Originally Posted by Terpe
Just Checked my stamp collection and have all of those stamps too
What a coincidence
I have hardly any stamps from Philippines other than those I purchased myself.
Ian Hislop said on last week’s " Have I got News for You " that " most things excite stamp collectors ".
You may also be familiar with these stamps, commemorating the Coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937 ( similar sets being widely issued elsewhere, as for Gibraltar ), just before the definitive sets were issued ( 1937 - 1941 ) :-
Independence Day ( Merdeka ) for the Malayan Federation was declared by the first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman on 31 August 1957. On that day the Federation became an independent member of the British Commonwealth :-
This first day cover commemorates a centenary of stamps in 1967, the first having been issued by the Straits Settlements ( then consisting of Malacca, Penang and Singapore ) in 1867 - thirteen years after the first Philippines stamps!
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