Vol. 4 Independece

Card

New Malaya | Malaysia

Title: Greetings
Type of Graphic: Greeting Card
Dimensions: 127 x 100mm (Folded)
Date: 1950s

1950s Malayan
Christmas
Greeting Card

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Card

voting card

Card

1959 G.H. Goh (Goh Guan Hoe) New Malaya | Malaysia
voting card for Parti Perikatan
(Alliance Party), a political
coalition formed in 1951,
comprises UMNO, MCA and
MIC. In 1973 it was replaced by
Barisan National.

Title: Undilah Chalon Parti PERIKATAN
Type of Graphic: Voting Card
Publisher: Parti Perikatan / Alliance Party
Dimensions: 6 x 4.48 inches
Date: 1959

1958 Triptipal Singh voting card
for Parti Sosialis Rakyat (Socialist
Front), a socialist political party
in Malaysia.

Title: Undilah Chalon Front Sosialis Rakyat
Type of Graphic: Voting Card
Publisher: Parti Sosialis Rakyat
Dimensions: 6 x 4.48 inches
Date: 1958

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Poster

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Poster

1960s Wanted New Malaya | Malaysia
Poster Issued
by the Criminal
Investigation
Department.

Source: National Archives of Malaysia

Title: Peluang baik membuat duit! Hadiah $12,000!
Type of Graphic: Poster
Date: 1960

Title: Peluang baik membuat duit! Hadiah $12,000!
Type of Graphic: Poster
Date: 1960

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Poster

movie

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Poster

New Malaya | Malaysia

Promotional
Standee for
the 1958
Movie ‘Orang
Minyak’

Title: Orang Minyak
Type of Graphic: Promotional Standee
Client: Keris Film Productions
Date: 1958

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Poster

New Malaya | Malaysia 1964
Advertisement
for the Release Title: Malay Film Productions Ltd.
of ‘Pontianak Type of Graphic: Advertisement
Gua Musang’ Client: Cathay Keris Film
Publisher: Cathay Keris Film
Date: 1964

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Poster

New Malaya | Malaysia

1958
Advertisement
of ‘Sumpah
Pontianak’
by Keris Film
Production

Title: Sambongan Film-film Pontianak Yang Asli
Type of Graphic: Advertisement
Client: Keris Film Productions
Date: 1958

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Poster

New Malaya | Malaysia Title: Ibu Mertuaku
Type of Graphic: Movie Poster
Client: Shaw Brothers
Date: 1962

1958 movie flyer for “Warning From
Space” showing at Tai Khoon Theatre,
Sandakan. “Warning From Space” is
a first Japanese science fiction film
produced in colour.

Title: Warning From Space
Type of Graphic: Leaflet
Client: Shaw Brothers Limited
Publisher: Shaw Brothers Limited
Printer: Shaw Printing Works Ltd.
Date: 1958

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Poster

1957 Movie New Malaya | Malaysia
Flyer for
“Moon Light”
Showing in
Malaysia

Title: Moon Light
Type of Graphic: Leaflet
Printer: Nanyang Printers Ltd.
Date: 1957

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Poster

New Malaya | Malaysia Masam-
masam Manis,
P. Ramlee

A love story between a school
teacher and a musician. A black
and white movie poster with
vertical montages of 3 women can
be seen in the top left corner of
the print. An image of the main
actor who dominates the artwork
is placed horizontally across
the centre of the poster creates
overall horizontal balance — used
of the bold san-serif typeface as
the title for the movie.

Title: Masam-masam Manis
Type of Graphic: Movie Poster
Client: Merdeka Film Productions
Date: 21 Ogos 1965

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Poster

1958 Chinese New Malaya | Malaysia
Flyer for the
Movie ‘Anak
Pontianak’ by
Ramon Estella

Title: Anak Pontianak
Type of Graphic: Leaflet
Publisher: Shaw Brothers Studio
Date: 1958

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Record Cover

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EP P. Ramlee Record Cover New Malaya | Malaysia

EP P. Ramlee – Parlophone EGEP
628 (1967). A record cover with
triangular patterns used as the
background. Bold san-serif fonts
composed on black strip used as
the main title and the black and
white cutout image of the artist
is placed on the foreground.

Title: P.Ramlee
Type of Graphic: Record Cover
Client: Parlophone (EGEP 628)
Date: 1967

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Record Cover New Malaya | Malaysia EP P. Ramlee
Twist Malaysia

Record ‘Twist Malaysia’ with
P.Ramlee Orchestra, Parlophone
DPE 8178. A striking orange
record cover with playful san-
serif typeface used as the main
title. A black and white image of
the artist and a woman dancing
used as the main visual element
of the cover.

Title: Twist Malaysia
Type of Graphic: Record Cover
Client: Parlophone (DPE 8178)
Date: 1965

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Stamp

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Stamp

1963 Kempen New Malaya | Malaysia
Menchegah
Kelaparan

Title: Kempen Menchegah Kelaparan (25, 30 & 50 cent)
Type of Graphic: Stamp
Date: 21 March 1963

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Stamp

New Malaya | Malaysia Title: Pelajaran Rendah Percuma (10, 25 dan 30 sen)
Type of Graphic: Stamp
Date: 1 October 1962

31 Ogos 1957
Hari Kemerdekaan
Watermark:
Multiple Tudor
Crown & Script
“CA”

Title: Malaya, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu
Designer: E.M.A.B. Saman
Type of Graphic: Stamp
Printer: Waterlow
Date: 1957

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Stamp

This stamp shows a map of ‘Malaya’. It New Malaya | Malaysia
was issued on May 5, 1957. It was the last
stamp issued before Independence day of
August 31st, 1957. The calligraphy at the
bottom read ‘Persekutuan Tanah Melayu’.
Malay for ‘Federated States of Malaya’.

Title: Malaya, Federation of Malaya
Type of Graphic: Stamps
Date: May 5, 1957

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Others

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Others

First Day First day cover to New Malaya | Malaysia
Cover: Penang commemorate 150 years
Free School anniversary of Penang Free
School (1816 to 1966).

Title: Penang Free School (1816-1966)
Type of Graphic: First Day Cover
Date: 1966

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Others

New Malaya | Malaysia Label:
Headache
Powder, Three
Hand Brand

Title: Headache Powder, Three Hand Brand
Type of Graphic: Packaging
Client: King Wah Drug Co.
Date: 1960s

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Others

New Malaya | Malaysia

Title
Graphic:
Hikayat
Sang
Kancil

Hikayat Sang Kancil or The legend of
the Mousedeer is an animated film
based on a classic Malay folktale.

Title: Hikayat Sang Kancil
Designer: Anandam Xavier
Type of Graphic: Title Graphic
Publisher: Filem Negara Malaysia (FNM)
Date: 1983

Source: Analyzing the First Malaysian Animated Film “Hikayat Sang Kancil”
by Azahar Harun & Russlan Abd Rahim

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Others

New Malaya | Malaysia Brochure:
Malayan
Railway

Title: Services and Facilities Provided by Malayan Railway
Type of Graphic: Brochure
Publisher: Malayan Railway
Date: 1958

Brochure:
Pasaria
UMNO

Title: Pasaria UMNO
Type of Graphic: Brochure
Dimensions: 10.3″ X 7.4″
Date: 1964

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Others

Signage: No Entry! Independence New Malaya | Malaysia
31st August 1957

Signage posted around Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, on
31st August 1957.

Title: No Entry! Independence 31st August 1957
Type of Graphic: Signage
Date: 1957

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