Johore

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Johore, or Johor, is the southernmost state of Malaysia today.

Malay state
 File:Johore JOHORE. ovpt.jpg|1884 2c value, one of several fonts and styles. Note narrow "J" and stop/period. File:Johore san ser narrow ovpt.jpg|1884 2c value. Note san serif type and all narrow letters. File:Johore narrow ovpt.jpg|1886 2c value. Note narrow serifed letters. File:Johore JOHOR ovpt.jpg|1884 2c value. Note overprint as "JOHOR". File:Johore two CENTS.jpg|1891 2c on 24c surcharge. There are four types File:Johore 4c Abubakar.jpg| revenue cancel File:Johore 3c surch.jpg|1894 "3 cents" on 4c surcharge 
 * Johore's first stamp was a 2c brown Straits Settlements stamp with a five-pointed star and crescent overprint.
 * Between 1884 and 1886, various styles (fonts and sizes) of "JOHORE" overprints was issued. This was followed in 1884-91 by a number of "JOHOR" overprints also in various styles.
 * In 1891, JOHOR / Two / CENTS were surcharged on 24c Straits Settlements stamps in four different types.
 * In 1891-94, definitives with the portrait of Sultan Abubakar were released.
 * In 1894, "3 / cents" surcharges were created on four of the previous Abubakar values.


 * In 1896, the previous definitives were oveprinted KEMAHKOTAAN for Sultan Ibrahim's coronation. All values were also overprinted KE T AHKTAAN.
 * In 1896-99, definitives with the portrait of Sultan Ibrahim were issued.
 * In 1903, various surcharge followed.
 * In 1904-10, a new portrait design was released on single rosette watermarked paper.

 File:Johore KEMAHKOTAAN.jpg|1896 6c KEMAHKOTAAN overprint File:Johore Ibrahim 2c.jpg|1896 2c Ibrahim File:Johore full fac e 30c.jpg|1936 30c Ibrahim File:Johore sultan sultana.jpg|1935 8c File:Johore Sultan full face.jpg|1940 8c Ibrahim File:Johore beret.jpg|1952 5c definitive File:Johore mosque.jpg 

Postage due
 File:Johore 12c due.jpg|1938 12c value 
 * In 1938, numeral designs in the style of the Malayan Union were issued.

Japanese occupation
 File:Johore DAI NIPPON.jpg File:Johore occ 6c surch.jpg 
 * In 1942, framed overprints with Japanese characters were overprinted on Johore stamps.
 * In 1943, a vertical five-character overprint set was released.

Postage due
 File:Johore dai vert ovpt.jpg|1943 10c postage due 
 * In 1942, framed overprints with Japanese characters were overprinted on Johore postage dues.
 * In 1943, a vertical five-character overprint set was released.

Malaysia
 File:Johore orchids I.jpg|1965 1c orchids File:Johor butterflies.jpg|1971 1c butterflies File:Johor flowers.jpg|1979 1c flowers File:Johor agriculture.jpg|1986 10c pepper File:Johore flowers II.jpg|2007 20s value File:Johore wild orchids.jpg|2018 50s wild orchids 
 * In 1965, an orchids definitive set was released.
 * In 1971, butterfly definitives were released; six values reissued in photogravure in 1977.
 * In 1979, flower definitives were issued. Four values were reissued in 1984, with "JOHOR" in rounded type.
 * In 1986, the agriculture and arms definitives were issued, perf 12. Beginning in 1994, there were various other perf varieties issued.
 * In 2007, a new flowers and and arms issue was released, perf 14x13½. It was re-released in 2016, perf 14.
 * In 2018, a wild orchids set of definitives was issued.