Malaysia Stamp & Philately Reference Guide
  1957-1962 Malaya Definitive Series
Definitive Series - Butterflies (Raja Syed Putra)  

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Definitive Series - Orchids


+ Issue Date     : 15/11/1965
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Definitive / General Issue
+ Designer       : Alec Frederick Fraser-Brunner
+ Printer        : Harrison & Sons, Limited
+ Printing       : Photogravure
+ Watermark      : PTM (Upright)
+ Perforations   : 14½
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Horizontal
2¢, 6¢, 15¢ and 20¢ exist with PVA gum and gum arabic.
41
Vanda hookeriana
1 cent
a
Flaw: Caterpillar
b
Flaw: Line Through Petal
c
Flaw: Dot under 'A' of 'VANDA'
d
Flaw: Black Dot on Flower
e
Flaw: Black Dot on Top Petal
f
Flaw: Black Dot Besides Top of Character
g
Broken Character
h
Flaw: Black Spot on Petal Above 'VANDA'
42
Arundian graminifolia
2 cent
a
Flaw: Black Dot Besides Top of Character
b
Broken Character
43
Paphiopedilum niveum
5 cent
a
Flaw: Short Stroke in '¢'
b
Flaw: Joined 'A' & 'P' of 'PAPHIODILUM'
c
Dot Under '5'
d
Flaw: Dot Under 'H' of 'PAPHIOPEDILUM'
e
Flaw: State Inscription
f
Flaw: Black Dot Besides Top of Character
g
Black Printing Shifted Down
44
Spathoglottis plicata
6 cent
45
Arachnis flos-aeris
10 cent
a
Flaw: Short Stroke in '¢'
b
Flaw: Black Dot Besides Top of Character
c
Broken Character
d
Red Dot Under Branch
e
Black Omitted (Country's Name & Portrait)
f
Imperforated Pair
46
Rhyncostylis retusa
15 cent
a
Black Line Flaw
47
Phalaenopsis violacea
20 cent
a
Brown Blotches
b
Flaw: Black Dot Besides Top of Character