Malaysia

Malaysia is a country extending from the Malayan peninsula (duh) and beyond to parts of the island of Borneo. It was formed by the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo/Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore. Singapore became independent in 1965.  File:Malaysia map.jpg|1963 12c first issue File:Malaysia bird defin.jpg|1965 50c bird definitive File:Malaysia coin.jpg|1971 50c bank; we warned you that Malaysia did odd things with stamp formats. File:Malaysia water plants.jpg|from the 2002 water plants set File:Malaysia sea cucmber.jpg|2019 60s food (sea cucumber) 
 * Its first stamps were issued in September 1963. Perak state was allowed to issue one stamp that year.
 * That same year, it issued a Commonwealth and Parliamentary Association set in diamond-shaped format, starting a tradition of Malaysian stamp issues in unusual formats.
 * In 1965, bird design definitives were issued.
 * At the same time, the individual states began issuing their own stamps in a common design. They are inscribed MALAYSIA and include the name of the state (sometimes tiny) and its monarch or arms.
 * Beginning in 1997, the currency name on stamps was permanently changed from c or ¢ to "sen".
 * In 2001, year dates were added to stamps.

Malaysian states
The individual states continue to issue their own stamps as well as using Malaysian stamps.  File:Sabah 1965 flowers.jpg|the 15c 1965 states design File:Selangor butterflies.jpg|the 6c 1971 states design File:Sabah orchids.jpg|the 30s 2018 states design; as for earlier states issues, the arms indicate this is a state issue and not just a Malaysian commemorative 

The states are/were:
 * Johore
 * Kedah
 * Kelantan
 * Malacca
 * Negeri Sembilan, formerly Negri Sembilan
 * Pahang
 * Perak
 * Perlis
 * Pulau Penang, formerly Penang
 * Sabah
 * Sarawak
 * Selangor
 * Singapore, independent since 1965
 * Trengganu
 * Wilayah Persekutuan

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