Kelantan

Kelantan is a state of Malaysia on its eastern coast.

Malay State
 File:Kelantan Ibrahim 8c.jpg|8c Sultan Ibrahim definitive. 
 * Kelantan's first issue arrived in 1911. The design was reissued with script CA watermark beginning in 1921.
 * In 1922, stamps were overprinted MALAYA / BORNEO / EXHIBITION.
 * An engraved stamp with the portrait of Sultan Ismail was released, one in 1928, another in 1933.
 * Beginning in 1937, a series with a larger portrait was first released.
 * Omnibus issues for the Silver Wedding (1948), UPU (1949), and coronation (1953) followed the occupation issues.
 * Meanwhile in 1950, Sultan Ibrahim definitives were issued.
 * In 1957-63, pictorial definitives were released.

Occupation issues
Japan occupied all of Malaya, 1941-45.
 * In 1942, the 10c definitive was overprinted with a boxed handstamp in Japanese characters.
 * Also in 1942, definitives were surcharged in two ifferent styles, each with a different personal seal struck as a control.
 * In 1943, Kelantan was given to Thailand and a provisional set of 5 was released.





Malaysia

 * In 1965, the orchids definitive set was released.
 * In 1971, butterfly definitives were first released, 4 values reissued in photogravure in 1977.
 * In 1979, flower definitives were issued.
 * In 1980, the Sultan Tengku Ismail Petra installation set was released
 * In 1986, the agriculture and arms definitives were issued; there are perf varieties.
 * In 2007, a new flowers and and arms issue was released.
 * In 2008, a Sultan Abdul Halim commemorative set was issued. It was reissued in 2016, perf 14.
 * In 2018, a new flowers definitive set was released.

 File:Kelantan orchid.jpg|1965 5c orchids. File:Kelantan butterflies.jpg|1971 5c value. File:Kelantan flowers.jpg|1979 10c flowers. 

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