World War II
In March 1942, Japan issued stamps for their occupation, made by overprinting existing stamps with Japanese inscriptions. After the Japanese surrendered in 1945, the British military administration issued provisionals by overprinting Straits Settlements stamps with "BMA / MALAYA". These were available throughout Malaya, and used till regular postage stamps were produced for each state, the last being Kelantan in 1951.
Read more about this topic: Postage Stamps And Postal History Of The Straits Settlements
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