Singapore POST

Historical Railway Stations

Issue date 28 Feb 2013

Overview

Tanjong Pagar railway Station, also known as Keppel Road Railway Station or Singapore railway station, was a railway terminal owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia.

On 24 May 2010, an agreement between the governments of Singapore and Malaysia was reached to permanently cease operations into and from the station from 01 July 2011.

The Tanjong Pagar railway station was opened on 02 May 1932 by then Governor of Singapore, Sir Cecil Clementi, and is then, a fine example of Modern Architecture with Neo-Classical and Art-Deco influences. Four marble reliefs right outside the entrance are allegories of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Transport, representing the source of wealth for both Singapore and Malaysia. The waiting hall has a barrel vault roof and the wall panels bear paintings of Malayan scenes: rice planting, rubber tapping, shipping activities, bullock cart transport, copra growing and tin mining.

The Bukit Timah railway station followed the style of the traditional small town stations that were common in the United Kingdom and Malaya. It is an open-sided single-storey brick building that front the main railway line with an open platform. Its cosy country cottage appearance has made it an endearing local landmark. The station acts as a place where the trains have to exchange key tokens with the stationmaster to give them the right authority to enter into the next sector of track. The key token is therefore a symbolic representation of a train's authority to pass through a sector.

This set of stamps allows us to have an appreciation of the transportation history of Singapore.

Historical Railway Stations
Historical Railway Stations
Historical Railway Stations
Historical Railway Stations
Technical specifications
Denomination1st Local, 65¢, $1.10, $2
Stamp Size30mm x 40mm
Perforation13.33 x 13.33
Paperunwatermarked
PrintingOffset Lithography
Sheet Content10 stamps per sheet
PrinterSouthern Colour Print
Graphic DesignerBrainwave Design
Singapore POST
Singapore POST
Singapore POST
Singapore POST

Historical Railway Stations

Issue date 28 Feb 2013

Tanjong Pagar railway Station, also known as Keppel Road Railway Station or Singapore railway station, was a railway terminal owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia.

On 24 May 2010, an agreement between the governments of Singapore and Malaysia was reached to permanently cease operations into and from the station from 01 July 2011.

The Tanjong Pagar railway station was opened on 02 May 1932 by then Governor of Singapore, Sir Cecil Clementi, and is then, a fine example of Modern Architecture with Neo-Classical and Art-Deco influences. Four marble reliefs right outside the entrance are allegories of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Transport, representing the source of wealth for both Singapore and Malaysia. The waiting hall has a barrel vault roof and the wall panels bear paintings of Malayan scenes: rice planting, rubber tapping, shipping activities, bullock cart transport, copra growing and tin mining.

The Bukit Timah railway station followed the style of the traditional small town stations that were common in the United Kingdom and Malaya. It is an open-sided single-storey brick building that front the main railway line with an open platform. Its cosy country cottage appearance has made it an endearing local landmark. The station acts as a place where the trains have to exchange key tokens with the stationmaster to give them the right authority to enter into the next sector of track. The key token is therefore a symbolic representation of a train's authority to pass through a sector.

This set of stamps allows us to have an appreciation of the transportation history of Singapore.

Denomination

1st Local, 65¢, $1.10, $2

Stamp Size

30mm x 40mm

Perforation

13.33 x 13.33

Paper

unwatermarked

Printing

Offset Lithography

Sheet Content

10 stamps per sheet

Printer

Southern Colour Print

Graphic Designer

Brainwave Design

Historical Railway Stations

Issue date 28 Feb 2013

Historical Railway StationsHistorical Railway StationsHistorical Railway StationsHistorical Railway Stations

Overview

Tanjong Pagar railway Station, also known as Keppel Road Railway Station or Singapore railway station, was a railway terminal owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia.

On 24 May 2010, an agreement between the governments of Singapore and Malaysia was reached to permanently cease operations into and from the station from 01 July 2011.

The Tanjong Pagar railway station was opened on 02 May 1932 by then Governor of Singapore, Sir Cecil Clementi, and is then, a fine example of Modern Architecture with Neo-Classical and Art-Deco influences. Four marble reliefs right outside the entrance are allegories of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Transport, representing the source of wealth for both Singapore and Malaysia. The waiting hall has a barrel vault roof and the wall panels bear paintings of Malayan scenes: rice planting, rubber tapping, shipping activities, bullock cart transport, copra growing and tin mining.

The Bukit Timah railway station followed the style of the traditional small town stations that were common in the United Kingdom and Malaya. It is an open-sided single-storey brick building that front the main railway line with an open platform. Its cosy country cottage appearance has made it an endearing local landmark. The station acts as a place where the trains have to exchange key tokens with the stationmaster to give them the right authority to enter into the next sector of track. The key token is therefore a symbolic representation of a train's authority to pass through a sector.

This set of stamps allows us to have an appreciation of the transportation history of Singapore.

Technical specifications

Denomination1st Local, 65¢, $1.10, $2
Stamp Size30mm x 40mm
Perforation13.33 x 13.33
Paperunwatermarked
PrintingOffset Lithography
Sheet Content10 stamps per sheet
PrinterSouthern Colour Print
Graphic DesignerBrainwave Design
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