Two pictures below are some of my Malayan stamps collection
The
first Straits Settlements stamps were issued in 1867, when the colonies
were finally under direct control of London, instead of Britain's office
in Calcutta. Straits Settlements-inscribed stamps were issued until the early 1940s; the colony itself ceased to exist in 1946.
Starting in 1900 and lasting until 1935, the four states of Negri
Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, and Selangor united as the Federated Malay
States. In 1935, the four states each began printing its own stamps again.
From 1948 to 1963, eleven Malay areas — Johore, Kedah, Kelantan,
Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, and
Trengganu — united as the Federation of Malaya.
Malaya achieved independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore on 16 September 1963, being added to give the new country the name Malaysia.
