Wednesday, May 17, 2023

North Borneo Pictorial Stamps with Queen Elizabeth II - 1961

NORTH BORNEO in 1961 issued a series of 16 'pictorial' stamps with the Queen Elizabeth II cypher The pictorials ranged from 1c. to $10 continued with topics reflecting previous definitives. Waterlow was the printer until 1962, when production was  taken over by De La Rue after purchasing Waterlow’s banknote and stamp printing business.

Stamps shown here include;
-   1c - Payau
-   4c - Honey Bear
-   5c - Clouded Leopard
-   6c - Dusun Woman with Gong
- 10c - North Borneo Map
- 12c - Tembadau
- 20c - Phalaenopsis Orchid
- 25c - Rhinoceros
- 30c - Murut with Blowpipe
- 35c - Mount Kinabalu
- 50c - Dusun and Buffalo Transport


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