara’s front nine of 4 over.</p> <p>Then Woods birdied the first four holes on the back nine while Luna followed a double-bogey on the 10th with bogeys on the next two holes. The Americans led by five.</p> Woods’ 263 total beat the 265 set by Fred Couples in the 1994 World Cup, although Couples was 23 under on the par-72 Dorado Beach course in Puerto Rico.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This cover really marked a historical moment in Golf history, as well as Malaysia Philately history.<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-85222592355587850712008-10-01T06:24:00.001-07:002008-10-01T07:13:55.883-07:001991 Youth Exhibition<u>1991 Youth Exhibition ("Pameran Filateli Remaja")</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIp5hRI6qAb9W2zJ2LxqwE7WgiiWtYYrLjCLdc4dBA9bUljylM8p9DEa5tmTrx86HmRqqYGHuBQVEGm79Cm4TznFkOH8-7ZVWHhlVcULkrUOz_1mbyYqJMBnbGjQ37lTQx7bMwr7WHU0/s1600-h/1991+Philately+Exhibition.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIp5hRI6qAb9W2zJ2LxqwE7WgiiWtYYrLjCLdc4dBA9bUljylM8p9DEa5tmTrx86HmRqqYGHuBQVEGm79Cm4TznFkOH8-7ZVWHhlVcULkrUOz_1mbyYqJMBnbGjQ37lTQx7bMwr7WHU0/s400/1991+Philately+Exhibition.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252177094608311826" border="0" /></a>This was another exhibition held in Manara Maybank (if you are following my blog, the previous one was MALPEX'89). It was held in Balai Seni, Menara Maybank from 18 - 27 October 1991.(10 days). I don't really have the first day exhibition cover for this exhibition. The picture above (I am sorry as it was a bit blur) was taken from the Melaka Stamp Muzium. It showed the exhibition cancellation and the 1st day cancellation of the Youth Philately Exibition. 10 daily cancellation was introduced. But so far, I have only seen the "exhibition cancellation" and daily cancellation of 18 Oct and 20 Oct. If anyone have the whole collection of the cancellations, I would really apppreciate if you can share it with me.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q4He5Iz-I_bRE_zJAlcRAOQ9g0Dbu0XKsjMIgOUB8OdmNy1JfMPIIJaUkzhSCPCxMoqHrn65n_b5b6kxrYG6GmjpUES3tYQI7rR3vD1uoRHNSfECUlHB2EdpchPOqt2tYJZNTs4Hhpc/s1600-h/1991+Philately+Exhibition+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q4He5Iz-I_bRE_zJAlcRAOQ9g0Dbu0XKsjMIgOUB8OdmNy1JfMPIIJaUkzhSCPCxMoqHrn65n_b5b6kxrYG6GmjpUES3tYQI7rR3vD1uoRHNSfECUlHB2EdpchPOqt2tYJZNTs4Hhpc/s400/1991+Philately+Exhibition+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252176911379200434" border="0" /></a>"Exhibition Cancellation"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Jd5K55GBywQHJjreO8ZtRoYbmHsAt1is4j9xfPiVoxIOgFNLWTCEQENI-th260N3L1wAISoQWGRWIrgboijjI1PaDX78vv1760W3x8QNdqYZwifW-KBrY5e0wqqwAbo866PW4Pr2OHE/s1600-h/1991+Philately+Exhibition+Cancellation+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Jd5K55GBywQHJjreO8ZtRoYbmHsAt1is4j9xfPiVoxIOgFNLWTCEQENI-th260N3L1wAISoQWGRWIrgboijjI1PaDX78vv1760W3x8QNdqYZwifW-KBrY5e0wqqwAbo866PW4Pr2OHE/s400/1991+Philately+Exhibition+Cancellation+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252176806804190642" border="0" /></a>"18 October cancellation"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Above was the enlarged version of the first day and exhibition cancellation. I am sorry as this is the clearest it can get. If you need to see the clearer version of this, you should go to Melaka Stamp Museum. It is small yet pretty informative and the entrance fee is only RM1!!!. As for the signature on the cover, I guess it was from someone who formally open the event.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu8fa0ogQg740s4xn75ZgP_Ypa9zOkkH_8ftaAZ69hqCm6vKdl0caGB8D9OuS5JQI3jRj5L4cP6QNpjQDmLMTdVoD7UhibpjB6D2p47GPLrt6QLtezP3W_c8ivmXmFad7Kq97OtjEkfs/s1600-h/Melaka+Stamp+Muzium+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu8fa0ogQg740s4xn75ZgP_Ypa9zOkkH_8ftaAZ69hqCm6vKdl0caGB8D9OuS5JQI3jRj5L4cP6QNpjQDmLMTdVoD7UhibpjB6D2p47GPLrt6QLtezP3W_c8ivmXmFad7Kq97OtjEkfs/s400/Melaka+Stamp+Muzium+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252182467022303954" border="0" /></a>My beautiful wife - in front of Melaka Stamp Museum :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope the pic above would encourage everyone to pay a visit there. hehe. Just google Melaka Stamp Museum and you should be able to get there pretty easy.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SjvK3oLZhDHi6aY10dF943yKdncG6Jg3v0FdhbI5EpkNDuqp7jbHALldh8tfnclhcGvHDKU1f5h4tgqo9KNNZ77UqNPbioexMaFtEOZCBlUs5-Q8QuLXsyPgVvo0ncCEgNZPWUjbbQ/s1600-h/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SjvK3oLZhDHi6aY10dF943yKdncG6Jg3v0FdhbI5EpkNDuqp7jbHALldh8tfnclhcGvHDKU1f5h4tgqo9KNNZ77UqNPbioexMaFtEOZCBlUs5-Q8QuLXsyPgVvo0ncCEgNZPWUjbbQ/s400/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252181879286645714" border="0" /></a>"1991 Youth Philately Exhibition - Italy Day"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now the exhibition cover I owned is this "Italy Day" cover with a set of frama label. It was when I obtained this exhibition cover that I discovered that Malaysia actually have the postal stationary known as "Frama Label". It was issued in 1987 and the one-and-only Frama Label vending machine was located in GPO Kuala Lumpur.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCFHxe_CeARt63SR9XH6kensOI2_bRkJV9g-QLhHyauV3fm59YVnvFbiqh8Q4q0S5HOHAJQyvuUKalQTg5mpxzJpORhBXcwvIIu_6YI5Rk9QOgsntWcTmInlqOtkRDaTgkwPotT7vx4s/s1600-h/Frama+Label+Machine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCFHxe_CeARt63SR9XH6kensOI2_bRkJV9g-QLhHyauV3fm59YVnvFbiqh8Q4q0S5HOHAJQyvuUKalQTg5mpxzJpORhBXcwvIIu_6YI5Rk9QOgsntWcTmInlqOtkRDaTgkwPotT7vx4s/s400/Frama+Label+Machine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252184904776645442" border="0" /></a>"Malaysia Frama Label Machine"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above is the vending machine which print the Frama Label (pic taken from "<a href="http://gulfmannatmcollection.blogspot.com">Gulfmann Stamps Collection</a>" blog, provided by kkkhor). And, like most of the public facility in Malaysia, it was broken.<br /></div></div><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAW_arobg1TupcmiczmOJ09WuYxR3mRM1STwZyZ_ubsZIz1MwtWjwQ-WYzpxGF6-E5w0mJPsCsNFov-ohEpLfvh_qpXoRI1mLd4cPsOCqy1mgcjTOpy89TEWQKwMt_ei6eDHIBYkUg3o/s1600-h/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja+-+Italy+Card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAW_arobg1TupcmiczmOJ09WuYxR3mRM1STwZyZ_ubsZIz1MwtWjwQ-WYzpxGF6-E5w0mJPsCsNFov-ohEpLfvh_qpXoRI1mLd4cPsOCqy1mgcjTOpy89TEWQKwMt_ei6eDHIBYkUg3o/s400/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja+-+Italy+Card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252181692111520018" border="0" /></a>"Italy Philately Club Invi Card??" Can anyone translate this?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are wondering why would there be "Italy Day" or "Hari Itali" during a Malaysia stamp exhibition... so do me. I guess Italy Philately was a c0-organiser of the event or they have have some exhibition booth at this exhibition, which warrant a day dedicated to them.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPgAXjwoQGdYi8-_yef9o2noTbwDhcj3xftjqpoweCWEtQt69Rt0ovmBCkVxL2ljFbWD2-wZnFcEqmNs0zcM8JebMRi8EJZ-DQzfFobOYbjUV_hg7VeU6yPgcDzoBiFn5evXbUULL6LA/s1600-h/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja+-+Italy+Post+Card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPgAXjwoQGdYi8-_yef9o2noTbwDhcj3xftjqpoweCWEtQt69Rt0ovmBCkVxL2ljFbWD2-wZnFcEqmNs0zcM8JebMRi8EJZ-DQzfFobOYbjUV_hg7VeU6yPgcDzoBiFn5evXbUULL6LA/s400/1991+Pameran+Filateli+Remaja+-+Italy+Post+Card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252181583895981730" border="0" /></a>"Italy Day Poscard"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I also collected a Italy poscard, with Youth Philately Exhibition'91 overprint, Malaysia Map as the background and Italy stamps imprinted on it. A marvelous collector item.<br /><br />I have gone a bit long winded today showing off my wife, Frama Label vending machine etc as it have been some time since I last update my blog. Being quite lazy recently and try to take it slow to enjoy my new life here in Australia. Thanks for everyone who are sending me emails to request for stamp/postcard/fdc exchange. I really appreciate that. I will try to drop you a nice cover from Brisbane (disclamer: the above statement was a presumption clause and does not commited to any act to comply).<br /><br />Till next time, happy collecting. Cheers.<br /><br /><br /></div></div><br /></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-51181978257116466182008-09-12T06:37:00.001-07:002008-09-12T07:22:13.247-07:002001 Stamp Week<u>2001 Stamp Week</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSMtEfeynnb0s3HPcpgps-WrsSE_Cy8-ILpDl8izv4BLZ7ffYx4nzUz2vkJfDDGJz5531JTsZ38onaSZtGn7fZWvTNENcql5aXWlvf_tbnXDbR0olyhK3a9K9t0k6BrBeDrCI2ZqNdHg/s1600-h/2001+Stamp+Week.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSMtEfeynnb0s3HPcpgps-WrsSE_Cy8-ILpDl8izv4BLZ7ffYx4nzUz2vkJfDDGJz5531JTsZ38onaSZtGn7fZWvTNENcql5aXWlvf_tbnXDbR0olyhK3a9K9t0k6BrBeDrCI2ZqNdHg/s400/2001+Stamp+Week.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245129576249890146" border="0" /></a>2001 Stamp Week featured yet another favorite theme of all time, marine life. The stamp, miniature sheet and cover were delightfully designed to include coral, sea horse, star fish, elephant shell and sea cow or "dugong". This stirred lot of interest in the collectors.<br /><br />The event was held in Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur from 10 November - 17 November 2001. The event was grant with tonnes of people from every part of the nation participate in it. Pos Malaysia even name this stamp week as "Pesta Setem" or Stamp Fiesta. Indeed it was a fiesta filled with joy and excitement.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn04dE6jTxEV41WO3NrTlaSoEZU9tgrkRf2gs77K6nxCDfEYsCC_e-l42UmTuSB4ZHqhdepAgEwge8kN7ykobgpWb0OfKyt-Q3DtnEsF2cuQokksjJKkjzLowgw3s-zGHcFHxgVYJUmi4/s1600-h/2001+Stamp+Week+Label.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn04dE6jTxEV41WO3NrTlaSoEZU9tgrkRf2gs77K6nxCDfEYsCC_e-l42UmTuSB4ZHqhdepAgEwge8kN7ykobgpWb0OfKyt-Q3DtnEsF2cuQokksjJKkjzLowgw3s-zGHcFHxgVYJUmi4/s400/2001+Stamp+Week+Label.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245129471713504882" border="0" /></a>"2001 stamp week cancellation and pesta stamp lable"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those who have participated in the stamp week would have a chance to get the 8 day-cancellation, a stamp week cancellation and an exclusive Biro Filateli Pesta Stamp lable (not postal legal).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhregmPn0AOodM46f8hl_XG33Lc_xBXFa0G1Mk7Hu0jLbo0gTbOOfGAxQaTOsnp5Q7_vRjtGzuRX4USgPv4q7G7ndZRtZADJoID-0oCOtomyXMpvk1iBZBkbGz1VlK1jIhdRJtq-IqMp90/s1600-h/2001+Stamp+Week+Abnormal+print+on+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhregmPn0AOodM46f8hl_XG33Lc_xBXFa0G1Mk7Hu0jLbo0gTbOOfGAxQaTOsnp5Q7_vRjtGzuRX4USgPv4q7G7ndZRtZADJoID-0oCOtomyXMpvk1iBZBkbGz1VlK1jIhdRJtq-IqMp90/s400/2001+Stamp+Week+Abnormal+print+on+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245129361453029810" border="0" /></a>"Weird print on cover"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you look at the first day cover in details (please click the cover above to enlarge it), you can see an unusual print on the cover. An obvious link was noted on the design on the FDC. My guess was that Pos Malaysia originally intended to have the miniature sheet fit on the specific location on the cover to form a syncronised image (like the 1996 and 1998 stamp week cover). However, due to some reason (maybe the size of the MS won't fit), this design was not put into the final print.<br /><br />Did you notice that the design on featured on the stamp (the coral, sea horse, shell and star fish) was also featured in the miniature sheet? It could hint that the original design was intended to be a sheetlet with all the stamps but the final print separate the MS with the other stamp. Another tactic by Pos Malaysia to sell more cover I guess.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbadmoY4-HjBrijfd4VyYtITCf7gwbQpRT3Ne6jphy77f1v08VO_h8FUGzv-7UQO4qMcKyQ39t2d08G9ShtYx4N3QUhGw5Doqq0IQf8JQ1xjoL5ZgJh9OT7oS9G20mGop68pBF-8HqTQ/s1600-h/2001+Stamp+Week+MS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbadmoY4-HjBrijfd4VyYtITCf7gwbQpRT3Ne6jphy77f1v08VO_h8FUGzv-7UQO4qMcKyQ39t2d08G9ShtYx4N3QUhGw5Doqq0IQf8JQ1xjoL5ZgJh9OT7oS9G20mGop68pBF-8HqTQ/s400/2001+Stamp+Week+MS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245129254727207266" border="0" /></a>"Imperformorated miniature sheet"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The unique print for this issue was thee imperf dugong miniature sheet.<br /><br />The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a large marine mammal which, together with the manatees, is one of four living species of the order Sirenia. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. It is also the only sirenian in its range, which spans the waters of at least 37 countries throughout the Indo-Pacific, though the majority of dugongs live in the northern waters of Australia between Shark Bay and Moreton Bay. In addition, the dugong is the only strictly-marine herbivorous mammal.<br /><br />Dugongs are pretty rare in Malaysia. However, some sighting are still recorded. Please see <a href="http://www.ecologyasia.com/news-archives/2006/feb-06/star_060207_1.htm">here</a> for some report.<br /><br />Note: Dugong is often mistaken as manatee. The main difference between manatees and dugongs are the tails. A manatee tail is paddle-shaped, while a Dugong tail is forked, similar in shape to a whale's.<br /><br />Here is a dugong video from youtube:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jUa23yevmVo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jUa23yevmVo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-48692696715551026002008-08-30T05:50:00.000-07:002008-08-30T06:06:19.155-07:002008 Nocturnal Animals<u>2008 Nocturnal Animals</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiYdILhq6zE-5cOSnEawRA5AbLadOiWBgD9-t6e4hLLGZMivYr5NI4EWRT-G6EFtum4t7wFNZOw-qSmFXCzBX4oA3v8xBIrztb3XiXdiFduPYe7DvOpW3RcVscyRmNC8LyDL0L2v0oe0/s1600-h/2008+Nocturnal+Animals+Private+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiYdILhq6zE-5cOSnEawRA5AbLadOiWBgD9-t6e4hLLGZMivYr5NI4EWRT-G6EFtum4t7wFNZOw-qSmFXCzBX4oA3v8xBIrztb3XiXdiFduPYe7DvOpW3RcVscyRmNC8LyDL0L2v0oe0/s400/2008+Nocturnal+Animals+Private+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240293749645776274" border="0" /></a>This is a private cover I have made for 2008 Nocturnal Animals issued on 13 March 2008. The original cover is too small and could not fit both the miniature sheet and the stamps. Thus, I have make a bigger cover using the design of the stamp folder to make it to fit everything. I have also include the side tab for the stamps in this FDC, which make it even more perfect.<br /><br />Personally, I like this FDC very much. I hope you like it too. :)<br /></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-51735247134371204942008-08-30T04:52:00.000-07:002008-08-30T05:49:54.075-07:001990 Selpex<u>1990 Selangor Philatelic Exhibition (Selpex)</u><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0nzAleL3dMwVCPAvGbthXhjU2Ccbpcfx664MVJyljCf13ZrzkNu1g1fn34PHQW17IWzns7KqSLaOJIq7S5Ui3aX5HawWXLWE9PMok9A3a-Q1MoD67GnVCwoxHCRmR0RaMkIZPu3sCvU/s1600-h/1990+SELPEX.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0nzAleL3dMwVCPAvGbthXhjU2Ccbpcfx664MVJyljCf13ZrzkNu1g1fn34PHQW17IWzns7KqSLaOJIq7S5Ui3aX5HawWXLWE9PMok9A3a-Q1MoD67GnVCwoxHCRmR0RaMkIZPu3sCvU/s400/1990+SELPEX.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240279452616015570" border="0" /></a>"Selpex Exhibition Cover"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Similar to the MALPEX exhibition cover in my other blog, this is another preprinted stamp exhibition cover for Selangor Philatelic Exhibition ("SELPEX"). It was held from 7 - 15 july 1990 in Shah Alam. This postal stationery envelope, which was sold for 30 sen, features an imprinted ‘stamp’ reproducing a rejected design for the Selangor 20c. stamp. The lettering and layout differs from the normal issue and shows the oil palm fruit in close-up. The sultan’s head and arms are much smaller. You can see below for the different between the Malpex print and this print.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNEGlTciV_KHIp9iNoqWtavsfQBe4K4CvmHBiE69YSOAM6MoKdAe7H6QlRAhAPN8zPUh6M8n5MYtZIajtLhJi51Z4ABWpgTnYqf0h7A5YpqdGVnesNp2V1e_HH_ZVSavQxHJwHsRwBHc/s1600-h/1989+Malpex+Ex+Stamp+and+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNEGlTciV_KHIp9iNoqWtavsfQBe4K4CvmHBiE69YSOAM6MoKdAe7H6QlRAhAPN8zPUh6M8n5MYtZIajtLhJi51Z4ABWpgTnYqf0h7A5YpqdGVnesNp2V1e_HH_ZVSavQxHJwHsRwBHc/s400/1989+Malpex+Ex+Stamp+and+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240285851447816530" border="0" /></a>"MALPEX'89 Kelapa Sawit Preprinted stamp"<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRgwujs3L_d7WvhMy2YvX4A0A7uFNlaYGRN4oX0imsdsiqAWmpVAKzDarjAVSoMTvSKRQYJ0RwwqyLcejrJ9CXgJC3ey0y9e4a0kSNhcho816lPMxPfwdDJMuN63dmfcvqCbPE8lrDf0/s1600-h/1990+SELPEX+Cancellation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRgwujs3L_d7WvhMy2YvX4A0A7uFNlaYGRN4oX0imsdsiqAWmpVAKzDarjAVSoMTvSKRQYJ0RwwqyLcejrJ9CXgJC3ey0y9e4a0kSNhcho816lPMxPfwdDJMuN63dmfcvqCbPE8lrDf0/s400/1990+SELPEX+Cancellation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240279295695340034" border="0" /></a>"SELPEX'90 Kelapa Sawit Preprinted Stamp"<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />See the different between the SELPEX agricultural oil palm ("kelapa sawit") stamp with the original stamp? The different is very obvious. Aside from the pictorial differences, the font type and size used for the the word "Malaysia" and "20c" is also different from the normal print. The unique stamp as printed on the cover make this an essential collection for all hardcore agricultural state definitive series collectors.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Kota_Darul_Ehsan%2C_Kuala_Lumpur-Selangor.jpg/250px-Kota_Darul_Ehsan%2C_Kuala_Lumpur-Selangor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 198px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Kota_Darul_Ehsan%2C_Kuala_Lumpur-Selangor.jpg/250px-Kota_Darul_Ehsan%2C_Kuala_Lumpur-Selangor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Selangor Darul Ehsan Arch"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The arch as featured on the cover and the cancellation is the infamous Selangor Darul Ehsan arch along Federal Highway which link from Kuala Lumpur to Petaling Jaya. As a commemoration of the cession of Kuala Lumpur to the federal government to form a Federal Territory by Selangor, the building of the arch was commissioned by the late Sultan of Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah on 1 February 1974. This arch symbolises the sacrifice of the Selangor state to the federal government. This arch was officially opened in 1981. The arch's design incorporates influences from Moorish architecture. This can be seen in the domes on the arch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-87523892996871428942008-08-27T05:40:00.001-07:002008-08-28T20:00:54.962-07:001983 Hornbill<div align="justify"><u>1983 Hornbill</u><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5BPKn4Y8cTNYA1G3jNDL4adGA433EAcfsitFrwhTKpSUzKHo0JDxVnksoV9J0V77_O5NdzBieI6J8NOAud0IOkMCUD6H94QeNkW3Wad1nvZsERV8_9OsEu80JABasQpdjPx6ulI91TQ/s1600-h/1983+Hornbill.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239176545289610530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5BPKn4Y8cTNYA1G3jNDL4adGA433EAcfsitFrwhTKpSUzKHo0JDxVnksoV9J0V77_O5NdzBieI6J8NOAud0IOkMCUD6H94QeNkW3Wad1nvZsERV8_9OsEu80JABasQpdjPx6ulI91TQ/s400/1983+Hornbill.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a>"1983 Hornbill private cachet"</p><p align="justify">This was a funny item which I have won bidding from the ebay. It was actually a private cachet for the hornbill issue. The cover was not of the original size from the normal. I would guess that it is something like 7" x 9". Apparently someone have mass produced this item as I have seen it in ebay more than once. From the printing work, I would also guess that someone have mass produced this item in the olden days.</p><p align="justify">The cover was well theame with picture featuring the hornbill. The drawing should be water colored and they really look nice. However, there was one odd thing which I can't really figure out until now: "Why does a hornbill go along with a parrot?" </p><p align="justify">Can any reader of this blog solve this puzzle. I have done some research and found out that the parrot is actually "Sulphur-crested Cockatoo" </p><p align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/quested/Sulphur-crestedCockatoo(TQ).jpg" border="0" />The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white parrot. It has a dark grey-black bill, a distinctive sulphur-yellow crest and a yellow wash on the underside of the wings. Sexes are similar, although the female can be separated at close range by its red-brown eye (darker brown in the male). This is a noisy and conspicuous cockatoo, both at rest and in flight. Young Sulphur-crested Cockatoos resemble the adults.</p><p align="justify">The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo's range extends throughout the northern and eastern Australia mainland, and Tasmania. A small population has become established around Perth, Western Australia. The species also occurs in New Guinea and the Aru Islands, and has been introduced into New Zealand and Indonesia.</p><p align="justify">See what I meant? This bird does not even origin from Malaysia (except in the Zoo or pet shop). Why would it go along with the Malaysia hornbill on this cover? Could this cover be made off-shore (not in Malaysia). My guess would be the Australia made this as I have seen quite a fair bit of parrot in Brisbane.<br /><br />Anybody have the answer to this mistery is welcome to share.</p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-27017026310964642192008-08-27T04:16:00.000-07:002008-08-27T05:38:25.621-07:001989 Malpex<div align="justify"><u>1989 Malaysia Philatelic Exhibition ("MALPEX")</u><br /><br />Before starting today blog, I wish to say sorry to all the fan of this blog as there was no update for like one month long. The fact was that I had migrated to Australia. To get use to the environment here and start my life all anew really took some time. I have just got my internet hook up and thus can continue to write philately blog again. YEAH!!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">I am also starting to collect Australia philately items. So perhaps the I would share some with you all in "Uniquely Australia" blog next time.. who knows.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwyq96X9FmBH_6WHiDQdUDf-h2PmeJUr3zc2_jBfTqaitPv_9EThmzQJJxT09O0f3c_shl90_MnXo2HD77szm1-xvmq-JxKPMbxiQ_jn-PA9WoLpEXxfQk1xUFqqIkQsm4QH8-jPwakw/s1600-h/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+A.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239169922267286914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwyq96X9FmBH_6WHiDQdUDf-h2PmeJUr3zc2_jBfTqaitPv_9EThmzQJJxT09O0f3c_shl90_MnXo2HD77szm1-xvmq-JxKPMbxiQ_jn-PA9WoLpEXxfQk1xUFqqIkQsm4QH8-jPwakw/s400/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+A.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>" MALPEX'89 Exhibition Cover"</p><p align="justify">MALPEX was held in 1989 in Manara Maybank from 24 March to 2 April (10 days). I have no idea how large the event was but it was surely great for a 10 days event. The cover illustrate a Malaysia flag with Menara Maybank (at Jalan pudu) at the side.</p><p align="justify">The exhibition covers as above have preprinted 20 sen "stamp" on it feature the Oil Palm. The agricaltural series is the longest states definitives series in malaysia. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKRBucHwhWNQqdogJ0ULSb3rozMs6n3t6x_R-Hrt2dSDk9q9eRUZEpXmDUo0euKcXRMyLfTRJ0MCKPnEN7A2x8e1pdvDhAFTkRk3-mWSDL5XJwlc7rDUwvGfJf-iBpVYj3ztgJUMA5-E/s1600-h/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+B.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239169842743565874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKRBucHwhWNQqdogJ0ULSb3rozMs6n3t6x_R-Hrt2dSDk9q9eRUZEpXmDUo0euKcXRMyLfTRJ0MCKPnEN7A2x8e1pdvDhAFTkRk3-mWSDL5XJwlc7rDUwvGfJf-iBpVYj3ztgJUMA5-E/s400/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+B.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>"Daily cancellation"<br /></p><br /><p align="justify">As with most of the stamp exhibition, daily cancellation was available. However, no exhibition cancellation noted. The cancellation featured the usual staff: hibiscus, map of malaysia, stamp, Pos Malaysia logo, Maybank logo, Visit Malaysia Year etc. Nothing too interesting except they have shapes like octagon and oval.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Kbc9cHJqRMffsVc78xlq9pWS20kKh9TZBg7fwtdjHY9BDjgFqBOzcWWZYmQLqkVboNgBrCJY7DPT580MTOHzSmgdbMjdQoOZpJtZt9CixjpwRaYeNXeSSftTWpA8W_119YG2BRERRAM/s1600-h/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+Youth+Dal+Cancellation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239169689169417410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Kbc9cHJqRMffsVc78xlq9pWS20kKh9TZBg7fwtdjHY9BDjgFqBOzcWWZYmQLqkVboNgBrCJY7DPT580MTOHzSmgdbMjdQoOZpJtZt9CixjpwRaYeNXeSSftTWpA8W_119YG2BRERRAM/s400/1989+Malpex+Ex+Cover+-+Youth+Dal+Cancellation.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>"Malpex - Youth Day"</p><p align="justify">Among the exhibition, I have recently discovered this to be an intereting cover. Well, this item actually fall under a thematic collection of "stamp under glass". It is basically featuring stamp, cancellation or cover with stamp under manifying glass. I have not heared about this theme until I visited the webside by Judy Hornady <a href="http://www.stampsonstamps.org/sugrv.htm">here</a>.</p><p align="justify">Go there and have a look at that webside. I hope you can enjoy it as I am. </p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-7877801750243837222008-07-30T05:40:00.000-07:002008-07-30T06:17:05.939-07:002008 100th Anniversary of St. John<div align="justify"><u>2008 100th Anniversary of St. John</u><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ2dhcEmueedJWYv3KN4f2R2CZ7ey9w3TGake5bDHRjByJ-6QoeMthAqVGRF0NSgbT_fmwkXQUIcL7SPcY7A9-K3fxPsWkIw5EXLRvKxo5kXi5KslvpciCbS7HKpUyoQCCsDIVeFO040/s1600-h/2008+St.+Jones.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228790219655566418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ2dhcEmueedJWYv3KN4f2R2CZ7ey9w3TGake5bDHRjByJ-6QoeMthAqVGRF0NSgbT_fmwkXQUIcL7SPcY7A9-K3fxPsWkIw5EXLRvKxo5kXi5KslvpciCbS7HKpUyoQCCsDIVeFO040/s400/2008+St.+Jones.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"></a><br />It has always been a good thing that Pos Malaysia allowed the public to do their own first day cover and have it stamp at the counter. From my understanding, some postal service in country like Singapore and Australia would not let the philatelist do that anymore. All FDCs have to be pre-order. It will then be readily-made and be collected/sent to the buyer after they are issue. Thus, in Malaysia, with some creativity and delicate hand, you can make a one-and-only-special FDC.</p><p align="justify">Pos Malaysia stamps often have very nice design on the no-value tab. you will only get a tab if you buy full pane of stamp (normally in the amount of 20 stamp per pane). For this issue, I have bought a oversize blank cover and arrange the stamp side-by-side with its tab, creating a very nice visual effect.</p><p align="justify">But now looking at it, I should have make the red on top, yellow in the middle and green at the bottom. It will then look like a traffic light. hehehehe.</p><p align="justify">What do you think of my creation?</p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-31240392316160539412008-07-20T09:55:00.001-07:002008-07-21T00:52:04.698-07:002000 Stamp Week<div align="left"><u>2000 Stamp Week</u><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJ6q-nFaFIwCMLy5c1n-QUyDNXGo7Ti287FNqMbMoppw9a4RqDpvsCukofAjuguz5BOLvVFytb41p-XjPDR95kGrnYRhCbb6afll3ef3ycdiIr3qCsAycrn2kphzYQjmhdUof3r4EvVQ/s1600-h/2000+Stamp+Week+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225369821482950962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJ6q-nFaFIwCMLy5c1n-QUyDNXGo7Ti287FNqMbMoppw9a4RqDpvsCukofAjuguz5BOLvVFytb41p-XjPDR95kGrnYRhCbb6afll3ef3ycdiIr3qCsAycrn2kphzYQjmhdUof3r4EvVQ/s400/2000+Stamp+Week+1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>"Stamp Week Cover 1 and 2"<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwuCr8aqt4aG89eXp1CZukGApfEaYly5gF_LIUiBIiRZ1wjWd9QOagWzig-C32GrRXvC6zGSIoyHhnWtiOMbEhKBGB1KQojsInLeWZK66lEfNpzlFNrpyD-dmoyne68r8daC6T8853eU/s1600-h/2000+Stamp+Week+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225369454515426962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwuCr8aqt4aG89eXp1CZukGApfEaYly5gF_LIUiBIiRZ1wjWd9QOagWzig-C32GrRXvC6zGSIoyHhnWtiOMbEhKBGB1KQojsInLeWZK66lEfNpzlFNrpyD-dmoyne68r8daC6T8853eU/s400/2000+Stamp+Week+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>"Stamp Week Cover 3"</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtI6quJkAMkRXWa6CFZgIBlrvf3SCBni8-EH5cWM84WBRfpbkO9NXY-v66i1E3OYE-9jKGiwUrgywZ-5xYX9JSBh_NJlXX3aAYD01zK7hqFnrgeYSovYlphjAEZgBpaOsFrMD54NK-4c/s1600-h/2000+Stamp+Week+2+Cancellation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225369222807110850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtI6quJkAMkRXWa6CFZgIBlrvf3SCBni8-EH5cWM84WBRfpbkO9NXY-v66i1E3OYE-9jKGiwUrgywZ-5xYX9JSBh_NJlXX3aAYD01zK7hqFnrgeYSovYlphjAEZgBpaOsFrMD54NK-4c/s400/2000+Stamp+Week+2+Cancellation.jpg" border="0" /></a> "Stamp Week Cancellation"</p><p align="justify">Year 2000 was a crazy year where Pos Malaysia had issued so many stamps that make every philatelist SICK!!</p><p align="justify">Just have a look at the 2000 stamp week issues as above. It has 14v stamp and a miniature sheet. There are also 2 kind of covers available. This is more than any of the devinitive issues ever introduced by Pos Malaysia.</p><p align="justify">However, quality wise, this issue is still very pretty and induced high demand. The flowers stamps are very nicely design. The stamp week cancellation and the daily stamp week cancellations are also superb.</p><p align="justify"> </p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-50850145529156045752008-07-18T06:54:00.000-07:002008-07-18T07:35:36.050-07:001991 Kaoh Siung First Flight Cover<div align="justify"><u>1991 Malaysian Airline - First Flight to Kaoh Siung, Taiwan</u><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTPsQXXLe5rX-cyeQhXmVwWiU79HSu4PuGeG_ytDU0tPoj7ikdZuKxz3Jed6_bI0_HuEw0k6igCZET4aFqHieDZfCktrYV46QSfkb2WIa6SZ0QWLMnERHt8bUsHyfMJ7jvT6Y-3LEFjM/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354882948493186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTPsQXXLe5rX-cyeQhXmVwWiU79HSu4PuGeG_ytDU0tPoj7ikdZuKxz3Jed6_bI0_HuEw0k6igCZET4aFqHieDZfCktrYV46QSfkb2WIa6SZ0QWLMnERHt8bUsHyfMJ7jvT6Y-3LEFjM/s400/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">China has commenced its first commercial flight to Taiwan at 4 july 2008 after 6 decades. Have you every wonder when is Malaysia first flight to Taiwan? Well, according to the cover as above, the first flight to Kaah Siong, Taiwan by Malaysian Airline was as at 1 April 1991. Please note that it was coincidently at April Fool Day!!</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdH0F7905Zj3Edt75ukO2Gn4jf4ND_CLRc8GWgz0csMhyphenhypheneIMyRCE4ys8MTaXZBimQq8KpUx-8_pB8YTBLrzq4Wx9U5ZVgee2NbtsxxoxMwZuxDnYY1jOKjy0s8L7DOL4U9iYCkCTGdOQ/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+cancellation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354751060671666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdH0F7905Zj3Edt75ukO2Gn4jf4ND_CLRc8GWgz0csMhyphenhypheneIMyRCE4ys8MTaXZBimQq8KpUx-8_pB8YTBLrzq4Wx9U5ZVgee2NbtsxxoxMwZuxDnYY1jOKjy0s8L7DOL4U9iYCkCTGdOQ/s400/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+cancellation.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>"Special First Flight Cancellation"</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_trocxfhppKU_a7neXkLclnIlzu9wsqbi3cLiaglFq1GGZ-3jFdbQEpUv4ccgGmcYGNm7BaN5DO8H25T5zeN_uuUpq-wfYvMT3rmetIRY5cgn2EXsHucz_9hDjpC5wKb6SQh9jdQUZTQ/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+Back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354642692419474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_trocxfhppKU_a7neXkLclnIlzu9wsqbi3cLiaglFq1GGZ-3jFdbQEpUv4ccgGmcYGNm7BaN5DO8H25T5zeN_uuUpq-wfYvMT3rmetIRY5cgn2EXsHucz_9hDjpC5wKb6SQh9jdQUZTQ/s400/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+Back.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>"Received cancellation from Taiwan"</p><p align="justify">As usual, the first flight cover ("FFC") has got the first flight pictorial cancellation from MAS and also the return cancellation from taiwan at the back. </p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwnVgdjXZrfGGE2liPTXgS-6FyQn7FqVBCAgADflOn1HnLpwNinIZyHCbAa6DMarlsTVCXcokO5pUZEM8t7hbSsKiB01Esb23a4bt6sRhk5xe_Si4wLgxy0GZy2BpPWbVFGr80GJf6mY/s1600-h/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+Dragon+Tiger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224353748903705266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwnVgdjXZrfGGE2liPTXgS-6FyQn7FqVBCAgADflOn1HnLpwNinIZyHCbAa6DMarlsTVCXcokO5pUZEM8t7hbSsKiB01Esb23a4bt6sRhk5xe_Si4wLgxy0GZy2BpPWbVFGr80GJf6mY/s400/1991+FFC+KL-KhohSiung+Dragon+Tiger.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"></a>How often did you look at a stamp/cover and have the feeling "ah!! I have been there!!". Well, this FFC showing the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas reminded me of the sweet memories we (me and my girlfriend - who is now my wife) had when we pay a visit to Taiwan.</p><p align="justify">No joke!! I have really been there. See the picture below:</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy7Kiuycvp1coUSvP-FIfCHOADrmaPNT232105CKQE9JgKx32fqNfYDP7-G7KlxZUfafQhvcB0sKDZyB4uTP3EKCDVeHoIymMkM3QSVIdDNOyGsOqE_TDM-1De3tR77kXA9SCxfQb-0A/s1600-h/Long+Hu+Ge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354470975529186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy7Kiuycvp1coUSvP-FIfCHOADrmaPNT232105CKQE9JgKx32fqNfYDP7-G7KlxZUfafQhvcB0sKDZyB4uTP3EKCDVeHoIymMkM3QSVIdDNOyGsOqE_TDM-1De3tR77kXA9SCxfQb-0A/s400/Long+Hu+Ge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">Me and the girl of my life having a picture in front of the pagodas. We are so in love back then (and still is now) and everything around us just become sooo... magically beautiful. The pagodas is situated in the Lotus Lake. The dragon's throat is the entrance and the tiger's mouth is the exit. Entering a dragon's throat and coming out a tiger's mouth symboilizes turning bad luck to good fortune. Inside, paintings depict China's 24 most obedient sons as well as scenes of heaven and hell to inspire people to do good deeds during their lifetime, and to provide threatening examples of retribution for wrongdoing </p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGV6GSzlOJY4tISqE5cNzdNgQl7cZQ0NEpHt_t8x2dVkwB2BxKv4FD2Zj1zOBfgn0XDdnfIfY-CodyqdCjdIxKZf4hFWW8Om8scvF7mvi-64qvsQ7NresvQCfU7LE5RotXjpTocA5Uc0/s1600-h/Tiger+Mouth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354306817897778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGV6GSzlOJY4tISqE5cNzdNgQl7cZQ0NEpHt_t8x2dVkwB2BxKv4FD2Zj1zOBfgn0XDdnfIfY-CodyqdCjdIxKZf4hFWW8Om8scvF7mvi-64qvsQ7NresvQCfU7LE5RotXjpTocA5Uc0/s400/Tiger+Mouth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We came out from the tiger mouth!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvq74gZVSBfmlZpbajxFuZkg44Ky5iV9xwMZIsOgCe2Lbpgrxr4kopTP2UIISVF11O-DM6i0ra5Yb36mqefNriZLnKhYrWE6Lck_sNNN49Xx5Rv0rJw5JqeJMCrQq5ibZop457UbSSbw/s1600-h/Chun+Qiu+Ta.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224354158912081170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvq74gZVSBfmlZpbajxFuZkg44Ky5iV9xwMZIsOgCe2Lbpgrxr4kopTP2UIISVF11O-DM6i0ra5Yb36mqefNriZLnKhYrWE6Lck_sNNN49Xx5Rv0rJw5JqeJMCrQq5ibZop457UbSSbw/s400/Chun+Qiu+Ta.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify">About 700 meters to the north of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas are Spring and Autumn Pavilions (which can be seen at the pic above). These two pavilions are dedicated to Kuan Kung, the God of War, the Spring and Autumn Pavilions were completed in 1951. In front of the pavilions is a statue of Kuanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, riding a dragon. According to legend, Kuanyin appeared above the clouds riding on a dragon, signifying that believers must erect an image depicting this event between "pavilions of summer and autumn": The present-day structures are a result of this vision.<br /><br />Wau, this is the first time in my blogging history where I have showed my real face. Hope you don't find me exceptionally handsome and fall in love with me, or another way round.<br /><br />Till next time, hope you are happily in love, blessed with good health and good fortune!!</p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-28301044954732177972008-07-10T03:07:00.000-07:002008-09-12T06:13:31.999-07:001986 YMCA Exhibition<div align="justify"><u>1986 YMCA Stamp Club Stamp Exhibition</u><br /><br /></div><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2420258109_685499cd1f_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2420258109_685499cd1f_o.jpg" border="0" /><br /></a><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">Another 3 very interesting exhibition covers. These 3 covers were issued to commemorate the YMCA Stamp Club Exhibition in Penang from 5th to 7th December 1986. The event was held in YMCA Hall in Macalister Road, Penang (the current full address is 211, Jalan Macalister, 10450 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia).<br /></p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">All 3 exhibition covers are affixed with the state definitive flower series stamp and cancelled with the daily exhibition pictorial cancellation. Each day have a different theme:</div><p>5 Dec - Stamp Club Day: To promote YMCA Stamp Club and attract more member<br /><br />6 Dec - Stamp Collecting Day: To promote stamp collecting hobby.<br /><br />7 Dec - Pesta Pulau Pinang Day: To promote Penang tourism. Pesta Penang is often held in December month where fun park is set up for public to enjoy the fun. </p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ymcapg.com/images/about_clip_image002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 6px; display: block; width: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://www.ymcapg.com/images/about_clip_image002.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="center">"Original YMCA Emblem"</p><p align="justify">YMCA actually stand for "Young Men's Christian Association". The above is their original emblem. First, there is a double circle. One circle is for the completeness and unity of life relating to the universe and to all the laws of nature. The second circle has the symbolism of a wedding ring-friend, love without end among individuals. Within these two circles the rest of the emblem is placed. They are the Greek letters Chi Rho. These are the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ and are themselves the emblem of early Christianity.</p><p align="justify">There is the double triangle:The large triangle stand for the trinity within the Godhead; that of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and represents the complete cooperation and unity between them in trying to show the world the true way of life.The second triangle stands for the trinity within men – that of the spirit, mind and body. Here there is where part of our work fits in, that of developing the life of youth into the fullness of growth. And then in the centre is the Bible, the Holy Scriptures, open to Christ’s intercessory prayer; the Gospel of John, the 17th Chapter and the 21st verse which reads: </p><p align="justify">“THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE; AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US; THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAST SENT ME.”<br /></p><p align="justify">YMCA is originally open to cristian only. However, it is now also open to non-christian. Thus, the emblem has also changed to the below:</p><p align="justify"></p><p align="center"><img src="http://www.ymcapg.com/images/productshow.jpg" /></p><p align="justify">The RED TRIANGLE with the three equal sides is the well-known YMCA symbol. It represents the equal development of the person SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY.</p><p align="justify">In 1986, YMCA Stamp Club prove to be a active club by holding such a meaningful stamp exhibition. However, the club has now ceased to exist. The only club which still exist currently in YMCA penang are Amasteur Radia Club, Ballroom Dance Club and Toastmasters Club.</p><p align="justify">YMCA always put in effort in ascertain the well-being of the society. They are a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating and promoting the spiritual, mental, physical and social development of individuals thereby making them responsible citizens of our country. YMCA seek to transcend all divisions and barriers of class, race, sex, nationality and political opinion through our various programs i.e. recreational and social programs, youth programs to direct the youth towards healthy recreational activities.</p><p align="justify">Lastly, I conclude this blog by dedicating this song to all of you:</p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F3iiquyf82s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F3iiquyf82s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p align="justify">"Village People - YMCA (Original Music Video)"</p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203338144726751966.post-7654615570891476602008-06-23T09:29:00.000-07:002008-06-23T10:17:22.410-07:001985 Perak Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition<div align="left"><u>1985 Perak Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition</u><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnWr_ibQfAw7ikV95tMu13Dc3m3CqLgw1adKDWkdN5cwBiZVEWGQhG6otC7SoBcVkJvlc8mMQ_1dj6IZ-8o05vIAiEjYSzZfrar0nQixZ3uuYT80nO-EZ-hOWsOFGxGdK6DdH2tw7QiM/s1600-h/1985+Persatuan+Philatelik+dan+Numismatik+Perak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215115354580970226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnWr_ibQfAw7ikV95tMu13Dc3m3CqLgw1adKDWkdN5cwBiZVEWGQhG6otC7SoBcVkJvlc8mMQ_1dj6IZ-8o05vIAiEjYSzZfrar0nQixZ3uuYT80nO-EZ-hOWsOFGxGdK6DdH2tw7QiM/s400/1985+Persatuan+Philatelik+dan+Numismatik+Perak.jpg" /> <p align="justify"></a><br />This is another exciting cover for a Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition held in Ipoh, Perak in 1985. The exhibition is held in Tun Razak Library, a very well known landmark in Ipoh town. See below for a picture of the magnificant structure.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaIhv1KJRy7poRwKBMsL3ow_yjAtWJ76WP_d6UJfSxqa3LA7Qoqjs4GkrH3PCj_8wjWwR9x1Vb38q-1N6_g_fLiWJFGqZbwS6bHjKZkWNmQ1iYtXu5kyQbL8uM8b6lhScXA_h96ytK2I/s1600-h/library3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215117101782274146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaIhv1KJRy7poRwKBMsL3ow_yjAtWJ76WP_d6UJfSxqa3LA7Qoqjs4GkrH3PCj_8wjWwR9x1Vb38q-1N6_g_fLiWJFGqZbwS6bHjKZkWNmQ1iYtXu5kyQbL8uM8b6lhScXA_h96ytK2I/s400/library3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a>"Perpustakaan Tun Razak, Jalan Kelab, 30000 Ipoh"</p><br /><p align="justify">The word "numimastic" may sound very foreign for a lot of people. But is actually mean "coins" in Greek. Numimastic is the scientific study of currency and its history in all its varied forms. While numismatists are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also includes a much larger study of payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods. Lacking a structured monetary system, people in the past as well as some today lived in a barter society and used locally found items of inherent or implied value. Early money used by primitive people is referred to as "Odd and Curious", but the use of other goods in barter exchange is excluded, even where used as a circulating currency (e.g., prison cigarettes). The Kyrgyz people used horses as the principal currency unit and gave small change in lambskins. The lambskins may be suitable for numismatic study, but the horse is not. Many objects have been used for centuries, such as conch shells, precious metals and gems.</p><p align="justify">Today, most transactions take place by a form of payment with either inherent, standardized or credit value. Numismatic value may be used to refer to the value in excess of the monetary value conferred by law. This is also known as the "collector's value" or "intrinsic value."</p><p align="justify"><u>Stamps and Its "Value"</p><p align="justify"></u>Stamp, in many ways, mimics the numimastic development process. It is a product perceived to have its "value", due to a guaranteed postal services to be provided by the Post Office. But in modern time, do stamp still have a "value" in prepaying for postal services?</p><p align="justify">For business level, most of our corporate/comercial letter does not use stamp anymore. They have used machine cancellation in replace of the process of pasting stamp on each letters they are to send. For individual level, letter writing are replaced by SMS and email. The used of stamp in letter posting had significantly less as compared to 10 years ago (where handphone and internet are still at their baby stage). With lesser stamp being used in daily life, kids from the 80's can not associate them as "hobby". Face it!! kids nowadays don't brag about having more stamps. They brag about having PSP or tons of kills they got from a DOTA game.</p><p align="justify">Is philatelic a dying hobby? Perhaps. . . But it is still my greatest fun at the current moment.</p><p align="justify">PS: if you don't know what is a "PSP" and "DOTA", you are either pretty old, or getting too off-track with the Y-generation.</p>Syeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12766825618535390045noreply@blogger.com0