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| Key: | 1550   |
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| Group: | British |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issued: | 139 Stamps / end of 1999 |
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Area - 8,184 sq.km; Capital - Kuala Lumpur
A Sultanate and Federated State, located on the west coast of the Malay
peninsula. British protectorate from 1874. Between 1896-1941 was part of the
FEDERATED MALAY STATES, under Japanese occupation during World War II (1941-45)
and reoccupied by the British army in 1945. >From 1948 part of the
MALAYAN FEDERATION and since 1963 within Malaysia.
Stamps issuing started in 1878, very low production, about 7 in a decade issued
by the federation of MALAYSIA. |
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S overprinted on stamps of Straits Settlements
SELANGOR overprinted on stamps of Straits Settlements
SELANGOR
MALAYA and arabic script
MALAYA SELANGOR
PERSEKUTUAN TANAH MELAYU SELANGOR
MALAYSIA SELANGOR
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| Currency |
100 Cents = 1 Dollar
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Federated Malay States
Malayan Federation
Malaysia
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