Singapore 2025 Endangered Flora

 

Singapore 2025 Kebaya : UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

The kebaya, a traditional garment from Southeast Asia, has been recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The listing was a joint effort by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. This recognition celebrates the kebaya as a symbol of regional heritage and cultural identity, promoting understanding between cultures. 

Kebaya panjang: A refined full-length dress with a front opening traditionally secured with kerongsang, pins, or buttons.

Kebaya sulam: A beautifully adorned kebaya featuring elaborate embroidery of floral motifs, animal figures, mythical creatures, or figurative elements, often found along the neckline, sleeves, and hem.

Kebaya kotabaru: Recognisable by its distinctive rectangular-shaped panel that bridges the front opening of the garment.

Kebaya pendek: A form-fitting kebaya that reaches the hip.

Kebaya is a front-opening top often adorned with intricate embroidery and worn with fasteners such as brooches or buttons. It comes in various lengths and can be worn with a matching sarong. Kebaya is a way of dressing that has evolved with the lifestyles of Southeast Asian women. It is worn at casual as well as formal events, social gatherings and festivals. It is also worn in the performing arts, such as in dance performances, theatre and film.

 
Contemporary designs are featured in beauty pageants and award ceremonies to reflect the wearer’s cultural identity. Making kebaya involves specific skills and knowledge related to the preparation, design, selection and cutting of fabrics and accessories, as well as different sewing and embroidery styles. 

Traditionally, these skills and knowledge have been transmitted informally from mothers to daughters. Over time, men have also become involved and formal training has become available through schools and workshops. Kebaya is a significant part of the cultural heritage and identity of various communities in Southeast Asia. Despite variations in how kebaya is made and worn, it is a common cultural element that transcends ethnicity, religion and borders, facilitating dialogue and uniting communities.

Singapore 2024 Children's Hobbies

 

Brunei-Singapore Joint Issue 2024 Flora

 

Malaysia-Singapore Joint Issue 2024 Johor Causeway 100th Anniversary

 

Singapore 2024 Critically Endangered Flora of Lowland Dipterocarp Forests

 The Sunda continental shelf (southern Thailand and Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo) is home to a unique type of rainforest – the lowland dipterocarp forest.

These forests are characterised by the dominance of trees from the dipterocarp family and high floristic diversity from different plant families all nestled within diverse vegetation strata. Singapore was once covered by lush tropical vegetation, most of which, were lowland dipterocarp forests.

While Singapore may have lost much of our primeval vegetation during colonial times, our biodiversity continues to thrive, and new discoveries and rediscoveries are still being made today.

However, some species are considered Critically Endangered locally as they are survived by a few isolated populations. As part of Singapore’s Nature Conservation Master Plan, the National Parks Board (NParks) has put in place a Species Recovery Programme to help ensure the long-term survival of our rare and endangered native species in our City in Nature.

Four of these species featured in this stamp issue are Mucuna biplicate, Kadsura scandens, Piper porphyrophyllum and Artocarpus kemando.

Date of Issue: 26 April 2024

Denominations: 1 st Local, 80¢, 85¢, $2

Stamp Size: 29.85mm x 40.8mm

Perforation: 13

Paper: Unwatermarked

Printing Process: Offset Lithography

Printer: Secura Singapore Pte Ltd

Sheet Content: 10 stamps per sheet

Designer: Agnes Tan

Singapore 2024 Definitive ( Aquarium Fishes )

 

1 Apr 2024

1 Jan 2021

11 Jun 2021

22 Nov 2019

Singapore ATM Stamps

Singapore Post 's experience with ATM vending machines began in 1988 with the installation of PLVM ( Postage Label Vending Machine ) equipment manufactured by the British firm Almex ( Metric Parking Group ). The machines resembled parking meters; in fact, they were an adaptation of a standard Almex

These machines were installed in post offices and various public places, totaling 49 units ( nos. 0001 to 0048 and 0050 ) in operation from 1989.

The Almex machines operated with coins and offered 16 basic programmed postage values . They did not give change in coins but rather in other ATMs worth 5 and/or 10 cents.

These stamps feature pre-printed colorful designs, but the actual postage value is printed on-demand by the machine at the time of purchase.

Early Frama Era (1980s - 2000s)

19 Apr 1988

5 Jun 1989

5 Apr 1994

8 Sep 1990

2 Oct 1991

1 Dec 1992

5 Apr 1994

1 Apr 1995

Modern SAM Kiosk Era

As mechanical Frama setups phased out, modern touchscreen SAM (Self-Service Automated Machines) took over, printing digital thermal ink onto beautifully detailed, full-bleed design backdrops.

19 May 1997 "Sunny Singapore"

8 Nov 2000

10 Jun 2003

15 Mar 2007

22 Feb 2010 "Destination Singapore"

26 Aug 2013 "City in a Garden"

1 Jan 2017 

5 Jan 2018

Potpourri

9 Oct 2023

165 Years of Singapore Postal Service

22 Mar 2024

Otters & Singapore Skyline