North Borneo 3 cents (1954 definitive)

This stamps shows a coconut grove. Due to the location of Sabah in the tropics, you can easily find coconut trees growing along the sandy beaches. Although I do not know when coconut was initially cultivated in North Borneo, but by the time this stamp was issued, around 40,000 acres of coconut plantations existed.

North Borneo 2 cents (1954 definitive)

This stamp depicts someone playing a "native musical instrument". The musical instrument shown is known as a sompoton. The sompoton is made from a gourd and bamboo, and is traditionally played by the people of the Kadazan-Dusun tribe. I can still find the sompoton being sold at arts & crafts markets, the tamu, and souvenir shops in Sabah (though those sold as souvenirs may not be playable).

North Borneo 1 cent (1954 definitive)

I was wondering what stamp to be featured on the first post here and finally decided on this.

This stamp shows Mount Kinabalu, at that time already known as the highest peak in North Borneo. It is the highest peak in Malaysia and of the Malay Archipelago at a height of 4095 metres. The area around the mountain (Taman Kinabalu) was designated as a national park in 1964 and was accorded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2000. It is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site and still remains it's largest.