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I miss you …
Perhaps this youngster is dreaming of its mother. Most likely. Unused Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/77. Grade: 1
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Wish you’re here!
Unused 5″ x 7″ Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/78. Grade: 1
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Do you know? Orang utan
Unused 5″ x 7″ Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/147. For the benefit of all the search engines, Pongo Pygmaeus. Grade: 1
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Kavadi Carrier
As we can attest from personal experience, Thaipusam can be a colourful and intense vision. This card, mailed from Malaysia in 2014, with stamp and postmark, only hints at what happens. Grade: 1
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Orangutan – Largest Aboreal (sic) Ape – Thinking of You
Unused card with “Greetings from Sabah” on the back. Grade: 1
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A Rhinoceros hornbill caught in flight
Unused card 781 from the Association for Intellectually Disabled Children in Sarawak. Grade: 1
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Johor, Desaru View Hotel
Mailed in 1990, this card has all the requisites: clean, stamp, postmark. Grade: 1
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I came, I saw. I conquered – Mount Kinabalu
As we also know, the mountain itself sometimes conquers. This is Low’s Peak (4095m), on an unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-311. Grade: 1
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Sepilok, Orang-utan: I am desperately in LOVE with you
Unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-274 explaining the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre at Sepilok, Sabah. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 013
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker (final digits 013) placed there during distribution. The scientific name of this fellow is Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 003
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker placed there during distribution. The scientific name of this fellow is Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 017
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker (final digits 017) placed there during distribution. Grade: 1
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Discovering Sabah – Mount Kinabalu
This unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-244 shows Sacrifice Pool on the summit plateau. Getting up there was hard. Getting down was harder. Grade: 1
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The City of Kota Kinabalu
Unused card NH-220, 5″ x 7″, unused. Grade: 1
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Discovering Sabah – Mabul Island, Semporna
Unused card NH-257, 5″ x 7″, unused. Grade: 1
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Johor, Ayer Hitam
Two available cards, mailed in 1991. They have stamps and partly legible postmarks but were folded in half horizontally. Grade: 4
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Sabah, Kundasang War Memorial, aerial view
The memorial was built in the 1950s, and is located quite near to Mt. Kinabalu. Unused 5″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
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Sabah, Kundasang War Memorial, multiple views
The memorial was built in the 1950s, and is located quite near to Mt. Kinabalu. Unused 5″ x 7″ card, and two are available. Grades: 1
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Greetings from Sabah, Thinking of you …
Unused card OP-8 from 2011. Grade: 1
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Mount Kinabalu MK115
Unused 5″ x 7″ card MK115 of “the Highest Mountain in the South East Asia”. Grade: 1
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Been there, Done that
Unused 5″ x 7″ card SHC/PC/129 from the Sabah Handicraft Centre. If we may observe, you’re unlikely to be able to tick all those boxes in one visit. Not impossible, but you’ll be worn out. Grade: 1
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Johor, Ayer Hitam
Two cards are available, both mailed in 1991. One is clean, with Melaka stamp and nearly full postmark (Grade: 2, $4.50). The other has a Negeri Sembilan stamp but mostly illegible postmark and also some smudging on front (Grade: 3, $3.50).
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Rinago, Rungus Handicrafts
Unused, 5″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
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Oil Palm Plantation
Mailed in 1993 with two different stamps and blue “Mel Udara” label and full if blurry postmark. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur, National Sports Complex
As the caption in English informs, “Venue to the 1998 16th Commonwealth Games … the Main Stadium at the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil is able to accommodate 100,000 spectators. Yacine card 38508, unused but with a small amount of handling. Grades: 1-.
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George Town Street Art
Mailed in 2015, with stamp and P. Pinang postmark. Grade: 1
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Traditional Houses in Borneo
Larger (5″ x 7″) unused Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/127 from 2013. The houses are identified in the English caption on the reverse. A minor bump on one edge. Grade: 1-
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Borneo, multiple views
Larger (5″ x 7″) unused Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/101 from 2013. The scenes are identified in the English caption on the reverse. A minor bump from handling, on one edge. Grade: 1-
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Peoples of Borneo
Larger (5″ x 7″) unused Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/64 from 2007. The peoples are identified in the English caption on the reverse. A minor bump on one edge. Grade: 1-
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Family Pride
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Grade: 1
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Sabah Orchid
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Grade: 1
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Banyan Tree V
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Grade: 1
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Johor Bahru, sunset at government building
Two cards available, both mailed but with lots of postmark smudging and also folded in half. Grade: 5
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Contemplation
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Grade: 1
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Siesta
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Grade: 1
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Long Jegan’s Daughter
Unused 5×7 card from a series by Ramsay Ong. Long Jegan, by the way, is a village in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Grade: 1
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Cameron Highlands, Sungai Palas Tea Estate D028
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and readable postmark. Minor postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Kota Tinggi waterfall
Three cards in virtually identical condition are available: mailed 1991, stamp, partly legible postmark, clean fronts. Grades: 2
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Sarawak, Orang Ulu people
Unused “Scenes of Sarawak” card #751 from Association for Intellectually Disabled Children. Note that “Elongated ear-lobes are a traditional mark of beauty among the Orang Ulu people of Sarawak”. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Sarawak
Unused card, with the odd bonus of having a drawing of a butterfly along with “Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park” on the reverse. Last time we checked, K.L. was quite far from Sarawak. Grade: 1