The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II stamp series.
This morning, I went to the General Post Office at Dayabumi Complex, Kuala Lumpur for the launch of a very beautiful new stamp series, The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
We queued for almost 4 hours!
The queue was so long that people had to queue in the sun outside of the building.
I reached there at about 8:30 am but the queue was already very long. I had to queue for about 4 hours to buy the stamps! Thankfully we arrived quite early because people who arrived 10 minutes after us had to queue in the sun. While waiting, I saw my big sister Kafah weeping and when I asked her why, she said that she felt dizzy. My mother took her away to find a seat and she fainted. But after a short while, she was okay. After that she waited for us in the office.
Below is the front side of the folder.
When we reached the counter, the stamp sheets were already sold out and the folders are almost sold out too. We bought some First Day Cover with Miniature Sheet, First Day Cover with Stamps, Maniature Sheet, Folder and some stamps.
Stamps to mark the royal visit of Prince William and his wife to Malaysia.
Both stamps are RM 1.50 while the miniature sheet is RM 5.00. One of the of the stamps from The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is a replica of the 10 cents red coloured 1953 Malaya Selangor Queen Elizabeth II Coronation stamp. The other is of Prince William and his wife to mark their royal visit to Malaysia from September 13 to 15, 2012.
Fortunately at about 1:30 pm the post office received a new stock of the stamp sheets and we managed to buy some. Both stamp sheets are beautiful but I prefer the replica of the 10 cents red coloured 1953 Malaya Selangor Queen Elizabeth II Coronation stamp. The whole series of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is very beautiful and I am so happy to be able to buy them. It is worth the very long queue.
The stamp sheets.
My photo at the post office.
Abang Moza and me.
Luckily we managed to buy the stamp sheets.
Are they still available?! :’(
Dear Han Ming Saw,
I have no idea. But when I left Dayabumi at about 3 pm on Tuesday, the manager told my mother that they don’t have much stock left. The folder was sold out much earlier and the miniature sheet was limited to only 5 for a person and the first day cover to 2 per person!
Did you get the poster? How much was it?
Dear Han Ming Saw,
I get everything except the poster. The posters were free and they were gone long before we reach the counter.
Are they still available? If possible, could you please help me get one whole set just like you did (except the stamps) as I need them so badly? I’ll pay you.. Please! :’(
Dear Han Ming Saw,
I am very sorry for the late reply. I don’t know if they still have them or they are out of stock.
It’s ok!
I got them all from eBay!
Dear Han Ming Saw,
I am glad that you have got them. They are beautiful, especially the Queen E stamps
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