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
5 stamps were issued on 16 March 2011 to mark a centenary of the first flight in Singapore. Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane for 12 seconds on 17 December 1903, and in only 7 years and a few months later, on 16 March 2011, Mr Josef Christiaens (1879-1919), Blegian engineer and aviator, took off from the Singapore Farrer Park racecourse in a Bristol Box-Kite biplane! This historical event is featured in the 1st local stamp from this current issue, as well as the commemorative postcard together with the special postmark, released by the Singapore Philatelic Museum. The 45-cent stamp captured the landing of a Fokker F-VIIA at the civilian airport in Seletar on 10 February 1930, this being the first commercial flight from Batavia (now Jakarta) to Singapore. The 65-cent stamp features the Airspeed Consul with Kallang Airport as the background, and the 80-cent stamp features the F-15SG against the backdrop of Paya Lebar Airport. The $1.10 stamp features the Airbus A380 flown by Singapore Airlines, with Changi Airport in the background, Singapore Airlines was the first commercial operator in the world to provide flights on the A380.
