A discussion of themes found in Singapore postage stamps.

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2010-03-30

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 ...

2010-01-09

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.

2009-12-05

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.