Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-10)

Discover ancient rainforests, meandering streams, cascading waterfalls and pristine lakes. Blessed with year-round sunshine and rain, Malaysia is endowed with natural wonders.

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-09)

Malaysia is a melting pot of cultures. Renowned as a unique nation with multi-enthnic groups living in peace and harmony, Malaysia offers a profusion of colourful festivals and celebrations.

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-08)

It's love at first sight when you're in Malaysia. Love its cultural heritage, traditional wedding ceremonies and breathtaking sights. Make Malaysia your wedding or honeymoon destination.

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-07)

Experience traditional Malaysian hospitality. Experience staying at a rustic Kampung or village. Experience our "homestay" programmes.

You can find it Kampung style "homestay" at the Island of Malaysia like Langkawi Island, Pangkor Island, Redang Island, Tioman Island, Port Dickson, Labuan...

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-06)

Mingle with the jostling crowd and join in the excitement of haggling at the night markets or pasar malam. Alternatively, enjoy the comforts and convenience shopping in huge air-conditioned malls. It's all here in Malaysia.

Recommended Shopping Mall:

- At Kuala Lumpur Area:  

KLCC, Pavillion, Sungai Wang, Lot 10, KL Plaza, Mid Valley, Sunway Piramid

- Night market at Kuala Lumpur: 
ChinaTown "茨厂街", Pasar Malam at Taman Connaught (Most favorite visit of local)

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-05)

Despite its tropical climate, Malaysia is home to a number of hill stations. Enjoy the charming cottages and cool winds in these relaxing holiday retreats.

Recommended places: 

Cameron Highland, Genting Highland, Gunung Pahang

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-04)

Whether it's architectural marvels or fine works-of art, Malaysia's diverse cultures offer a wealth of heritage that is unique and truly Asia.

Most properly we can visit the Museum of Malaysia to find the Malaysia tradition. And even you can buy your those tradition item as souvenir at the hottest tourist market - Centre Market "Pasar Seni" in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-03)

Journey through Malaysia and savour the best of Asia's culinary fare. From the spicy to the succulent, this food paradise offers an assortment of delights to tempt your palate.

Favorite local food and beverage of Malaysia:

"Satay" with peanut sauce, "Kuih-muih", "Nasi ", Malay style grill chicken, "Fu Yong" fried egg, Rendang Chicken, "Nasi Lemak" coconut rice, "Sirap Bandung" - local drink...

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-02)

Bask in the beauty of Malaysia's breathtaking shores and vibrant undersea attractions. Tropical paradise getaways await you in Malaysia.

Malaysia - by Tourism Malaysia (TM-01)

Sipadan is one of the top 5 destinations in the world where you can explore the colorful treasures of the sea.

Free PostCard by Tourism Centre Kuantan, Pahang

 Present by Tourism Centre Kuantan, Pahang

Many thanks to the Lady who working in the Tourism Centre Kuantan, yesterday (20th May 2010) I actually was trying my luck to look for some PostCards in town, it has been many times I asked those Stationery Shops & Book shops around Kuantan, but shot no bird!! Finally I passing  the Tourism Centre, and I got present by the Office Lady who working there, thanks so much to "Ms Lady". Hope to see you soon...

PostCard: Malaysia
Content: 10pcs PostCard in a Holder
Printer: Printing by Malaysia Tourism
Size: Width 150mm, Length 15mm

Thanks for "Ms Lady"

CA-100610, Julie - Canada

A surprised from postcrossing friend. I'm so appreciate that received this tigber issue stamp & postal card from you.

 

Special thanks to Julie Elliott

• Country: Canada
• Date of Issued: 8th January 2010
• Miniature Sheet: Embossed
• MS Face Value: 70 cents
• Condition: New 

Above Tiger stamp from Canada sent to here Seremban, N.Sembilan, this stamp & postal card came with cover, attached with my favorite ship stamps especially the BlueNose ship.

• Cancellation: 8th April 2010
• Status: Canada to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia        

 Special  Thanks to Julie Elliott

Malaya - Invitation Card

I used to travel and looking for those special stuffs especially this kind of old card.

Card: Invitation Card
Printer:  Personalized printed

Status: From Malacca to Batu Pahat, Johor (In between state of Malaysia) 

Sent Date: 9th June 1962, 7.45am

Remark: after Malaya Independence became Malaysia, but still using Malaya stamp that time.

Discovery: bought it in November 2009, at the ChinaTown Flea Market (茨厂街的老鼠街) in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur

Great Britain - H.M. Queen Elizabeth

 Present by WL (Kuantan, Pahang)

May 2010

My favorite card with Queen Elizabeth's photograph.

PostCard: London, Great Britain
Printer:  Valentine & Sons Ltd.

Status: Unused

Discovery: Present by collector

Great Britain - H.M. Queen Elizabeth (The Royal Family of Balmoral)

 Present by Uncle Tou (Kuantan, Pahang)

16th May 2010

My favorite card with Queen Elizabeth's photograph.

PostCard: London, Great Britain
Printer:  Valentine & Sons Ltd.

Status: Unused

Discovery: Present by collector

Edinburgh, Great Britain - Old PostCard

Another my lovely collection...

PostCard: Scotland, Great Britain
Printer:  Valentine & Sons Ltd.

Status: From Edinburgh, Great Britain to Germany

Sent Date: 30th May 1959

Discovery: bought it in 2009, at flea market in Bangkok, Thailand

 THE FORTH BRIDGE

The labor of 5,000 men (day & night) for seven years, opened March 1890. Cost over 3,000,000 pound. Length 1 1/2 miles. 2 spans 0f 1710 feet and 2 of 690 feet . Height 361 feet.

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of central Edinburgh. It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge. The bridge connects Scotland's capital city with Fife, and acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. Described as "the one internationally recognised Scottish landmark", it may be nominated by the British government to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in SCotland. The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. It is currently the longest cantilever bridge in the world for rail transport (second longest cantilever bridge in the world after the Quebec Bridge).

Belgium - Unused PostCard

 

I love this card so much which designed with black and white. I bought it from Bangkok, Thailand flea market in 2009 . Looks like new, but not sure whether it is old card or not...

Fuji, Japan - Old Unposted PostCard

Once again another Lovely collection, it is same status as below mentioned, but the card is from Japan, an old style Fuji view card.

I guess this person(my father's friend) might be staying Malaysia during 60's, might be those card brought back when traveling oversea most possible I guess.

PostCard: Japan

Status: Unposted but written

Year: belong to 60's, 27/7/64 stated on card.

History: Found in my father's "James Bone Bag"-- a hardcase bag

Jarkata, Indonesia - Old Unposted PostCard

Here again another Lovely collection, it is same status as below mentioned

PostCard: Indonesia

Status: Unposted but written

Year: belong to 60's, base on the date written on card (a greeting during chinese new year)

Sender: A chinese named as attached above (expected an Indonesian chinese friend who closed with my father)

History: Found in my father's "James Bone Bag"-- a hardcase bag

Indonesia - Old Unposted PostCard

Lovely collection, my father don't collect anything, I could remember those cards were found and kept since earlier I steped in secondary school, which means already transfered belong to me more than 17 years old, those were discovered (** because my father never eyes on it even keep it in "James Bone Bag"--a hardcase bag... haha) recently when I tracking back my old stuffs, I really curious how come those cards are written but Unposted?! if posted then it will proof with stated mark. 

PostCard: Indonesia

Status: Unposted but written

Year: belong to 60's, base on the date written on card

Sender: A chinese named as attached above (expected an Indonesian chinese friend who closed with my father)

History: Found in my father's "James Bone Bag"-- a hardcase bag

China - Ji Chang Garden 寄畅园

This old PostCard was found in a hardcase bag of my father long time ago, but unfortunately my father couldn't recall how's it came from?!
However it is good to find what's the picture bring to viewer.

Ji Chang Garden is located inside Xihui Park, east side of Hui Shan, east side of western suburban of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. It's close to Huishan Temple. Jichang Garden is a famed Chinese classical garden in South China, and it was claimed as a national protected location of historical and cultural relics on 13 January 1988. Xiequ Garden (谐趣园) inside the Summer Palace and Guo Ran Da Gong (廓然大公) (or, Double-Crane House 双鹤斋) in Yuanming Yuan in Beijing both imitated Jichang Garden.

Vietnam - Brazil Churrascaria Restaurant

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 ~ Advertisement PostCard from Vietnam~

An unused card which I found at home, I believe was my sister brought back from Vietnam during the last trip in 2009.

Jasmine Chin - Malaysia

1st ~ Kuala Lumpur Railway Station ~

 Sent 01-10-2009, Cancellation on 02-10-2009

2nd ~ A Famosa Castle built in 1511 by the Portuguese, damaged during the Dutch invasion ~

 Sent 16-09-2009, Cancellation on 17-09-2009

Thanks for Jasmine Chin (Johor Bahru), sent to Bangkok Thailand

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station (Malay: Stesen Keretapi Kuala Lumpur) is a train station located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site, the station was Kuala Lumpur's railway hub in the city for the Federated Malays States Railway and Malayan Railway (Malay: Keretapi Tanah Melayu), before Kuala Lumpur Sentral assumed much of its role in 2001. The station is notable for it architecture, adopting a mixture of Eastern and Western designs.
The station is located along a road named Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, previously known as Victory Avenue, which in turn was part of Damansara Road. The station is located closely to the similarly designed Railway Administration Building, as well as the National Mosque and Dayabumi Complex. The Pasar Seni LRT station is located 400 metres away, across the Klang River.

KKKhor - Malaysia

1st ~ Ipoh, Capital of Perak ~

 Sent 12-10-2009, Cancellation on 13-10-2009

Thanks for KKKhor (Ipoh Perak) , sent to Bangkok Thailand

http://kkkhor.blogspot.com/

Sent from Malacca to Negeri Sembilan

~ A Famosa Castle built in 1511 by the Portuguese, damaged during the Dutch invasion ~

  Sent 06-03-2010, Cancellation on 08-03-2010, Received 11-03-2010

http://711collection.blogspot.com/

A Famosa (Malay: Kota A Famosa), or "The Famous" in Portuguese, is a fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only remaining part of the fortress still standing.

The name is often mispronounced as /ei/ Famosa, even among Malaysians (as though the Portuguese definite article "a" were the letter "A" in the English alphabet). A more accurate pronunciation would be /ɑ/ Famosa (approximating 'ah').

In 1511, a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and successfully defeated the armies of the Malacca Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains, Albuquerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the sea.Albuquerque believed that Malacca  would become an important port linking Portugal to the spice trade from China. At this time other Portuguese  were establishing outposts in such places as Macau, China and Goa, India in order to create a string of friendly ports for ships heading to China and returning home to Portugal.

The fortress once consisted of long ramparts and four major towers. One was a four-story keep, while the others held an ammunition storage room, the residence of the captain, and an officers' quarters. Most of the village clustered in town houses inside the fortress walls. As Malacca's population expanded it outgrew the original fort and extensions were added around 1586. The fort changed hands in 1641 when the Dutch successfully drove the Postuguese out of Malacca. The Dutch renovated the gate in 1670, which explains the logo "ANNO 1670" inscribed on the gate's arch. Above the arch is a bas-relief logo of the Dutch East India Company.

The fortress changed hands again in the early 19th century when the Dutch handed it over to the British to prevent it from falling into the hands of Napoleon's expansionist France. The English were wary of maintaining the fortification and ordered its destruction in 1806. The fort was almost totally demolished but for the timely intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, who happened to visit Malacca in 1810. Because of his passion for history, this small gate was spared from destruction.

Carol L. Ligda-Wong - USA

1st ~ Mackinac Bridge, sent out during the Mackanic Bridge Walk, with Zodiac Cow stamp ~

Sent 07-09-2009

2nd ~ Mackinac Bridge, Total length 5miles ~

Sent 07-09-2009,  
special cancellation "Mackanic Bridge Walk Station", Machine Cancellation

The Mackinac Bridge, is asuspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S.state of Michigan. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was completed only after many decades of struggles to begin construction. Designed by engineer David B. Steinman, the bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") connects the city of St.Ignance on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south. It is the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957, ending decades of the two peninsulas being solely linked by ferries. At 8,614 feet (2,626 m), the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.The length of the bridge's main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and twelfth longest worldwide. 

Total length 26,372 feet (8,038 m)

Width 68.6 feet (20.9 m) (total width)

Height 522 feet (159 m)

Bridge Walk
The Mackinac Bridge Walk has been held each year since 1958, when it was led by Governor G.Mennen Williams. The first walk was held during the Bridge's Dedication Ceremony held in late June, and has been held on Labor Day since 1959. Thousands of people, traditionally led by the Governor of Michigan, cross the five-mile (8 km) span on foot from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City since 1964. Before that, people walked the Bridge from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace.

Paul Choong - Taiwan

Sent 01-10-2009, Cancellation on 02-10-2009
~ The Cable Bridge of the Kao-Ping stream 高屏溪斜张桥 ~ 

Marilyn Monroe PostCard

anyone could help me to translate this Japanese Language? ... I really interesting to know what's the content writting.

Johan - Belgium

~ Antwerpen, Belgium ~

Sent 17-09-2009

Thanks for Johan Ockerman!!

http://johanpostcards.blogspot.com/

Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 (as of 1 January 2008) and its total area is 204.51 km² (78.96 sq mi), giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,449 km² (559 sq mi) with a total of 1,190,769 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008. The nickname of inhabitants of Antwerp is Sinjoren, after the Spanish word señor, which means 'mister' or 'gent'.
Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury of the Dutch Revolt. It is located on the right bank of the river Scheldt, which is linked to the North Sea by the estuary Westerschelde.

Posting at Kuantan, Malaysia

~ The Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur, Paku-Pakis stamp 2010 ~

Sent 1st April 2010 (April Fool Day),
Cancellation on 1st April 2010

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building is located in front of the Dataran Merdeka - literally the Independence Square - and the Royal Selangor Club, by Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The structure takes its name from Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.

History

It was designed by A.C. Norman and built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. A.C. Norman spent time in Africa and saw Muslim mosques in India which led him to use Moorish architecture in the building's design. In 1945, when World War II ended, Britain resumed control again, but Malaya's independence movement had matured and organized itself in an alliance under Tunku Abdul Rahman. When the British flag was finally lowered in Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Square in 1957, Tunku became the first prime minister of Malaya.

In front of the building is the Dataran Merdeka (or Merdeka Square). It was here, the Union Jack flag was lowered and the Malayan Flag  hoisted for the first time at midnight on August 31, 1957. The Dataran Merdeka was officially opened on January 1, 1990, in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 1990.

The Merdeka Square symbolized British sovereignty as it was a cricket ground for the colonial administrators and fronted the Royal Selangor Club, Malaya's most exclusive whites-only club.

In 1961, Abdul Rahman mooted the idea of the establishment of "Malaysia", which would consist of Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, all of which had still been British colonies. The reasoning behind this was that it would allow the federal government to control and combat communist activities, especially in Singapore. It was also feared that if Singapore achieved independence, it would become a base for Chinese chauvinists to threaten Malayan sovereignty. To balance out the ethnic composition of the new nation, the other states, whose Malay and indigenous populations would cancel out the Chinese majority in Singapore, were also included.

A 95-meter flagpole, one of the tallest in the world, marks that spot with a flat, round black marble plaque. It is located at the southern end of the square.

To mark the occasion on the morning of Merdeka Day, Thousands of spectators converge on the city to watch the colourful parade along the streets of the city and performances held at the Merdeka Square. Each state will be represented, as are the many ethnic groups that comprise multiracial Malaysia. The National Flag will be flown throughout the country, at office buildings, private homes and on vehicles. State shows, competitions and exhibitions will also be held in all states. This year, Malaysia celebrates her 53rd birthday.

During state occasions, coloured lights twinkle in the arches. The section of Jalan Raja is closed in order for the people to enjoy the night scenery of the area.

IT-79065, Irene - Italy

~ Dolomite, Italy ~ (IT-79065)    

Sent 19-03-2010

Cancellation on 20-03-2010

Thanks for Irene!!

(I'm glad that first time received Italy postcard)

The Dolomites are a section of the Alps. They are located for the most part in the province of Belluno, the rest in the provinces of Bolzano-Bozen and Trento (all in north-eastern Italy). Conventionally they extend from the Adige river in the west to the Piave valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). But the Dolomites spread also over the Piave river (Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave) to the east; and far away over the Adige river to the west is the Brenta Group (Western Dolomites); there is also another smaller group called Piccole Dolomiti (Small Dolomites) located between the Provinces of Trento, Verona and Vicenza.

One national park and many other regional parks are located in the Dolomites. In August 2009, the Dolomites has been declared natural heritage of the UNESCO

NL-312952, Zara & Stefan - Netherland

~ Hoorn, Netherland ~ (NL-312952)    

Sent 19-03-2010

Thanks for Zara (6years Old) & Zara's Father Stefan!!