Malaysia Stamp & Philately Reference Guide

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General Issue - Sultan Abdul Hamid


+ Issue Date     : 30/06/1937
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Printer        : Waterlow & Sons, Limited
+ Printing       : Intaglio / Recess
+ Watermark      : Multiple Script CA
+ Perforations   : 12½
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Vertical
Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah or 'Sultan Sir Abdu'l Hamid Halim Shah II ibni Ahmad Taj ud-din al-Mukarram Shah KCMG, (4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 25th Sultan of Kedah. He reigned from 1881 to 1943. He was the son of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah and Wan Hajar.