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17 March 2019

Sunday Stamps - D

1968, Singapore, Sword  Dance

Singapore is an island city state which gained independence from Britain in 1963 by joining Malaysia but later, in 1965, separated and formed its own state. For the first few years of independence, stamps in Singapore were interchangeable with Malaya. This sword dance stamp was in the first set of definitives issued in 1968. They were hand painted in photogravure and portrayed traditional dances of the three main ethnic groups.

D for Dance

7 comments:

Bob Scotney said...

This looks quite fearsome, but love the colours.

My link http://bit.ly/2JhLIKV

Mail Adventures said...
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Mail Adventures said...

The colours on this stamp are quite surprising.

Here you have my link to today's stamp.

Ana said...

that stamp looks so powerful! I can even hear some accompanying music in my head!

My D-s for today

Joy said...

I think one would not have to get too close to the dancers:) My dancers here

FinnBadger said...

What an interesting choice for a first set of definitives.

D is for Dimetrodon

Heleen said...

I like the unusual compination of colours!

My D of today is for Darwin and Dragons.