Singapore stamp spectacular

More fabulous Singapore stamps. I maintain that they must all be simply gorgeous, or this correspondent chooses them with particular care.

I am so taken with those Cinema Theatres of Yesteryear Stamps. The Cathay theatre shown here in 1939 reminds me of something in Miami Beach.

Cinema stamps + flower doodle

Here's an image of sent and received all in one. In response to another wonderful letter from Singapore (with those smashing "Cinema Theatres of Yesteryear" stamps), I wrote on an International Girl aerogramme, which has a handy little box that commands "draw picture here." I'm not a huge doodler, but given the directive, I'm finding it kind of fun. My doodles are nothing fancy - flowers, little cartoon images, etc - but perhaps my doodle skill will improve with practice. Anyway it's fun to use a bunch of different fountain pen inks.

For a closer look at those awesome stamps (or the doodle, but it doesn't do as well under the macro spotlight), view large.

Are stamps from Singapore just always gorgeous?

These lovelies came on a package from Singapore. Here we have the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot and the Cream-Coloured Giant Squirrel. It seems like every stamp I see from Singapore is positively lovely!

In a few days I'll be blogging about the contents of this package from Singapore: International Girl aerogrammes. You may notice I've added them to my Beloved Stationery list in the left column, because I've tried them out now - in fact, I've gone a bit nuts on them - and am just so blown-away impressed. (YES, they take fountain pen ink beautifully.) Anyway, I'll save the kvelling for the actual post/review, and say again here how gorgeous these Singapore stamps are.

Singapore stamps: birds and fish

It seems every stamp I receive from my correspondent in Singapore is just gorgeous. I love how perfect the postmark is on these.

Singapore stamp: postal services through the years

I got this great letter a few days ago from a pen pal in Singapore, who always writes lovely letters in her beautiful handwriting. But she also shows me the array of gorgeous Singapore stamps, of which this has to be my favorite:



Love the barefoot postman with umbrella, c1910! What visions of old-time tropical mail this brings.

Civet stamp from Singapore

This was the lovely stamp on the first letter from Singapore I've ever received, which just arrived earlier this week.

I LOVE this stamp! Are all stamps from Singapore this groovy??

(Now I've got to reply to that letter!)