Feb 6, 2012

Malaysia's Stamp Issues Schedule for 2012

Dear friends,

I would like to share the tentative dates and issues for Malaysia's Stamp for 2012. If any of my readers are interested with any issue, do drop me a mail prior to the issue date. As always, I will be glad to have friendly exchanges.

ThemeDate Issue
Legacy of the Loom 12.01.12
Thur
IFNGO (Yes To Life, No To Drugs) 21.03.12
Wed
Underwater Life 21.03.12
Wed
Installation of 14th DYMM SPBYDP Agong 24.04.12
Tues
National Definitive Series 15.05.12
Tue
World Gas Conference 2012 4.06.12
Mon
Aromatic Plants 21.06.12
Thur
Traditional Trades 12.07.12
Thur
Malaysian Festivals Series 2 2.08.12
Thur
Unity Series II 9.10.12
Tue
Postman's Uniform 9.10.12
Tue
Woodpecker 22.10.12
Mon
Children's Theme ( Hobby ) 5.11.12
Mon

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PHILATELY: I'm Back for Good

WOW.. its been almost a year since I last blog about anything here. I'm truly very sorry for disappointing all my blog followers. Anyway, I'm back and hope to update everyone with my humble thoughts of the philatelic world today.

As for me, I've made alot of key decisions on my beloved passion here. I've finally decided to fully focus on my Eagle collection and hope to come up with an exhibit soon. In addition, I'm trying to keep up with my 1965 Malaysia Bird variety collection. As such, I can be more focus and more importantly, spend my money wisely. LOL.

However, for my beloved cover collector pals, I'm still very much interested with my Bird Covers. Can't let go of that though.

As i'm more focus than ever, appreciate if my readers will let me know if you have any duplicate materials on Eagles. I'm especially interested with postal stationery, postal history, covers, etc. I can always return the favor with Malaysian materials else paying via paypal is always another option for me.

Philately RAWKZZ no matter what happens...


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Mar 3, 2011

AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Champion (28-02-2011)

Pos Malaysia Berhad issued a special collection of stamps and first-day covers to commemorate Malaysia's success in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. The stamps include 2 designs with 60 sen denomination. Apart from that. a folder and First Day Cover was issued carrying a price tag of RM5.50 and 30sen

Info:

Sheet Content :10 Stamps (Design A), 8 Stamps (Design B)

Paper :SPM Watermarked, Phosphor Coated

Printing Process :Lithography

Printer :Percetakan Keselamatan Sdn Bhd

Stamp Designer :Reign Associates Sdn Bhd


Stamps

FDC

Full Sheet

Folder

Before I forget, KUDOS to the young Malaysian team. Its been very long since we tasted success. Hopefully this will be a stepping stone towards greater success in the future.

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Feb 24, 2011

Stamp Fair at National Museum (26-02-2010)

There will be a stamp fair on 26th February 2011 at our National Museum. The event is from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Activities include stamp exhibition, stamp exchange among collectors, and not forgetting dealers will be present during the event

For any inquiries, kindly contact:
  1. En Zainal Ariffin 019-6175396
  2. Kalsom/Leda/Liyana 017-3709413
I truly appreciate the Government's effort to recognize philately and more importantly promoting philately. Truly a big Kudos and hats off to them. With this, I hope that philately activities in Malaysia will gain more recognition and maybe one day we could have our own International Stamp Fair. :)

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Feb 12, 2011

Malaysia's Stamp Issues Schedule for 2011 - Tentative

Dear friends,

I would like to share the tentative dates and issues for Malaysia's Stamp for 2011. If any of my readers are interested with any issue, do drop me a mail prior to the issue date. As always, I will be glad to have friendly exchanges. LOL...

Theme Date Issue
Children's Pet18.01.2011
Highland Tourist Spot 21.02.2011
Local Spices 03.03.2011
Bujang Valley 11.04.2011
Royal Palace 11.05.2011
Ladybird 16.06.2011
Traditional Dramas 11.07.2011
Rare Monotypic Limesstone Flowers 08.09.2011
Post Boxes 09.10.2011
Aromatic Plants (Stamp Week) 14.11.2011
World Children's Day (Unicef) 01.12.2011
Installation of Sultan Johor TBA
Installation of Sultan Kelantan TBA
30th Anniversary IFNGO TBA
100 Years MMCTBA
Malaysia-Indonesia Joint Issue TBA

* Please take note that all this is subject to change as MCMC has yet to officially endorsed this list.

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Feb 4, 2011

PSM Stamp Fairs - Tentative Dates

Above are the tentative dates for the 2011 PSM Stamp Fair. Over the years, I can see that the number of dealers are definitely growing and its really good news for local philatelist. I truly hope we can have a World Class Stamp Fair very soon.


Last but not least, truly hope all of my friends especially locals would fully support the stamp fairs. Cya there!!!!

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Feb 3, 2011

My First Maxicards for 2011

Maximaphily has definitely been the latest craze of philately. To be frank, I was rather skeptical at first but after much persuasion from friends, I finally decided to give it a try. You know what; its really very interesting and challenging. Getting the right postcard to match the stamp is definitely no easy matter.

Below are my first maxicards for 2011:
I have to agree its not the best but I thought the the rabbit's colour and patches are rather similar. However, the image of human in the card would be more appropriate.

I prefer this maxicard even though I had to sacrifice the ms to make this maxicard. Sadly, a mistake if you notice. OMG, I'm definitely still very amateur. I should have use the stamp to close the word ''HARE". That would definitely been better.

Anyway, I'm really hoping to make more maxicards in the near future and hopefully maxicards of much better quality. Definitely will need help from the experts hence all advice is truly appreciated.

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2011

"GONG XI FA CAI"


Happy Chinese New Year 2011 to all my dear friends. Wish all of you a prosperous new year and May God bless you and your family always.

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Feb 2, 2011

28th Edition ISC Catalogue

Its been quite a while since I last blog and Im very sorry for disappointing my readers. It has been a tiring month for me as I was caught up with a lot of work. Finally manage to have some time for philately as its the Chinese New Year holidays. Not too sure what I should blog about but I guess I should take this opportunity to introduce the latest ISC Catalogue (28th Edition).


Yes, I'm sure most of us prefer SG, Scot or Michel but this is a really good and lets not forget very affordable catalogue for Malaysian collectors. I wouldn't rate it as the best catalogue but I'm sure its good enough for at least beginners.

For those who want a copy of this Catalogue, you can get it from International Stamp & Coins Sdn Bhd for RM76. PSM members are entitled for discount. LOL.

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Jan 22, 2011

Highland Tourist Spot (21-02-2011)

Pos Malaysia Berhad will be issuing a special collection of stamps and first-day covers with regards to Highland Tourist Spot on 21st February 2011. The stamps include 4 designs with 50 sen, 60 sen, 90 sen, and RM1 denomination. Apart from that, a a set of 4 official maxicards will be also issued.

Four Highland Tourist Spot has been chosen and they are,
  1. Kundasang, Sabah
  2. Gunung Mat Cincang, Langkawi, Kedah
  3. Cameron Highlands, Pahang
  4. Bukit Bendera, Pulau Pinang

If you asked me, I definitely love this set of stamps though they have nothing to do with Birds of Preys. LOL. Wonderful designs and I'm looking forward to make some private maxicards.



PS: For those who are interested with this issue, kindly drop me an email. I would love anything with regards to Birds of Prey.

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Jan 17, 2011

Trash Mail???

When I saw the newspaper today, I was rather shocked and disturbed by this picture:

Definitely a sad sad scenario in Malaysia. Isn't there any more appreciation for postal services? I truly hope this will never happen again. Though i have to agree that our postal services still needs improvement but this is NO WAY how we treat them.

Anyway, the person who took this picture was actually awarded RM50; what irony?


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Jan 16, 2011

Cover From China


Sorry for I rarely have time to prepare any write-ups or posts as I'm currently very very busy with my work. Project is reaching its end phase and alot of ad hoc work is going on. LOL

Anyway, to keep the post going, I would like to share a simple yet beautiful cover from China. This is actually a pre paid cover hence a genuine postal stationery. I simply love the current philatelic scene in China where they have access to so many postal stationeries from prepaid covers to prepaid postcards. Not to mentioned, all the themes in the world; truly a haven for thematic philatelists. KUDOS to China for providing an avenue for all type/level of collectors and philatelist. I truly appreciate the effort.

Hopefully, Malaysia could be like that one day. Lets revive the greatest hobby ever, STAMPS!!!

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Jan 11, 2011

Children's Pet (18-01-11)

Pos Malaysia Berhad will be issuing a special collection of stamps and first-day covers with regards to Children's Pet on 18th January 2011. The stamps include 3 designs with 60 sen, 80 sen, and RM1 denomination. Apart from that, a ms with RM5 denomination will be also issued.

Please take note that this will be the first issue for 2011 and its great that there are rabbit for both the stamp and ms as 2011 is the year of the rabbit. I'm very sure the Chinese community truly appreciates POS Malaysia's efforts. Though appreciate that the stamp designers used a retro theme for this issue but it felt abit weird as the children in the stamps truly does not resemble Malaysians. LOL

Stamps 3v
MS

PS: For those who are interested with this issue, kindly drop me an email. I would love anything with regards to Birds of Prey.

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Jan 7, 2011

Bird Cover From Romania

I would like to start my 2011 post by sharing a beautiful raptor cover from Romania. Simply love this cover especially the beautiful ms with clear CDS postmark.

2010 has been a very good philatelic year for me; not because I got some rare materials but rather because I met so many good friends along the way. Glad to have known all of you and hopefully we will have many more friendly exchanges.

For friends who are waiting for my reply, please forgive me as I will only be sending covers out this week as December is always a very busy month for me. Thanks for understanding.

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Dec 28, 2010

Stamp Exhibition (15 Dec 2010 - 15 Mar 2011)

A stamp exhibition is held from the 15th Dec 2010 to 15th March 2011 at the National Museum of Malaysia. Frankly, I have no clue what is being exhibited as I didn't know about it until recently. It was rather a surprise but I'm happy that the Government has taken the effort to ensure philately will be an evergreen hobby in Malaysia. I'm sure with a joint effort form all sectors, Philately will make a great comeback in Malaysia.

For those who are interested, please refer to the map below:

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Dec 27, 2010

Registered Cover From Myanmar

A lovely registered FDC from Myanmar. I love the cover very much as its a genuine FDC posted from Myanmar. I guess all philatelist will love covers from Myanmar. In addition, the ms is cancelled correctly. What do I mean?

Not all will agree with me but if you ask my opinion, I believe a ms has to be cancelled both on the stamp (refer to the CDS) and on the cover itself (refer to the blue cancel). This is because you can always used a CTO on the cover and if you ask me that is not genuine. Franking a cover with CTO is practiced in many countries even in Malaysia. Though many collectors/philatelist take lightly of this scenario, I tend to appreciate if friends could put 2 cancels on a ms.

I would like to know what others think about this? Please comment.

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Dec 26, 2010

Bird Cover From Vietnam


A lovely postal Bird cover from Vietnam and thanks to my dear friend Myron for remembering me. I guess this is the true spirit of philately; connecting through covers no matter where we are. Again, thank you very much and looking forward to many more friendly exchanges.

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Dec 24, 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


Christmas is here once again and what more to share if not a cover reflecting the spirit of Christmas. However, over the years I realized Christmas has become more of a commercial festive season rather than a day to remember that Christ came to the world and died for our sins. I would like to stress that Christmas is definitely not about Santa but its solely about Christ our Lord.

"For God so loved the world,
that He gave his only son
that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish,
but have eternal life" John 3:16

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A little something I came across and would like to share with all my friends:

Jesus is Better than Santa


Santa lives at the North Pole.

JESUS lives in you.

Santa rides in a sleigh

JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.

Santa comes but once a year

JESUS is an ever present help.

Santa fills your stockings with goodies

JESUS supplies all your needs.

Santa comes down your chimney uninvited

JESUS stands at your door and knocks.. and then enters your heart.

You have to stand in line to see Santa

JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.

Santa lets you sit on his lap

JESUS lets you rest in His arms.

Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, What's your name?"

JESUS knew our name before we did. Not only does He know our name, He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.

Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly

JESUS has a heart full of love.

All Santa can offer is HO HO HO

JESUS offers health, help and hope.

Santa says "You better not cry"

JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you.

Santa's little helpers make toys

JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions.

Santa may make you chuckle but

JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.

While Santa puts gifts under your tree

JESUS became our gift and died on the cross.

It's obvious there is really no comparison.

We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.

We need to put Christ back in Christmas.

Jesus is still the reason for the season.


May the Lord Bless and Watch over you and your loved ones this Christmas 2010

And may He prosper and bless the work of your hands in the New Year.


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Dec 23, 2010

Bird Cover From South Korea


A lovely Bird Cover from South Korea depicting penguins. Simple love the clear postmark and very need cover. Again, its clear that using small covers is the best option for cover collectors. Moreover, keeping them is much easier. I'm definitely looking forward to more Bird Covers from South Korea.


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Dec 22, 2010

Cover From Nigeria

This is my first cover from Nigeria and I truly love it alot. Yes, not a bird cover but I guess I can't complaint too much as its definitely not easy to get modern covers from Nigeria. Looking forward to more covers from Africa and if possible, please help me complete my bird covers from Africa.

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