Sultan Ibrahim, Malaya - Johore

Malaysia · 1918 · 20c

This definitive stamp features a portrait of Sultan Ibrahim of Johore, facing left, within an ornate oval frame. The design is printed in a deep violet color on chalk-surfaced paper with a multiple crown and script CA watermark. The country name 'MALAYA' is inscribed at the top, with 'JOHORE' and 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' at the bottom.

Issued during the British colonial period, this stamp is part of a series for the state of Johore, one of the Unfederated Malay States under British protection. Sultan Ibrahim's long reign (1895-1959) spanned a critical period of modernization and political change in the region.