APEC 2009 Meetings

This set of stamps were issued on the first day of the APEC 2009 meetings, 9 November. The 2 pair of stamps come with a gutter label featuring logos of the event, the stamps themselves feature various economic entities of Singapore.
The 1st local stamp features the view of the business district looking from the east, the green beize in the foreground is the Padang, a field fronting the City Hall and the law courts, at the western end of the Padang is the abode of the Singapore Cricket Club, the second oldest sports club in the city, established in 1852; to the south of the Padang (far left of the stamp) is the Esplanade Bridge.
The 80-cent stamp features a touristic night scene of the Singapore River, with a bridge linking the eating outlets on both banks of the river.
The $1.10 stamp shows an SIA (Singapore International Airline) plane loading up cargo.
The $2.00 stamp shows the container port of Singapore against the backdrop of the Singapore business district.
Singapore APEC FDC

2009 Singapore-Indonesia Joint Issue - Tourist Attractions

This was released 28 October 2009, featuring tourist attractions. The 2 Indonesian spots are Singaraja City in Bali and the Beautiful Indonesian Miniature Park (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah). Singaraja City is represented by the Singa Ambara Raja statue, featuring a winged lion grasping an ear of corn. The Miniature Park is featured with an overview, seen from a cable car. The 2 Singapore scenes are found on the Sentosa Island, an integrated tourist spot, one showing the tourism mascot of Singapore, the Merlion, the other a view of the Central Lagoon, with a suspension bridge dividing it; the train is one of the means of transport to access the island from the main land.

Central Lagoon, Sentosa, SingaporeView Larger Map

A miniature/souvenir sheet was released in this issue, the sheet selvage features a stylised butterfly.

SG 2009 F1 Grand Prix Race Days Cancellation on PPCs

The SG F1 Grand Prix Race Day cancellations were all similar for all the 3 days. The difference being the date. I got each of of 3 pre-paid postcard in the set cancelled on a different day.

SG 2009 F1 Grand Prix PPCs & Collector's Sheet

The SG 2009 F1 Grand Prix prepaid postcards were released on 28 August. It comes in a set of 3, retailing for S$6.50 per set. The lower right quadrant of the scanned image above shows the reverse side of a card with the first day of issue cancellation. The 2009 F1 Grand Prix MyStamp souvenir set was released on the same day, it looks very different from the usual MyStamp sheet, in fact, we should be calling it a collector's sheet. It's different from the usual MyStamp sheets that usually contain stamps with the "Uniquely Singapore" motifs.

Posting box in SG F1 Grand Prix grounds

SingPost has set up a stand in the Singapore Singtel F1 Grand Prix grounds, selling F1 related postal items - the prepaid postcards, going at S$6.50 for a set of 3, postage valid for all over the world, and the F1 MyStamp souvenir set at S$39.00. And they also set up a post box for posting the postcards, items posted there were cancelled with a special dated cachet - 25 September for the first race day. There are two more days to the race, so there would be cachets with different dates, but I am not sure if the design would be different.
And the 2008 serialised F1 imperf sheet is also on sale at S$250.00 a piece.

Singapore - Philippines Joint Issue - Bridges 2

I got the Philippines FDCs of this issue from eBay, and don't they look good. The souvenir sheet issued by the Philippines Post shows another bridge at the bottom margin.

Singapore-Philippines Joint Issue - Bridges

This joint issue between Singapore and the Philippines, released on 28 August 2009, comprises 4 stamps featuring bridges in the 2 countries. 2 stamps feature bridges from the Philippines, the Bamban Bridge and the Marcelo Fernan Bridge; the other 2 stamps feature bridges from Singapore, the Cavenagh Bridge, and another 2 bridges, the Henderson Waves and the Alexandra Arch on a single stamp.

Cavenagh Bridge, Singapore. View Larger Map

The Singapore Post issued a miniature sheet with the stamps arranged in a block of 4, and the individual stamps come in sheets of 10. The Philippines Post also issued a miniature sheet with the stamps arranged in a strip of 4, but the stamps are issued in a sheet of 4 x block of 4. The twin first day cover was issued by the Singapore Post.