Malaysia Stamp & Philately Reference Guide

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Coronation of Sultan Ismail


+ Issue Date     : 10/02/1960
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Commemorative
+ Printer        : Hélio Courvoisier S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
+ Printing       : Photogravure
+ Watermark      : Unwatermarked
+ Perforations   : 11½
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Horizontal

Sultan Ismail Al-Khalidi ibni Ibrahim Al-Masyhur, KBE, CMG, was the 23rd Sultan of Johor in Malaysia.

Tunku Ismail was born on 28 October 1894 at Istana Semayam, Johor and was the eldest son of Tunku Ibrahim (later Sultan Ibrahim) by his first wife, Sultanah Ungku Maimunah binti Ungku Abdul Majid. He was made the Tunku Mahkota of Johor on 2 November 1895, when Tunku Ibrahim was installed as the Sultan of Johor following Sultan Abu Bakar's death.

He was crowned at Istana Besar, Johor Bahru on the 10 February 1960 and was the last Johor Sultan to be officially crowned.

STAMP STRUCTURE
 
10
سين
CENTS
PERSEKUTUAN TANAH
MELAYU
JOHORE جوهر
   
كمهكوتأن سلطان اسماعيل 10 فيبرواري 1960
CORONATION SULTAN ISMAIL 10 FEBRUARY 1960