Postal Services Dept releases new stamps

The Postal Providers Division underneath the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications issued a brand new set of 2024 definitive stamps yesterday together with the fortieth Nationwide Day celebration.

The brand new stamps is available in 9 denominations – 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, BND1, BND2, BND5, BND10, BND50 and BND100 – and in 9 colors.

The BND50 and BND100 stamp denominations have the very best worth and are being issued for the primary time all through the historical past of issuance of definitive stamps by the division.

The definitive stamps characteristic the portrait of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam throughout the Golden Jubilee celebration to mark His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne on October 5, 2017.

The stamp’s design is taken from the standard Brunei tenunan sample often called the ‘Arap Gagati Bunga Putar’ used throughout His Majesty’s coronation on August 1, 1968. The 9 colors of the definitive stamps had been obtained from the Division of Adat Istiadat Negara, representing the colors of the non-public flag of His Majesty and the royal household.

Seri Advanced Put up Workplace department supervisor Juliwati binti Haji Jumat stated, “This marks a milestone for the division. As members of the postal service, we didn’t anticipate that the brand new official stamps would additionally are available excessive values.

“The sale of those definitive stamps and first day covers (FDCs) are usually not commemorative stamps to mark the Nationwide Day however is the brand new manufacturing of our official stamps for postage. We’re taking this particular date to mark our new manufacturing of those official stamps.”

“The official stamps will probably be used for the traditional postal operations at a later date. For now it’s offered in a set to mark its new manufacturing after over a decade,” she stated.

“We hope extra folks will probably be interested by accumulating stamps not solely amongst adults but additionally youth and kids as stamps are nonetheless related. Juliwati hoped that there will probably be initiatives within the close to future to attract curiosity among the many youthful technology to have interaction in stamp accumulating by way of collaborations with the personal sector together with competitions and actions.

In the meantime, Haji Mohamad Hashim bin Haji Osman from Kuching, Malaysia was the primary individual to buy the FDCs and definitive stamps.

The 78-year-old was coincidentally in Brunei to attend a relative’s marriage ceremony and didn’t wish to miss the possibility to personal the FDCs of the brand new 2024 definitive stamps.

“I discovered {that a} new set of 2024 definitive stamps was launched in the present day to commemorate Brunei Darussalam’s fortieth Nationwide Day celebration. I felt lucky on with the ability to buy the brand new stamps. It’s a historic day for me,” stated Haji Mohamad Hashim.

“I’ve been accumulating stamps since I used to be 13. I now have over 100,000 items of stamps collected not solely from Malaysia but additionally from many overseas international locations comprising stamp artefacts and FDCs. One among my prized stamps is an unique stamp of Raja Sir Charles Brooke.” He hoped to show his stamp assortment sooner or later to encourage the youthful technology to gather stamps because it has a historic instructional worth.

The brand new official stamps had been on sale in any respect put up workplaces throughout the nation yesterday besides the Lumapas Put up Workplace. – James Kon & Lyna Mohamad