The number of Singapore stamps for 2024 is quite small, but worth a long look. I’ve been poking around Singapore post’s website for a few years, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why I haven’t actually posted what I’ve written. I’ve made jokes that my attention span is a bit like a cat with a laser pointer, and I think that’s pretty accurate. I really am embarrassed to admit I’ve been tracking and saving details on Singapore since I began this project in 2021. Singapore was one of the first countries I began to explore when the lock down began. What sometimes happens though, is I simply enjoy the stamps and pottering around looking at details on a  country, culture, history and forget to finish the articles. That’s a large part of stamp collecting. It’s not just the stamps, it’s their long and fascinating tales that offer a distraction to life. Well, here we are, at last, we’ve arrived in Singapore. 

As stated above, the number of sets is small, which makes collecting them very appealing. Designers use one of my favourite techniques – seeing the entire set as a canvas.  April’s Critically Endangered Flora of Singapore – Flora of Lowland Dipterocarp Forests is a strong example. 

The cover is treated as an extension of the stamps, not simply a white board to stick them on. Each year Singapore produces covers like this, making the stamps especially appealing. Another wonderful things is how Singpost includes all the artist/designer names. Hope you enjoy Singapore as much as I have, and its nice that I finally decided to share one of my favourite countries with you, isn’t it? 

I’d promise to have the previous years for you ready soon, but you and I both know, all it will take is a new shiny stamp to distract me. So, when they arrive, they arrive. 

By the way, how can you not love a post office that offers this type of merch:

I’m putting this tea towel on my wish list. Check out out their giftshop. Maybe you can find something unique for a Christmas gift this year. Gifts (singpost.com) 

January

Lunar New Year – Year of the Dragon

2 stamps, mini pane, FDC, cancel, Collector’s Sheet comprises of $10 stamp and comes with a folder, presentation pack, 2 postcards, booklets of 10
offset with gold hot stamping

Artists: Lim An-ling (Stamps), Andy Koh (Collector’s Sheet)
Lim also designed Singapore’s yearly Lunar New Year stamps, starting with the 2020 Year of the Rat. Her designs include Singapore’s Myths and Legends Stamps (2016, 2014), Definitives (2013-2017)

An-ling is interested in the ways stories are told through artwork. She believes in experimenting, and the wonders of pen and brush.

Due to her experience working in production companies as an animator, her illustrative work often carries a sense of movement. Through the years, she has illustrated for postage stamps, books, campaigns, film posters, and artwork for home and hotel.

Info | My Site (musingcats.com)

Release date: January 5, 2024 

April

Critically Endangered Flora of Singapore – Flora of Lowland Dipterocarp Forests

4 stamps, FDC, cancel, presentation pack
offset

• Two-fold Velvet Bean (Mucuna biplicate) NParks | Mucuna biplicata
• Kadsura scandens NParks | Kadsura scandens
• Tiger’s Betel (Piper porphyrophyllum) NParks | Piper porphyrophyllum
• Squirrel’s Jack (Artocarpus kemando) NParks | Artocarpus kemando

Designer: Agnes Tan
Tan also co-designed Israel’s 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Singapore set in 2019

Release date: April 26, 2024

June

Centennial Anniversary of The Causeway
joint issue with Malaysia

4 stamps, presentation pack
offset

For 100 years the Jahore-Singapore Causeway has served as a vital, and busy, link between Malaysia and Singapore. Construction on the link began in 1919 and opened June 11, 2024. It serves as both a rail and road link between the two countries, with an excess of 130,000 vehicles travelling across it daily. 

Malaysia released their 4 stamp set the same day. 

 Designers: Lim An-ling (Singapore) and Mimesis Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)

Release date: June  28, 2024

July

Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

10 stamps, presentation pack
offset

Designer: Andy Koh
Koh designed both the 2022 and 2023 Lunar New Year stamps.

Release date: July 26, 2024

August

National Day 2024 – Together, As One United People

4 stamps, souvenir sheet, presentation pack
offset

This set was issued for Singapore’s 59th Independence Anniversary. 

Designer: Lim An-ling

Release date: August 1, 2024

ASEAN Postal Administrations
joint issue

1 stamp, presentation pack
offset

There are 10 members of the The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Postal Administrations.  Each country issued a stamp with the theme Central Post Office Building. Singapore featured the General Post Office of SingPost, located at the SingPost Centre

Designer: Eric Kong (Design Vizio)

Release date: August 8, 2024

September

Jurong Lake Gardens

4 stamps, FDC, cancel, presentation pack
offset

Jurong Lake Gardens is part of an extensive 90 hectare garden paradise. Along with Jurong, visitors can enjoy the Lakeside Garden, Chinese Garden and the Japanese Garden.

Dating back to the early 1900s, the area where Jurong Lake Gardens is now sited was once a freshwater swamp with plantation farms till the 1960s when the area was conceived as an industrial town. This led to the clearing of swamps and levelling of hills for factories and other infrastructure. Today, Jurong Lake Gardens, as Singapore’s first national gardens in the heartlands, contributes towards efforts to transform Singapore into a City in Nature by restoring and extending nature into the Jurong district. The 90-hectare Gardens comprises Lakeside Garden, Chinese and Japanese Gardens, and Garden Promenade. This stamp series showcases some iconic features at Jurong Lake Gardens, as well as the flora and fauna you can observe while exploring the Gardens. 
Jurong Lake Gardens Stamp Set (CSK24AST) (singpost.com)

Jurong Lake Gardens (nparks.gov.sg)

Designer: Wong Wui Kong

Release date: September 9, 2024 

Singapore and Brunei Darussalam – 40 Years of Diplomatic Relations
joint issue with Brunei

2 stamps, souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, presentation pack
offset

Designers: Teo Nam Siang (Singapore) Awang Muhammad Abdul Wafi bin Mat Salleh (Brunei Darussalam)

Release date: September 17, 2024

Peranakan Museum

12 stamps, souvenir pack
offset 

This set explores treasures from the Peranakan Museum
The museum previously appeared on stamps in 2008.

Designer: Hazel Lee

Release date: September 20, 2024

October

150th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union

1 stamp, presentation pack
offset

Many countries around the world have issued UPU stamps this year. Many are featuring a common design element (the logo 150 seen in the bottom right). But Singapore took the design to the next level and incorporated an early UPU image (women holding hands around the globe) into their new modern design. Designer Lim Wenbin, Pinch Design Pte Ltd created one of  the best UPU stamps of the year. 

Designer: Lim Wenbin, Pinch Design Pte Ltd

Release date: October 9, 2024