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マライ << 1943年(昭和18年) ~ 1944年(昭和19年) >> 7-5-19

Occupation stamps 16 (Malay 1) Issued from 1943-1944

Occupation stamps 16 (Malay 1) Issued from 1943-1944 In February 1942 (Showa 17), after the fall of Singapore, the military administration department was established, and immediately after that, postal services began. Malaya (Malaysia) used different stamps for each state, so the military administration used stamps with the "Malay Military Administration Post Office Stamp" stamped on local stamps in various places without being able to unify the occupied stamps. Was. Regular stamps were manufactured and issued by the Japan Cabinet Printing Bureau in 1943 (Showa 18). Those stamps became ineffective at the end of the war in August 1945. * Osamu Imai, "100 Years of Japanese Stamps", Nihon Yushu Shuppan, 1978, P168-169 Reference