KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia, in collaboration with WWF-Malaysia to raise awareness on Malaysia’s endangered big cats, introduced a new stamp collection of its theme.
The new collection featured four stamp designs of Malayan tiger
(Panthera tigris jacksoni), leopard (Panthera pardus), Sunda clouded
leopard (Neofelis diardi) and clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) which
are considered the most endangered species of wild cats in Peninsula
Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak.
“We are happy to work with WWF-Malaysia to create awareness as well as
educate the public on the alarming decline of these endangered species.
“As this is the first time Pos Malaysia is issuing this kind of theme,
we hope that the stamps will inspire the public to get involved in
efforts to address the conservation needs of not only big cats but other
endangered animal species in Malaysia,” said Pos Malaysia stamp and
philatelic division head Yasmin Ramli.
Yasmin said WWF-Malaysia had contributed by providing descriptions of
the animals provided in the brochures and also by selecting and
producing the best pictures to be used for the special edition stamps.
The last stamp collection by Pos Malaysia of this year will issue the
60 sen stamp for Leopard, 80 sen for Sunda clouded leopard and clouded
leopard.
This collection will also feature a miniature sheet with the design of
Malayan tiger in RM3 denomination and other philatelic items like First
Day Cover and accompanying collectors' folder at 50 sen and RM5.50 each.
All of the items can be purchased at all Pos Malaysia outlets starting from Monday.
The new Pos Malaysia stamp collection on cats. NSTP/Khairull Azry Bidin.
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