Registered cover
with complete set of stamps from the issue ‘Reservoirs of Singapore’ posted on April, 18
2012.
(A
very special thanks to my best friend Terence Wong)
World
Water Day 2012 Celebrated on the Reservoirs of Singapore
To
celebrate World Water Day 2012, SingPost issued a set of commemorative stamps,
Reservoirs of Singapore, in 10 designs featuring reservoirs of the country’s
drinking water supply.
Observed
every year on 22 March, the World Water Day, an initiative that grew out of the
1992
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) aims to raise
global awareness on the importance of water and advocates for the sustainable management
of water resources.
The
five reservoirs illustrated on the 1st Local stamps are the Jurong Lake,
Punggol
Reservoir,
Lower Seletar Reservoir, Serangoon Reservoir and Marina Reservoir; and on the
50-cents stamp, Lower Peirce Reservoir, MacRitchie Reservoir, Bedok Reservoir, Pandan
Reservoir and Upper Seletar Reservoir.
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| Set of stamps |
Technical
Details
Date
of Issue: 22 March 2012
Values:
1st Local x 5 designs and 50-stamp x 5 designs
Designer:
Don Low
Printer:
Southern Colour Print
Process:
Offset Lithography
Size:
50.0 x 40.0 mm
Perforation:
Paper:
Unwatermarked
Watermark:
Sheets:
10 stamps per sheet
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