Pos Malaysia 150th Anniversary of Taiping City - 2024

POS MALAYSIA on 20 January 2024 issued First Day  Cover stamps to celebrate the city of Taiping's 150th anniversary. Three commemorative stamps were released: Bukit Larut (30sen), Pasar Besar Taiping (50sen) and Taman Botani Perak (RM1.50). The iconic scenery of Samanea Saman tree at Taman Tasik Taiping (Lake Gardens) was also featured on a Miniature Sheet (RM5). Special franking was affixed to each cover.

The actual date of Taiping town’s establishment is believed to be on February 20, 1874. On that day,  Minister Ngah Ibrahim along with Captain Dunlop, William Pickering, Frank Swettenham and Chinese leaders signed the boundary agreement of mining settlements between Go Quan (Hai San) and Si Quan (Ghee Hin) in Larut. This agreement eventually formed Taiping and Kamunting (Report of the Commissioners under Clause XIII of Perak Engagement dated 20th January 1874). Additionally, Captain Speedy recorded the site for the new towns of Taiping and Kamunting in early March 1874 (Blue Book of Larut 1874).