Singapore Post Ltd : Soar into the New Year with Dragon Zodiac Stamp Issue

For Immediate Release

Soar into the New Year with Dragon Zodiac Stamp Issue

Date of Issue: 5 January 2012

Collector's Sheet featuring the special printing technique of offset printing

with metallic ink and UV varnish (S$16.80)

Complete set of stamps (S$2.01) Pre-cancelled First Day Cover (S$2.75)

Singapore, 3 January 2012 - SingPost celebrates the Lunar New Year with the release of the Dragon Zodiac stamp issue - the fifth of the 12 stamps in its Zodiac stamp series, which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat. The powerful, flamboyant and magnanimous Dragon is depicted in this Dragon Zodiac stamp series in denominations of

1st local, S$0.65 and S$1.10.
Adding to the philatelic collection is the Collector's Sheet (S$16.80) that uses a special printing technique - offset printing with metallic ink and the UV varnish. One can view the Dragon and the outgoing zodiac animal, Rabbit on the S$5 stamp. The S$10 stamp features the same effect with the Dragon and the next year's zodiac animal, Snake.

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Every Collector's Sheet comes with a free exclusive folder and a free pack of designer hongbaos featuring the Dragon stamp design and the Chinese character, 'Dragon' in several ancient styles, to get the stamp collectors into the festive mood.
Also available on sale are the Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with the
complete set of Dragon stamps (S$2.75), the Presentation Pack (S$3.75) and the 1st Local self-adhesive sheetlet (S$2.55). All first day covers will be cancelled with a special Dragon
postmark.
The stamp products of this issue will be on sale from 5 January 2012 at all post offices and the Singapore Philatelic Museum. They can also be purchased via SingPost's online shopping portal vPOST, http://shop.vpost.com.sg.
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About Singapore Post Limited

(Reg. No. 199201623M)

Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) is a leading provider of mail, logistics and retail solutions in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. It is the designated Public Postal Licensee (PPL) for Singapore providing domestic and international postal services as well as end-to-end mail solutions such as data printing, letter-shopping, delivery and mailroom management. As a logistics provider, SingPost offers domestic and international door-to-door delivery services, including express delivery (Speedpost) along with warehousing, fulfilment and distribution services. SingPost owns one of the largest retail distribution networks in Singapore with its extensive tri-channel network of

60 post offices, 300-odd Self-service Automated Machines (SAM) and the online shopping and shipping portal vPOST. SingPost was listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST on 13 May 2003. The company has won many awards and accolades. It is the only postal company in the world to

have won the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative Certification Gold Level Award by the

Universal Postal Union for its Speedpost Worldwide Courier Service for 10 consecutive years since

2001. It was also named runners-up in the "Most Transparent Company Award 2010" for the fifth consecutive year in the SIAS Investors' Choice Award. For more information, please visit: www.singpost.com.

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For general information on SingPost, call 1605 or visit us at www.singpost.com

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ANNEX 1

Items on Sale Price

First Day Cover (without stamps) S$0.25* Complete set of stamps S$2.01
Pre-cancelled First-Day Cover affixed with stamps S$2.75* Presentation Pack S$3.75* Collector's Sheet S$16.80*

Technical Details

Date of Issue : 5 January 2012
Denominations : 1st Local, S$0.65, S$1.10
Stamp Size : 40mm x 30mm (1st local & S$0.65)
35mm x 45.65mm (S$1.10) Collector's Sheet Size : 105mm x 65mm (S$5 & S$10) Perforation : 13.33 x 13.33 (1st local & S$0.65)
13.15 x 13.15 (S$1.10) Paper : Unwatermarked
Printing Process : Offset Lithography (Stamps)
Offset printing with metallic ink and UV varnish
(Collector's Sheet)
Printer : Cartor Security Printing (Collectors' Sheet) Southern Colour Print (Stamps)
Sheet Content : 50 gummed-back stamps per sheet (1st local & S$0.65)
10 Self-adhesive stamps per sheet (1st local) Designers : Leo Teck Chong
* Prices inclusive of prevailing GST for purchases within Singapore

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