Brief History: The British signed treaties of protection with Malay rulers from 1874 to 1930. In 1896 some of these states were grouped together as the federated Malay States. Malaya was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. All the Malay states, together with the Straights Settlements except for Singapore, were incorporated into a new federation in 1948. This was the basis on which Malaya achieved independence in 1957. In 1963 Malaya joined with Singapore (which seceded in 1965), North Borneo, and Sarawak to form Malaysia.  Malaya was located in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and consisted of 11 states.

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P-1, 10 Dollars, 1940
Scan donated by deen-z 		P-1, 10 Dollars, 1940
Scan donated by deen-z
P-2, 10 Cents, 1940
Scan donated by deen-z		 Not Applicable
P-6, 1 Cent, 1941 (1945) Not Applicable
P-7a, 5 Cents, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel		 Not Applicable
P-7b, 5 Cents, 1941 (1945) Not Applicable
P-8, 10 Cents, 1941 (1945) P-8, 10 Cents, 1941 (1945)
P-8, 10 Cents, 1941
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel		 Not Applicable
P-8, 10 Cents, 1941
Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya		 Not Applicable
P-8, 10 Cents, 1941
Scan donated by Tristan Williams		 P-8, 10 Cents, 1941
Scan donated by Tristan Williams
P-9, 20 Cents, 1941 (1945) P-9, 20 Cents, 1941 (1945)
P-10a, 50 Cents, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel		 P-10a, 50 Cents, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-10b, 50 Cents, 1941 (1945) P-10b, 50 Cents, 1941 (1945)
P-11, 1 Dollar, 1941 (1945) P-11, 1 Dollar, 1941 (1945)
P-11, 1 Dollar, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Thomas Krag		 P-11, 1 Dollar, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Thomas Krag
P-12, 5 Dollars, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Ediz Ünlü		 P-12, 5 Dollars, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by Ediz Ünlü
P-12, 5 Dollars, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by deen-z		 P-12, 5 Dollars, 1941 (1945)
Scan donated by deen-z
P-13, 10 Dollars, 1941(1945)
Scan donated by deen-z		 P-13, 10 Dollars, 1941(1945)
Scan donated by deen-z
P-M1b, 1 Cent, (1942) P-M1b, 1 Cent, (1942)
P-M2a, 5 Cents, (1942) P-M2a, 5 Cents, (1942)
P-M3b, 10 Cents, (1942) P-M3b, 10 Cents, (1942)
P-M4, 50 Cents, (1942) P-M4, 50 Cents, (1942)
P-M5c, 1 Dollar, (1942) P-M5c, 1 Dollar, (1942)
P-M6c, 5 Dollars, (1942) P-M6c, 5 Dollars, (1942)
P-M7b, 10 Dollars, (1942-44) P-M7b, 10 Dollars, (1942-44)
P-M7c, 10 Dollars, (1942-44) P-M7c, 10 Dollars, (1942-44)
P-M8, 100 Dollars, (1944) P-M8, 100 Dollars, (1944)
P-M9, 100 Dollars, (1945)
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel		 P-M9, 100 Dollars, (1945)
Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-M9, 100 Dollars, (1945)
Scan donated by deen-z		 P-M9, 100 Dollars, (1945)
Scan donated by deen-z
P-M10, 1,000 Dollars, (1945) P-M10, 1,000 Dollars, (1945)

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