File:MYS-MA 1954 MiNr0034 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Malacca/Melaka (British Malaya); 1954; definitive stamp of the so-called "Coconut Issue"; stamp drawing with a cameo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with view to left flanked by two coconut palms; stamp postmarked in Malacca (Melaka City), 1955
Stamp: Michel: No. 34; Scott: No. 35
Color: brown lilac
Watermark: Malacca No. 1 (= Malaysia No. 4) (multiple St.Edwards crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 10 C (Cents)
Postage validity: from 1 July 1954 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.5 x 22.0 mm
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Author Postal administration for British Malaya
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This work is in the public domain in Malaysia because either its term of copyright has expired, or the work is legally exempted from copyright.

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Picture description Cameo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with view to left flanked by two coconut palms
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration for British Malaya
Design Leonard Vincent Phillips (1876-1954) (engraving)
Printer "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company", New Malden (probably as outsourced production from De La Rue)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 17½ : 18
MICHEL Nr. Malaysia (Malacca), Nr. 34
SCOTT Nr. Malaysia (Malacca), No. 35

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