It’sTea Time……

 

 Food in Singapore

Date of Issue : 8 February 2012

Here are new stamps issued by Singapore Post on local tea time snacks.This stamp issue offers a quirky tribute to Singapore's savoury and delectable local tea time snacks by giving them a fresh fun look.

Featuring Singapore's popular local tea time snacks in a colourful and cartoonish way, this set of four stamps entitled Local Tea Time Snacks (S$2.66) will add a cheerful touch to cards, letters and packets, as well as a smile to the recipient's face. These snacks can be easily found in eateries all around the island: Lapis Sagu (1st local), Kueh Dadar (S$0.50), Bao or Chinese bun (S$0.80), and Kueh Tutu (S$1.10).

All first day covers will be cancelled with a special Local Tea Time Snacks postmark.

Press Clippings

G – Phila Science - Stamp exhibition on Science theme in Gorakhpur

 

: Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

My recent covers…

 

11.11.11 Covers 

Hi ! here are some more very special covers sent by my friends. Many thanks to all of you ! A cover shown below is perhaps the very special cover prepared by Andrzej of Poland with special 11.11.11 personalized stamps and of course 11.11.11 cancellation. Its  a great idea of celebrating this very special date !!Thank you very much Andrzej !!

 

Very special 11.11.11 Cover  with personalized stamp of 11.11.11 sent by Andrzej Bek, from  Poland

 

Soulmiotis Spyreos - Greece

Sanjiv Jain -  Dehradun

 

Nice cover with very clear cancellation but the stamp seem to be removed during transaction.

SS Rath , Bhubaneshwar -  http://fdc4all.blogspot.com/

Other covers received recently

 

Andrzej Bek, Poland http://polpostman.blogspot.com/

 

Edmund Ong, Singapore http://ednfen.blogspot.com/

 

Special Cover ROCPEX 2011, Tiruchirapalli – 25.11.2011

Kasinath R. Thanjavur – Tamil Nadu http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/

 

 

Registered cover with Archaeopteryx stamps and cancellation from Wolfgang Beyer, Germany

My Recent Covers….

 

 

Wolfgang Bayer, Germany

Edmund Ong, Singapore

Viviana Cernjul, Argentina

Thanks a lot Viviana, Edmund and Wolfgang Bayer for these nice covers.

Permanent Pictorial Cancellations

Tamil Nadu

Permanent Pictorial Postmark – 19 – Madhumalai Sanctuary

The cover illustration and postmark shows Gaur (or) Indian Bison, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is listed as vulnerable and it is the largest species of wild cattle, bigger than the African buffalo, the extinct aurochs, and wild water buffalo. India Post issued a stamp on Gaur in 1963.

Date of Inauguration of PPP - April 05, 1975

The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, now also declared a Tiger Reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills, in Nilgiri District, about 160 km north-west of Coimbatore in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu, on the interstate boundaries with Karnataka and Kerala states. Mudumalai, which means 'first hills’, is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries established in India. The Western Ghats, Nilgiri Sub-Cluster, including all of Mudumalai National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.

: Kasinath R.- Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

Blog : My Watercraft Philately

INDIPEX –2011 Souvenir Cover from Singapore..

Singapore Post issued a Souvenir Cover and a Souvenir Sheet on INDIPEX 2011 with seven day cancellation from 12-18 February 2011.

12 February 2011 - PEACE AND HARMONY DAY

13 February 2011 - YOUTH DAY

14 February 2011 - ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT DAY

15 February 2011 - TECHNOLOGY DAY

16 February 2011 - CULTURAL DAY

17 February 2011 - TOURISM DAY

18 February 2011 - AERO-PHILATELY DAY

: Sreejesh Krishnan, Trivandrum

Cover from Singapore..

 

 

Hi ! Here is a cover from Singapore with nice stamps of Singapore trees sent by my blogger friend Edmund. Thank you very much Edmund for the cover and lovely festive stamps. The stamps are sparkling &   beautiful with awesome designs featuring a variety of festivals celebrated in Singapore.!! Many Many thanks !!  Now INDIPEX 2011, the World Philatelic Exhibition is coming closer ….Best wishes to all….Have a Wonderful Time !!

Visit INDIPEX 2011

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

 

Festive stamps from Singapore 2010

 

 

Today’s stamp

It is a new section on my blog.  I will randomly select one stamp everyday on a particular theme that appeals me most !!

Great personalities : Writers

The stamp is just beautiful featuring Mark Twain  and scenes from his famous books ( Tom Sawyer & Huckleberyfinn) shown in the background !!