Marine Life Themed Stamps Released
By Debbie Too

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Postal Services department have launched the first set of a series of jointly issued Brunei Malaysia stamps themed; Unique Ocean Life. The stamps were issued with the objectives to strengthening existing relations between Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia and as latest items for philatelists in both countries.

The Malaysian High Commissioner to the sultanate, His Excellency Datuk Ali Abdullah said, "We want to cooperate in as many areas as possible, whatever areas, ranging from economy to social health, to defence."

The stamps were launched at the Main Post Office in Bandar Seri Begawan, by the Deputy Minister of Communications, Dato Paduka Hi Yusoff Hj Abdul, Hamid.

The Postal Service Department said that this joint endeavour was to encourage the younger generations, especially schoolchildren to develop interests in collecting stamps. However, the department said that it was up to the parents to instil the interests in their children as collecting stamps can become one of the most popular hobbies. The Department is so set on promoting stamp collecting among children that it had set up a Standing Order Deposit Account (Soda Kid) which enables them to reserve the stamps that are about to be released.

The Official First Day Cover with the Bruneian-Malavsiar, themed stamps is being sold and distributed in both countries. Two kinds of the themed stamps entitled Ran Buntal Berintik and Bebakan Takat, are issued in Brunei.

Another two sets, titled Lea] Scorpion and the Siput Kurita Berkebuk, were released in Malaysia yesterday.

This first series of themed stamps called 'The unique sea life in Brunei and Malaysia', were designed by Ali Hj Abdul Ibrahim. The stamps come in denominations of $0.45 onwards.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

Click Here To Have Your Say On This Story

Brudirect.com News

Brunei's Fastest Growing Website with