1985

30 March 1985: 25th Anniversary of the Malaysian Parliament

This FDC was cancelled in Kuala Lumpur.

01 June 1985: 100 Years of KTM

This FDCs were cancelled in Kuala Lumpur.

09 July 1985: Proton Saga

This FDC was cancelled in Shah Alam.

05 September 1985: Silver Jubilee of the Reign of DYMM the Sultan of Selangor

This FDC was cancelled in Shah Alam.

This FDC was cancelled in Kuala Lumpur with an inlaid Pewter Commemorative Medallion.

This FDC was cancelled in Jalan Sultan. If you read the whole cancellation, it comes up to Jalan Sultan, Selangor.

14 September 1985: Opening of Penang Bridge

Cover 1 was cancelled in Pulau Pinang. The opening of the Penang Bridge was actually changed from 15 September to 14 September 1985. As the blank covers were very quickly sold out (in those days covers are sold earlier than the stamps), a reprint of the envelopes with the new date of issue on the second print brochures were released to the public.

Cover 2 is an extra special cover with the cancellations from Gelugor (the location of the bridge on the island), Pulau Pinang (the island’s official normal cancellation), Perai (the location of the bridge on the mainland) and the Pulau Pinang philatelic pictorial cancellation. Cover 2 is getting scarce as the available covers in the market are very quickly snapped up.

There are suspected forgeries of the circular cancellations with the “SEP” spelt as “SEPT” for “PERAI” and “UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA” cancellations.

Here is a comparison of the original brochure and the second print brochure. The original brochure is common throughout Malaysia. The second print brochure is common in Penang but uncommon outside of Penang. This is possibly due to the stocks being diverted to Penang due to the heavy demand.

04 November 1985: Petroleum Production in Malaysia

This FDC was cancelled in Kuala Lumpur.

This FDC was cancelled in Port Dickson.

This FDC was cancelled in Kuantan.

This FDC was cancelled in Kuala Terengganu.

This FDC was cancelled in Kuching.

This FDC was cancelled in Miri.

This FDC was cancelled in Kota Kinabalu.

09 December 1985: Installation of DYMM the Sultan of Perak

This FDC was cancelled in Ipoh.

This is an interesting FDC cancelled in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. Notice the different date stamps? The difference is not just in the size but the language on the dates (Malay language on the left and English language on the right).