Indonesia 2010 SYOG

The 2-stamp Indonesian issue for the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics was supposed to have been released 15 July 2010. However, I did not see anything on the Internet about it, until late October, posted on eBay for sale! The 2 se-tenant stamps together feature 2 badminton players in the foreground; and in the background are silhouettes of youth handling musical instruments, the obvious one is the angklong on the left stamp, and probably a brass gong on the right one.

Singapore 2010 Festivals

Singapore Post released the biennale festivals stamps on 20 October 2010. These stamps depict the festivals celebrated by the 4 main races in Singapore - Chinese New Year for the Chinese, Hari Raya Haji/Puasa for the Malays, Deepavali or Diwali for the Indians and for the Eurasians who are mostly Christians, Christmas. There are 2 stamps for each festival, the 1st local one for local addressee and the 55-cent post card rate for posting overseas; for many years Singapore Post has implemented special rates for posting greeting cards weighing not more than 40g at 55 cents. The 55-cent stamps are printed with metal foil on part of their designs, giving a holographic effect for the twinkling festival mood. This year, a collector's sheet is also released, containing 8 stamps with the same designs, but with the 1st local stamps face values changed to S$1.10, and printed with metal foil on some parts of the design, like the 55-cent stamps.

Romania 2010 Youth Olympic Games

The Romanian authority released the 1st Youth Olympic Games issue on 12 August 2010, in the form of a souvenir sheet. The single stamp on the sheet features a winner's medal over books, a certificate and a mortarboard head-dress, emphasizing the importance of the theme of education for the youth. The sheet selvage is decorated with the games mascots Lyo and Merly.

Serbia 2010 Youth Olympic Games

For the 1st Youth Olympic Games, Serbia issued a single stamp on 14 August 2010. The design on the stamp features a series of athlete silhouettes forming a circle, representing the sports of basketball, diving, handball, sprinting, volleyball, cycling, table tennis, badminton, and judo. The stamp was released in sheet of 8 with a central label featuring volleyball and a runner off a running block.

Pakistan 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Pakistan released a stamp to commemorate the 1st Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore on 14 August 2010. The design shows silhouettes of athletes in the sports of long jump, basketball, running, javelin, volleyball, discus & hammer.

Vanuatu 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Vanuatu issued on 14 August 2010, a souvenir sheet in the shape of a wavey flag, commemorating the 1st Youth Olymic Games held in Singapore. The single stamp on the souvenir sheet features netball and football, whereas the sheet selvage carries the figures illustrating the sports like basketball, volleyball, boxing, badminton, gymnastics, athletics and hockey.

Kent Ridge Park Trail 2010

This set of stamps released on 22 September 2010 celebrates a heritage trail in Singapore: The Kent Ridge Park Trail. Formerly known as Pasir Panjang Ridge, the area was used as a fortress by the British to defend Singapore against Japanese invasion in 1942. The site for the Battle for Pasir Panjang, one of the last battles bitterly fought by the Malay Regiment against the Japanese army during World War II, was at Bukit Chandu, a hill in the park. Today, a colonial bungalow at 31K Bukit Chandu has been restored and converted into a World War II war museum - Reflections at Bukit Chandu, commemorating the brave defenders who fought beyond their last bullet.

Aside from historical significance, the Kent Ridge Park is now an undisturbed habitat with an abundance of flora and fauna as illustrated in the 4 se-tenant stamps of the issue. Prominent on the 80-cent stamp is the white bellied sea eagle. A series of wooden walkways and bridges have been contructed along the trail to allow the enjoyment of nature by people of all ages.

Bolivia 2010 Youth Olympic Games

The Bolivian post released a set of 2 stamps on 8 September 2010 to commemorate the 1st Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore (14-26 August). This is the first country I know outside Singapore that has issued more than 1 stamp for this event. The sports featured on the stamps are football, cycling, swimming and athletics.

Uzbekistan 2010 YOG

The Uzbekistan Post Office entered into its register on 12 July 2010 the stamp issue for the 1st Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. The single stamp has a face value of 800 soms, and features a gymnast with a ball.

Tunisia 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Tunisia Post released the stamp commemorating the 1st Youth Olympic Games on the games opening day, 14 August 2010. The design is typical of Tunisian stamps with familiar colours and icons representing various sports offered during the games: athletics, wrestling, taekwando, weightlifting, tennis, rowing, sailing, diving and swimming.

Estonia 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Estonia released this postal stationery on the opening day of the 1st Youth Olympic Games, 14 August 2010. It is actually a prepaid postcard, priced at 13.50 kroons, which is slightly more than USD1.00. The back of the card is totally blank for writing purposes, whereas the front is illustrated with some important aspects of these games: the sports, represented by pistol shooting, handball, and a swimmer diving from a starting block, and scenes of participants of the Culture & Education Programme. My friend sent this card one day after the last day of the games, 27 August.

Singapore 2010 YOG MyStamp Sheet

This is the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games MyStamp sheetlet, the size is that of a A5 sheet, in horizontal mode. It was released on the games opening day, 14 August 2010; priced at SGD15.50 at post offices, it comes in a hard board folder. There are 2 large panes on the sheetlet, the top pane shows the 2010 YOG logo, and the lower one displays the games mascots, Lyo and Merly. This sheet is supposedly available with the panes available for personalisation, i.e. one can send in a couple of photos to be printed on these panes. This is a very innovative idea for the games, because I can think of games participants printing their moments of victory on these panes! I understand that this sheetlet was sold out within a week of release.

Moldova 2010 Youth Olympic Games

For the 1st Youth Olympic Games, Moldova issued a postal stationery on 21 August 2010, this comprises a 1.20L prepaid envelope. The top-right corner of the envelope is printed with a stamp motif featuring the sports of hurdling and canoeing. The left portion of the envelope is festooned with the official YOG 2010 icons for the sports offered in these games and the 2 official game mascots - Lyo & Merly.

Iceland 2010 Youth Olympic Games

The latest country to issue a YOG stamp is Iceland, on 16 September 2010. The stamp features the profile of a young athlete, from the stance, who is a high jumper. The bright silhouette is position doing a back flip over a few graphic blocks that look like books.

UAE 2010 Youth Olympic Games

The United Arab Emirates released this souvenir sheet on the games opening day, 26 August 2010. It is a very nice design, with the flames wavering in the nation's colours; the sports featured are equestry, skit-shooting (I think this event is not included in the Singapore edition), and taekwando. I am unable to identify the 4th sports.

Youth Olympic Games 2010

The first Youth Olympic Games opens in Singapore 14 August 2010. To mark the historic occasion, the Singapore Post released 4 stamps featuring the sporting, educational and cultural characteristics. Lyo and Merly, the games mascots, appear in all the stamps. The illustration in the 1st local stamp represents the World Culture Village and 65-cent stamp represents the Island Adventure activities for the youthful athletes when not competing. The $1.10 and $2.00 stamps feature swimming and basketball. A post office was specially set up in the Youth Olympic Village, located in the western part of Singapore. The FDC shown above is from the Youth Olympic Village as shown by the day cancellation and the first day cancellation numbered 66. The Youth Olympic Village is normally accessible only to athletes, Olympiad officials and workers for the games; visitors have to apply for special passes.

2010 Local Definitives - Flowers

On 23 June 2010 , two more stamps were added to the current set of definitives, one for 1st local (26 cents) and a second one for 2nd local (32 cents), featuring flowers. The 1st local stamp features the Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffruticosa), a plant with large leaves and large yellow flowers that usually last for only a day. The 2nd local stamp features the Singapore Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum), a common plant with flowers that also last only a day; the plant is a host for caterpillars of butterflies like the Common Sailor (Neptis hylas) and the Grey Count (Tanaecia lapidea). The 1st local stamp was also released as self-adhesives in booklets of 10 stamps and sheets of 20 stamps.

2010 National Monuments (National Day)

For many years, the National Day issue was released on the actual year. For 2010, the release date was brought forward to 4 August. The theme is national monuments, and these monuments comprise hospitals, educational institutions and other government buildings. Monuments which are/were part of hospitals found on the stamps are the Tan Teck Guan Building, the College of Medicine Building and the Bowyer Block (now the Singapore General Hospital Museum). Two monuments related to educational institutions are the Chinese High School Clock Tower (now known as the Hwa Chong Institute Clock Tower) and the former Raffles College. The Command House was built during the 1930s and was home to 16 successive General Officer Commanding Malaya & Singapore between 1938 and 1971. The miniature sheet features portions of the featured monuments.

New Caledonia issues SYOG stamp

New Caledonia issued the stamp commemorating the Singapore Youth Olympic Games on 6 August 2010. The stamp features multiple disciplines in the track and field events: sprint, hurdle, shot put, javelin & pole vault.

Lithuania issues SYOG stamp

Lithuania issued the stamp commemorating the Singapore Youth Olympic Games on 31 July 2010 The stamp features basketball, which will be played at the SYOG with each team comprising 3 players!

Monaco issues Singapore YOG 2010 stamp

Monaco postal authority released on 22 June 2010, the single-stamp issue for the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The stamp features the sports of sailing and track relay, with the Singapore business district skyline at a corner, it comes in a sheet of 10.

Estonia 2010 YOG Postal Stationery

To commemorate the 1st Youth Olympic Games located in Singapore, the Estonian post issued a postal stationery on the games opening day, 14 August 2010. The stationery is actually a pre-cancelled post card valid for international mail. The reverse of the card is totally blank, the pictorial part only features pistol shooting, handball, and swimming with a swimmer diving from a starting block; the remaining illustrations feature scenes from the Culture and Education Programme of these games.

France 2010 SYOG issue

France released the YOG stamp 16 June 2010. It looks like "Youth" is the theme that is emphasized, rather than sports, as the stamp design does not contain any image related to sports; the design has the Singapore business district waterfront, the skyscrapers mostly belong to big banks located in the city, and a bunch of youth of many races.

Belgium issue for Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010

Belgium will release, as part of a sports issue, the stamp commemorating the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games on 14 June 2010. The stamp is issued in a sheetlet of 5.

Singapore 2010 Butterflies (Papillons, Mariposa, Schmetterling)

Released on 21 April 2010, these 4 stamps feature butterflies: 1st Local - Common Birdwing (Troides helena cerberus), 80c - Tailed Jay (Graphium agamemnon agamemnon), $1.10 - Common Posy (Drupedia ravindra moorel), and $2 - Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris macrina). A stamp booklet containing 10 self-adhesive versions of the 1st local was also issued.

Singapore 2009 Asian Youth Games

This MyStamp sheet was released 29 June 2009, to mark the opening of the 1st Asian Youth Games (AYG) in Singapore. The release was rather restrained, in that the Singapore Post did not make any big announcement for it, because it was commissioned by the organisers of the AYG; actually it was lumped together with other AYG souvenirs, liked the AYG mascot stuffed toy and AYG mugs, in a sales brochure. What is interesting is that it contains the latest MyStamp 1st local stamps with vignettes featuring the mascot lion playing various sports: table tennis, springboard diving, yachting/sailing, basketball, 10-pin bowling, shooting, volleyball, athletics, soccer and swimming.

Singapore 2010 Trees

To celebrate International Year of Biodiversity, Singapore Post puts 10 local common tress onto 10 stamps, released on 26 May 2010. The 10 trees are Rain Tree (Samanea saman), Angsana (Pterocarpus indicus), Yellow Flame (Peltophorum pterocarpum), Senegal Mahogany (Khaya senegalensis), Broad-leafed Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), Tembusu (Fagraea fragrans), Sea Apple (Syzygium grande), Saga (Adenanthera pavonina), Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia rosea) and Sea Almond (Terminalia catappa).

Singapore 2010 YOG Mascots

This MyStamp sheetlet was released to mark the introduction of the mascots for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (SYOG) - Lyo & Merly, on 21st November 2009. The sheet contains the original 4 stamps issued on 14 August 2009 to mark the 1-year countdown to the opening of the games, and labels with the SYOG logo, and the mascots. The orange creature is Lyo, a young lion, and the blue one is called Merly, supposed to be a youth version of the Merlion .... hmm ... looks that the juvenile Merlion has legs! The remaining question now is whether merlions lay eggs or have life birth ...

Italy issues Singapore 2010 YOG stamp

I've read that the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games is on the stamp issue program of many countries. This is the first one I know, from Italy. The issue date is 12 February 2010, the same date Italy issued a stamp to commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Singapore 2010 Year of Tiger

For the Year of the Tiger, the Singapore Post issued on 8 January 2010, a set of 3 stamps and a collector's sheet. The stamps were for 1st local, 65 cents for Asian destination (Japan excluded), and $1.10 for Japan and the rest of the world.
The collector's sheet contains 2 stamps, with face values of $5.00 and $10.00, but it is sold at the post office for $16.80. These stamps are printed with transparent holograms, the hologram on the $5.00-stamp shows the morphing of an ox into a tiger - alluding to the transition from the Year of the Ox to the Year of the Tiger, while the hologram on the $10.00-stamp shows the morphing of a tiger into a rabbit, for the transition of the current Year of Tiger to the following Year of the Rabbit.
This is the third such collector's sheet issued by the Singapore Post, the first two issued in the last two years, starting with the Year of the Rat, and then the Year of the Ox. On the top left corner of the sheet are two ancient Chinese characters representing the word for "tiger".
The holograms on the stamps show up as shadows in my scan of the sheet.