The art of communication by written documents carried by an intermediary from one person or place to another almost certainly dates back nearly to the invention of writing. Such acts of services hence allowed letters, postcards etc, to be received and delivered, ensuring communication between people and even countries is maintained.

In Singapore, on 29 October 1858, when the proposal for the separation of the Post Office and the Marine Office was approved, the Post Office became an independent department, financed from postal revenue.

Through the years of different facelifts, mergers and transformation, the Post Office is, today, targeting to become a world-class provider of consumer services focusing on mail, logistics and retail solutions.

This set of stamps (1st Local, 2nd Local, 50c, 80c and S$1.10) aims to portray the concept of tracing back Singapore's postal history by adapting the typical design of stamps which were used during the reigns of King George V and VI in the Straits Settlements (of which Singapore was part of) and Singapore itself when we were constituted separately as a crown colony after the Second World War.