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Persekutuan Tanah Melayu : Independence Day 1957 (Private Issue FDC)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Country
Federation of Malaya
Type
First Day Cover
Class
Commemorative
Front Inscription
PERSEKUTUAN TANAH MELAYU 10 CENTS MALAYA 31 AUGUST 1957 HARI KĔMĔRDEKAAN (INDEPENDENCE DAY)
Face Value
10 cent
Issued Date
31/08/1957
Postmark
31/08/1957
Postmark Town
Kampar
Designer
A. B. Saman
Printer
Waterlow & Sons, Limited
Printing Method
Intaglio / Recess
Gum
Gum
Watermark
A. B. Saman
Dimension
152 × 89 mm
Perforation Gauge
12½
Perforation Type
Normal Perforations
IN COLLECTION CONDITION
Preliminary
Normal
Condition
Used With Postmark - Very Fine
Persekutuan Tanah Melayu : Independence Day 1957 (Private Issue FDC)
Private Issued FDC
To celebrate independence day, plenty of privately issued first day cover were made along side with the official first day cover.
Postmark
Circular date stamp,
Recipient
It is strongly believed, the recipient was the sender.
31 August 1957 - Malaya Celebrates Independence
The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of power from Britain took place at midnight.Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which form the government, stood in darkness for two minutes at midnight to mark the official handover.
As the new flag of independence was raised they called "Merdeka" (freedom) seven times.
Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister-elect, who led the negotiations with the British for handover of power, was hailed as the Father of Independence.
Malaya will stay in the Commonwealth - and, as midnight approached, prime ministers of the member countries sent messages recorded in five continents.
The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said he hoped 31 August would long be remembered as a great and happy day in the continuing development of Malaya and the Commonwealth of Nations.
In his speech delivered at midnight, Tunku Abdul Rahman said it was the greatest moment in the life of the Malayan people. A new star had risen in the eastern sky - a star of freedom for yet another Asian people.
The new prime minister was educated at two British schools and graduated from Cambridge in 1925. Soon after World War II he went back to Britain to study law.
On his return to Malaya in 1949 he found a country eager for independence but also struggling with communist extremism.
He founded the Alliance Party in 1952 which brought together the ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians. The party won the 1955 general election with an overwhelming majority.
The Tunku became Chief Minister and ended the state of emergency - introduced after a wave of attacks carried out by mainly Chinese communists on mine-owners and plantations - and granted an amnesty to communist terrorists.
Last year he led the negotiations with the British which paved the way for independence.
The new Malayan head of state, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, will be officially installed on 2 September. He was chosen from among the rulers of Malay's nine hereditary states.
He will hold the post of head of state for five years when his successor will be elected.
The installation ceremony will be witnessed by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester who are flying in to represent the Queen.
To celebrate independence day, plenty of privately issued first day cover were made along side with the official first day cover.
Postmark
Circular date stamp,
KAMPAR
31AUG57 930AM
31AUG57 930AM
Recipient
It is strongly believed, the recipient was the sender.
Shop Huang Kee
No 142 Jalan Idris
Kampar
No 142 Jalan Idris
Kampar
31 August 1957 - Malaya Celebrates Independence
The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of power from Britain took place at midnight.Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which form the government, stood in darkness for two minutes at midnight to mark the official handover.
As the new flag of independence was raised they called "Merdeka" (freedom) seven times.
Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister-elect, who led the negotiations with the British for handover of power, was hailed as the Father of Independence.
Malaya will stay in the Commonwealth - and, as midnight approached, prime ministers of the member countries sent messages recorded in five continents.
The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said he hoped 31 August would long be remembered as a great and happy day in the continuing development of Malaya and the Commonwealth of Nations.
In his speech delivered at midnight, Tunku Abdul Rahman said it was the greatest moment in the life of the Malayan people. A new star had risen in the eastern sky - a star of freedom for yet another Asian people.
The new prime minister was educated at two British schools and graduated from Cambridge in 1925. Soon after World War II he went back to Britain to study law.
On his return to Malaya in 1949 he found a country eager for independence but also struggling with communist extremism.
He founded the Alliance Party in 1952 which brought together the ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians. The party won the 1955 general election with an overwhelming majority.
The Tunku became Chief Minister and ended the state of emergency - introduced after a wave of attacks carried out by mainly Chinese communists on mine-owners and plantations - and granted an amnesty to communist terrorists.
Last year he led the negotiations with the British which paved the way for independence.
The new Malayan head of state, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, will be officially installed on 2 September. He was chosen from among the rulers of Malay's nine hereditary states.
He will hold the post of head of state for five years when his successor will be elected.
The installation ceremony will be witnessed by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester who are flying in to represent the Queen.
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