Singapore

Singapore is a city-state on the southernmost tip of the Malayan Peninsula. While it is found listed under "Malaya" in some older catalogs and albums, it is normally found today alphabetized under its own name.

Indian stamps were used under the Indian postal system since the 1850s.  File:Sing 15c KGVI.A.webp|1948 15c George VI definitive File:Singapore UPU.jpg|1949 50c UPU File:Sing 6c QEII.jpg|1955 6c pinas definitive File:Sing $2 QEII.jpg|1955 $2 river definitive File:Sing 25c gourami.jpg|1962 25c definitive File:Sing flag.jpg|1960 4c National Day File:Sing 1995 year rat.jpg|1995 Year of the Rat se-ten pair File:Sing Tokyo Oly 2021.jpg|2021 1st Summer Olympics 
 * By 1856, octagonal cancels were used on Indian stamps, numbered "B172". In 1865, a duplex cancel was used with a "172" in a line of diamonds killer.
 * Straits Settlements stamps were used from 1867 to 1941. See: Straits Settlements
 * Overprinted and surcharged stamps were used during the Japanese occupation from 1941-45.
 * From 1945-1948, Straits Settlement stamps were overprinted BMA / MALAYA during the re-occupation period.
 * In 1948, George VI designs of the Straits Settlements were issued now inscribed SINGAPORE, perf 14 and/or perf 17½x18.
 * Also in 1948, the Silver Wedding set was issued, the first of more omnibus sets to follow.
 * In 1955-59, a new pictorial definitive series was issued along with the portrait of Elizabeth II. These were inscribed SINGAPORE MALAYA.
 * 1960 saw two sets issued inscribed "State of Singapore".
 * In 1962-66, a new pictorial definitive series was issued featuring wildlife, and now inscribed just SINGAPORE. Stamps would continue to be inscribed that way to the present. While Singapore joined Malaysia until 1965, it continued to use its own stamps.
 * Beginning in 1994, domestic first class stamps were inscribed "For local addresses only" instead of a denomination. Around 2004, that was changed to "1st local".
 * In 2000, millenium stamps were issued with labels that could be personalized for an additional fee.

Computer vended/ATM postage
 File:Sing 3 lions ATM.jpg|1989 3 lions design File:Sing 2nd local 2018 SAMs.jpg|design with 2018 new inscription for ATMs anniversary 
 * In 1988, an Almex self-adhesive design was issued, with "SINGAPORE" and logo repeated, with data added by thermal printing.
 * In 1997, SAM machines were first used with stamps in a lightly different format with an unattached tab dispensed alongside the stamp. The first design showed "Sunny Singapore".
 * In 2018, a plain two-part stamp from iSAM machines was issued.

Postage due
 File:Sing 10c first due.jpg|1968 10c value, perf 9 
 * In 1968, a numerical design series with a vertical stripe was issued, with spiral watermark and perf 9. It would be issued in 1973-77 perf 13x13½ with some values unwatermarked.
 * In 1978, the previous design with "SINGAPORE" in bold/heavy type was issued unwatermarked, perf 13x13½. In 1981, a series perf 12x11½ was issued.
 * In 1989, a design with horizontal lines around the numeral of value were issued. IN 1997, a 1c and 4c value was issued.

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