MALAYA (Perak) on 17 August 1950 issued a set of definitive stamps depicting Perak Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah. This cover shows five of the 21 stamps printed between 1950 until 1956 using a Typography method. To he stamps retained the same images, only the colours and denominations were different. The postmark cancellation originated from Taiping, Perak, dated 18 January 1952.
Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhataram Shah Radziallah Hu'an-hu, KCMG OBE (1890–1963) was the 32nd Sultan of Perak, whilst it was a part of the Federation of Malaya.
Raja Yussuf was born at Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. He was the eldest son of Sultan Abdul Jalil Nasiruddin Mukhataram Shah. He was appointed Raja Di Hilir in 1919 and later in 1921, became Raja Bendahara.
In 1938, upon the death of his uncle, Sultan Iskandar Shah, he was appointed as Raja Muda. Raja Yusuf ascended the Perak throne in 1948 following the death of his cousin Sultan Abdul Aziz al-Mu’tasim Billah Shah.
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