Malaysia Stamp & Philately Reference Guide

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National Butterfly Definitive Series


+ Issue Date     : 31/08/1970
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Definitive / General Issue
+ Designer       : Victor Whiteley
+ Printer        : Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Limited
+ Printing       : Lithography
+ Watermark      : Unwatermarked
+ Perforations   : 13 x 13½
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Vertical
The first four values, 25c. to 75c., were issued on 31 August 1970 and the other four on 16 November 1970. They were printed in 300-screen, four-colour lithography, cyan, yellow, magenta and black in sheets of two panes of 100, 10×10, on unwatermarked paper and comb perforated 13.1×13.6

The paper was white fluorescent coated. The ink used was glossy, and did not take postmarks well.