Malawi

Thought I'd give you all a peek at my small Malawi collection (sorry 'bout the bad pics, scanner is broken so my camera is all I have).
Why an obscure little country like Malawi? Well, back in the seventies my mom's uncle, who was a catholic priest, was a missionary there. When he was back in the Netherlands for a while he found out I collected stamps and he promised me he would send me a package when he returned to Malawi. He kept his promise and we started writing each other letters. He told me about life in Africa and the stories about the stamps he enclosed, and I gushed over the stamps and told him how the family was doing. Eventually he came back home to retire (he died about fifteen years ago), but I always kept the Malawi stamps separate from the rest of my collection. Have been toying to make a real album for them and make collecting Malawi as one of my 'projects'.
Check out the sheet at the bottom: that's indeed writing on it. My mom's uncle probably thought: as long as I don't write on the stamps itself...
And the chess set is particularly special for me: I inherited a handcarved chess set made in Malawi from my grandpa (the priest's brother).

A small collection but a great story.

Certainly deserve their own home. Nice.

Unknown.
Possible forgery.
Value tablet would suggest 2000 onwards.
Only images I can find are on pen pal sites.
Shiny magazine type paper , no gum.

There's a butterflies series from 2002 (not including this value), so I presume a little later.

Cheers Geoff,
Scott only lists to 2004, with warnings of illegal issues.
Perhaps these were amongst the illegals,
Nothing like stamp paper I have seen before.

Perhaps the postal system has collapsed there.

Interesting short story.......
https://malawatsanli.wordpress.com/...tal-service/

Rod,

Your butterfly is Michel 788 from 2007. The set of 11 definitives is MiNr 785-795.



Also, Michel lists issues for Malawi up to 25 December 2014, but nothing since.

What a surprise.
Thank you very much, Postmaster.
Thank you Michel.
Saved.

Update
Sc#736 2007 Lepidoptera.

Postage Stamp Listings end in 2014


Sc#733-742

1964 Steiner Page 2.
Malawi (Prev. Nyasaland)

At around 1972 a circumflex began to appear on Malawi Stamps, (above the W) can any members explain that please

Pronunciation: I hear Malawi as "Muh Wa Wee"

Solved.
Thank you very much, Jill.

Interesting information.