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25 April: Installation of His Majesty the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin; 25 April: Special Edition - Their Majesties Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (Series I) 17 May: Aquatic plants of Malaysia; 27 June: Tropical Birds Malaysia-Singapore Joint Issue; 31 July: Islands and Beaches of Malaysia; 24 August: Malaysian Unity
Yang's catalogue is one of the three stamp catalogues published by Yang's Philatelic Trading Co. Hong Kong: Yang's Postage Stamps and Postal History Catalogue of Hong Kong Ming Yang, Tak Yang (25th ed 2018) Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of The People's Republic of China (Liberated Area) Nai-Chiang Yang, 1998, 7th edition
The first stamps of the Federated Malay States began in 1900, when the stamps of Negri-Sembilan and Perak were overprinted "Federated Malay States". In 1901, a series of stamps of 12 denominations was issued, showing a jumping tiger or an elephants. Stamps of the same designs continued were issued until 1934 in a large number of varieties.
The first revenue stamp issued in the Straits Settlements was an East India postage stamp overprinted S.S. in a diamond. Only about 20 copies are known to exist of this stamp, making it very rare. On 1 April 1867, the Settlements became a British Crown Colony and so Indian revenues were issued overprinted with a crown and a new value in cents.
An 1898 £1 revenue stamp of Western Australia Revenue stamps on smuggled tobacco seized by the British tax authorities.. A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, and many other things.
Per the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory (2nd nomination), entries in this article are to be moved to Wikimedia Commons. Please refer to the AfD discussion for more information.
In 1910 new stamps appeared with values of $25 and $500 (although available for postage, their more usual use was fiscal). George V replaced Edward VII on stamps beginning in 1912, reusing the frames and replacing only the vignettes. These stamps were overprinted in 1922 to mark the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition.
Penny Black – World's first postage stamp; Penny Blue – Trial printings from a penny black plate; Two pence blue – Issued for second rate step, at the same time as Penny Black; VR official – First official stamp; Prince Consort Essay; Penny Red – Improved follow-ons to the Penny Black; Archer Roulette – Experimental separation of stamps