Malaysia Stamps - Ornamental Fish - January 30, 2018 Issue

Keeping fresh water aquarium fish had been a childhood hobby. The 4 fishes shown are Harlequin rasbora, Pearl gourami, Malaysian Mahseer or Kelah or Wangbuliao which is an expensive edible fish too, and Golden Arowana kept for good fortune by business community and homes.

I visited 4 post offices in 3 states. PULAU PINANG - George Town General Post Office in Penang Island; TAMAN CHAI LENG in Penang Mainland as "CHAI LENG" sounds like "kim leng" - the Chinese Hokkein pronounciation of golden arowana; SUNGAI PETANI in Kedah as "Sungai" is "River" in Malay; and PARIT BUNTAR in Perak as "Parit" is "Drain or Canal" in Malay. Freshwater fish lives in rivers and drains/canals.

I also included the previous 2016 stamp issue of Seven Wonders of Malaysia's Flora & Fauna of Malaysian Mahseer (Kelah )to create hybrid FDC. Enjoy viewing.

Malaysia Stamps - Working Dogs (Year of Dog) - January 18, 2018 Issue

Awesome start in 2018 with this issue of Working Dogs (Border Collier, Belgian Shepherd, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, Labrador) to celebrate this lunar Year of Dog. I enjoyed creating different First Day Covers at Penang General Post Office and Dato Kramat Post Office for my own collection. This is the batch. Will upload more different versions later. Enjoy viewing.