1 Dec 26 – Zoom – Sarawak – Tales from the Ulu
by Roger Johnson FRPSL
December 1 @ 15:00 – 17:00
Sarawak – Tales from the Ulu
This talk will relate to Sarawak in the period 1945-1963. Few states have gone through four different dramatically different forms of government in just 18 years.
In Sarawak, “the ulu” (from the Malay word hulu, meaning “upstream” or “headwaters”) refers broadly to the remote, interior highlands and upriver regions.
The talk will trace, through its postal history, Sarawak’s story emerging from the devastation of the closing days of its World War 2 occupation, a few weeks once again as an independent nation state, then a British colony and finally as a constituent state of the newly formed Federation of Malaysia. Along the way we will see a unique set of dated cancellers, a definitive stamp replaced after loud but unwarranted protests, Crown Agents’ plagiarism and a pair of cancellers which were unknown for nearly 60 years and one of which is yet to be found!
Zoom Programme 2026/27
| 1 Sep 26 | 3 pm | Graham Winters | Post Cards |
| 6 Oct 26 | 3 pm | Vernon Morris | The Postal Crisis of 1775 |
| 3 Nov 26 | 3 pm | Jean Wang | First World War Tobacco Fund |
| 1 Dec 26 | 3 pm | Roger Johnson | Sarawak – Tales from the Ulu |
| 5 Jan 27 | 3 pm | Robert Hider | Comparison of the first Postage Stamps issued by the six Australian States |
| 2 Feb 27 | 3 pm | Marcus Orsi | Irish Postal History Transition Period |
| 2 Mar 27 | 3 pm | Sandeep Jaiswal | Some of my favourite items from Jammu and Kashmir – Part 2 |
| 6 Apr 27 | 3 pm | Jan Hofmeyr | Philatelic Invention in the United States |
| 4 May 27 | 3 pm | George Henshilwood | Having fun with numbers |
| 1 Jun 27 | 3 pm | Gordon Hardy | Mail from Great Britain to Romania pre-UPU |
(Last updated 29 Jul 2026)