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Traditional Melaka house
Unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ Sepia Collection card #SP-030. Grade: 1
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Tailor
Another from this (presumed) Malaysian Sepia Collection series (#SP-018) where the card does not otherwise specifically state “Malaysia.” Unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1
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Mobile bakery in Malaysia
“Have bread will travel” on this unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ Sepia Collection card #SP-029. Grade: 1
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Penang shophouses
Unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1
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Melaka, Stadhuys
Unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card of a structure built in 1650 for Dutch governors. Grade: 1
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Key-cutting
Unused, 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card from The Sepia Collection (#SP-002). Grade: 1
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Melaka, Ramada Plaza, famosa lounge
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Hinduism
Unused Sepia Collection card SP-003. Grade: 1
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Malaysia is a melting-pot
Unused Sepia Collection card SP-005. Grade: 1
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A typical roadside newsagent
Unused Sepia Collection card SP-012. Grade: 1
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Watchmaker
Unused Sepia Collection card SP-014. Grade: 1
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Penang, trishaw
Unused Sepia Collection card SP-017. Grade: 1
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Langkawi, Tanjung Rhu Resort, dining
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, red Via Air Mail chop, and some postal bumping around the corners. Grade: 2
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Georgetown (Penang), fishing village
Mailed in 1991 with Kedah stamp and illegible but heavy postmark. Grade: 2
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Giant leatherback turtle
Two unused cards from the 1980s, sponsored by Salem, are available. One is Grade: 2 ($2) and the other slightly better at Grade: 1 ($3) (We must verify availability). -
Street in Penang
Iconic old, unused card. Appropriately aged, and otherwise clean. A nice and worthwhile addition to postcards of old Malaya. Grade: 1
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Kangar, Masjid Alwah
Mailed in 1990 with a Kedah stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur, National Mosque
Two of these GW 114 cards are available, each mailed in the early 1990s, with stamp and indistinct postmarks. Aging but clean. Grades: 1
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Penang Bridge by Night
C.T. Fong Fascination Series card, unused, but that’s the only good thing to say about this. Extremely heavily aged and stained on the reverse. Grade: 5
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Melaka, A Famosa
Unused, but heavily aged and handled. Grade: 3
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Penang, Chingay Procession
Unused card, and you might compare this with our other entry 20316394. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur, multiple views
Mailed in 2019 with stamp and full, clear postmark. Grade: 1
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Batu Caves, Lord Murugan
Mailed a few years ago, with large stamp, obscured postmark, and blue bilingual Mel Udara label. Grade: 1
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Penang’s famous Char Kuei Tiao
Actually the real thing is delicious and looks better than it does in this photo, but the card itself is in good shape, mailed in 2014 with stamp and Melaka postmark. Grade: 1
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Penang, Rasa Sayang Hotel’s beach
We once watched a seabird fly over this beach and drop a dead fish onto people lying on a towel there, and that more or less sums up our memories of this spot. The card itself, mailed in 1982, is in no better condition. Grade: 5
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Desaru Holiday Resort
Despite our many years in Malaysia, we never got to Desaru. We should have made the effort. This card was mailed in 1982, with stamp and some overlapping postmarks. That spot you see in the clouds above the centre panel is a thumbtack hole. Grade: 4
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Beach
The only good thing to say about this card with its generic beach scene is that it still has the stamp from when it was mailed in 1981. Along with the stamp, however — at least not through it — are several thumbtack holes. Grade: 5
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Kota Bharu, Bulatan Wakaf Siku
A “Bulatan” is a traffic circle (roundabout) and so it is, on this card mailed maybe in 1980 (complex postmark) whose stamp is there, along with a thumbtack hole. Grade: 4
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Malacca
In fact the total caption on this unused card is “Malacca, Malaya”, suggesting that it was printed before 1963 — when Malaya became Malaysia. That’s a complicated story for another time and place. Grade: 1
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Winnowing Rice
Captioned as “Malaya”, so this unused card pre-dates 1963. Grade: 1
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Tin Dredge
Another card captioned as “Malaya”, so produced before 1963, but note the sticker on the upper right corner. Grade: 5
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Tin Mine
From the series of unused pre-1963 “Malaya” cards. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, on an unused mid-century card. Grade 1
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Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves
“Daily visited by sightseers” (a massive understatement, particularly during the Thaipusam festival), Batu Caves may be one of KL’s primary tourist attractions as well as a deeply religious site for Hindus. Unused “Colourful Malaya” card SL-615 (22675) with a bit of age foxing on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Captioned in English and Chinese, the facility shown on this unused card goes back several generations. Grade: 1
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Perak, Taiping Lake
Unused, pre-1963 (“Malaya”) card captioned in English and Chinese. Grade: 1
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Rubber Tapping
Close-up of a procedure unchanged in Malaysia since the beginning, on this unused pre-1963 (“Malaya”) card 5180B. Grade: 1
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Removing Latex from Rubber Tree
Unattributed, unused pre-1963 card (“Malaya”) 34476-B. Grade: 1
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Tin Dredge
Unused B&W card published before 1963 (“Malaya”). Grade: 1