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Explore SingPost’s Chinese New Year Philately Roadshow 2025 featuring Zodiac Snake stamps, SG60 MyStamp collectibles, and festive cachets.

The new Tourism Series stamps portray our clean and green island in the sun as a desirable holiday destination with varied attractions and activities. The low value stamps feature popular tourist attractions and social-cultural activities. The richness of our multi-racial heritage is the subject of the high value stamps.

There is probably no better way to look into the future than through the eyes, hearts and minds of children. Singapore Post participated in a worldwide youth stamp design project inviting children from age groups 8 to 12 years old to express their visions of the future on drawings in 1998. The four winning drawings by Gwendolyn Soh, Dawn Koh, Shaun Yew Chuan Bin and Liu Jiang Wen were adapted into a set of four stamp designs.

The colours of nature

A special stamp issue will be issued on 19 April 95 to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Independence of Singapore. This commemorative stamp issue is fitting as Singapore has made great strides since Independence in 1965. Inspite the land constraints, and of being saddled with seemingly insurmountable problems like unemployment, low income, housing shortage and industrial disputes, Singapore has come a long way, and is today one of the Asia's models of urban modernisation and efficiency.

Singapore Post Centre (SPC) will be officially opened by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong on 8 Mar 2000.

The sheer scale, spectacle and spirit of the nationwide celebrations of Singapore's silver jubilee of independence in 1990 will no doubt be indelibly printed in the memories of many Singaporeans for years to come. To preserve these memories, a commemorative stamp issue entitled "25 Years of Independence" will be issued.

It is estimated that over 10 million species of plant and animal live in rainforests. Though they cover only 6% of the Earth's land surface, they support over 50% of the planet's plant and animal species.

The familiar Orang Utan, endearingly referred to as Ah Meng, will once again be star. This time, on 30¢ postage stamps. Sharing the spotlight are the Sun Bear (20¢ stamp), Slow Loris (75¢ stamp) and Large Mouse Deer ($2 stamp). Together, they make up the caste for the Animal Series - Southeast Asian Mammals issue scheduled for release on 13 Jan 93.

Up to the early 20th century, the terms "Baba", "Straits Chinese", "Straits-born Chinese" and "Peranakan" or "Peranakan Chinese" all referred to the same people. The women are known as "Nyonyas". Older ladies are also known as "Bibiks".

This is the third stamp issue featuring national monuments, the first two being released in 1978 and 1984. Through the eyes of the artist Leo Teck Chong, four monuments are portrayed from a unique perspective. The format of a se-tenant strip of two stamps brings out beautifully the distinctive architectural styles and motifs on the exterior and interior of each monument viz Hong San See Temple (20 cents), Abdul Gaffoor Mosque (50 cents), Sri Perumal Temple (75 cents) and St Andrew's Cathedral ($1).

Visitors to Singapore have never failed to be fascinated by the island's unique multi-cultural heritage. While the Tourism Series low value definitive stamps portray popular places of interest and activities, the high value stamps of this series reveal the cultural side of Singapore.