Singapore

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Singapore is a city-state on the southernmost tip of the Malayan Peninsula.

Indian stamps were used under the Indian postal system since the 1850s.  File:Singapore UPU.jpg|1949 50c UPU 
 * 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 wer 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 now 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.
 * 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.

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 * 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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