Malaysia Stamp & Philately Reference Guide

1.

Overprinted 'Malaya-Borneo Exhibition'


+ Issue Date     : 03/1922
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Commemorative
+ Printer        : De La Rue & Co, Limited
+ Printing       : Typography
+ Paper          : Chalk—Surfaced Paper
+ Watermark      : Multiple Script CA
+ Perforations   : 14
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Vertical
Overprinted on stamps of Sultan Zainul Abidin III (issued in 1910-1919) and Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah (issued in 1921).

Numbers associated with respective stamp are the numbers of known sold stamps.

Known varieties:

a. Oval 'O' in 'BORNEO'
b. Thin first 'I' in 'EXHIBITION'
c. Small 'A' in 'MALAYA'
d. No stop
e. No hyphen
f. Raised stop in 'EXHIBITION'