NORTH BORNEO (now in Malaysia).
Definitive stamps.
Mount Kinabalu and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
First stamp in a set of 15, issued on 01.10.1954.
Face value: 1 cent of Malaya and British Borneo dollar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 34 x 28 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 294.
- Scott No. 261.
- StampWorld No. 309.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 372.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 296.
North
Borneo was a British protectorate located in the northern part of the island of
Borneo. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions
from the Sultanates of Brunei
and Sulu in 1877
and 1878 to a German-born representative of Austria-Hungary, the businessman
and diplomat Gustav
Overbeck. The Madrid Protocol,
signed in 1885 by the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain to recognize the
Spanish presence in the Philippine archipelago, established the definitive
border of Spanish influence in the area. To avoid further claims from other
European powers, in 1888 North Borneo became a British protectorate. During
World War II, Japan occupied the entire island of Borneo, and after the
surrender of its troops, on August 15, 1945, the direction of northern Borneo
was taken by the British Military Administration and officially became a colony
of the United Kingdom, until September 16, 1963, when the Federation of
Malaysia proclaimed independence, which incorporated the territory.
Mount
Kinabalu (in Malay, Gunung Kinabalu) is located in the Kinabalu National Park
(declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000) in the state of Sabah, which
occupies the northern part of Borneo. It has a height of 4,095 m (13,435 ft)
above sea level and is the highest mountain in Insulindia. It was climbed for
the first time in March 1851 by the Englishman Hugh Low, who gave its name to
its summit.
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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution.
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