Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Malaysia Stamp - Electric Train Service - March 20, 2018 Issue

As a regular train user, I visited the post offices of the train towns of Butteworth (Penang), Bukit Mertajam (Penang), Sungai Petani (Kedah) and Parit Buntar (Perak). More important, I bought ETS and Komuter train tickets issued also on March 20, 2018 to use as collage to create special first day covers for my own collection. In addition,  received a FDC mailed from Taiping. Enjoy viewing.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Malaysia Stamp - 100th Anniversary of Yu Hua School, Kajang - March 3, 2018 Issue

Created this set of First Day Covers at Penang General Post Office. Also use stamps and covers of two other Penang schools, Penang Free School 200th Anniversary (2016) and Chung Ling High School 100th Anniversary (2017) for some hybrid covers for my collection.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Malaysia Stamps - Rivers in Malaysia - February 27, 2018 Issue

In Malay language, sungai is river. As I could not visit Sungai Pahang, Sungai Kinabatangan and Sungai Rajang, I visited instead Sungai Petani Post Office (Kedah)and Sungai Bakap Post Office, Sungai Dua Post Office and Sungai Puyu Mini Post Office (all in Penang) to get First Day Cover and post office cancellations.

I included Thailand longest stamp as comparison too.

Also collected from others First Day Cover cancellations from Kuantan General Post Office and Kuching General Post Office. Enjoy river viewing.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Malaysia Stamps - Garden Flowers State Definitive Series Kelantan - February 13, 2018

Created these First Day Covers including variants using previous stamps issue and older First Day Cover at Pulau Pinang General Post Office.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

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.