Stampede Philately

  SingPost has issued a new miniature sheet today called “Spring Cleaning” and here are the specifications: Date of Issue: 31 January 2022 Denomination: $8 Stamp Size: 45mm x 44.75mm Miniature Sheet Size: 120mm x 78mm  Perforation: 13  Paper: Unwatermarked Printing Process: Offset Lithography with Gold Hot Stamping Printer: Secura Singapore Pte Ltd  Designer: Andy Koh Spring Cleaning is a traditional Chinese practice and it is done before the Lunar New Year. People would clean up their houses and fix or change any faulty home appliances in preparation to receive guests for the festivities. It is also a way to signify a fresh start for the beginning of the New Year. You may also find people discarding old furniture and buying new ones during this time of the year. With that, I would like to wish all my viewers a very happy and prosperous Chinese New Year! Update 9/2/22 SingPost is also offering a Lunar New Year cachet throughout the festivities! It has two mandarin or...

The Royal Astronomical Society will be holding a public lecture about astronomy on stamps on the 18 January 2022 at 1pm GMT, which is 9pm Singapore time. The speaker is Ms. Katrin Raynor Evans, she's a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society as well as a member of the Astro Space Stamp Society, which I am a member of, too! Come join in the fun and learn more about astronomy and philately at the same time! This is an online event, here's the link for registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ras-january-public-lecture-2022-katrin-raynor-evans-tickets-224077892007?fbclid=IwAR0aEKYT99s1SyyWvylTTY6aKYqJpNxg31CxJdYVW1bkDASoxddhMPNcTF0 p.s. Thanks to my friend, Dave, for alerting me about this event. I would have missed it if not for you. Update 11/1/22 Had a wonderful Zoom session with the presenter Ms. Katrin Evans, who was very well-articulated with the subject matter. It is not easy to merge the two subjects of Astronomy and Philately and condense them to a point ...

SingPost has launch some new Chinese Zodiac stamps today to celebrate the coming Year of the Tiger.  Here are the specifications: Date of issue: 7 January 2022 Denominations: 1st local & $1.40 Stamp size: 37.5mm x 26mm 1st local self-adhesive stamp booklet size: 90mm x 68mm (closed)  Minipane size: 98mm x 68mm Collector’s sheet with $10 stamp size: 120mm x 120mm Perforation (1st local & $1.40): 14.40 x 14.615 Paper: Unwatermarked Printing process: Offset lithography (stamps), Offset lithography with laser die-cut and gold hot stamping (collector’s sheet) Sheet content: 10 stamps per sheet Printers: Southern Colour Print (stamps), Royal Joh Enschde B.V. (collector’s sheet) Designers: Lim An-Ling (stamps), Andy Koh (collector’s sheet) Stamp set Minipane I went on to get the Collector’s Sheet as well. It comes with a set of 8 red packets for the Lunar New Year. Collector’s Sheet with the Chinese character for “Tiger”. Design of the red packets or what we Chinese would lik...