Singapore - Japan Joint Issue 29.11.2016

Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) and Japan Post Co., Ltd. (Japan Post) released a joint stamp issue by Singapore and Japan to commemorate 50 years of strong and warm bilateral relations between the two countries. Both countries have developed excellent relationships in many areas, including trade and investment, culture, and their people.

The stamps feature ceramic works by renowned potters of the two countries: Singapore’s Mr Iskandar Jalil, and Japan’s Mr Toyozo Arakawa.

Thank you Shashi.

SESCAL 2002 - Ming Dynasty Pottery 4.10.2002

This lovely stamp which is one of four issued by Taiwan to commemorate SESCAL 2002, the 58th annual Stamp Exhibition of Southern California, sponsored by the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California, was held on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 4-6, at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 6225 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles.

The stamp shows Porcelain pottery from the Ming Dynasty in China. During the 18th century, the Chinese ceramics industry, which was once again under stringent imperial control, was noted for the perfection of its porcelain bodies and for the development of new techniques for their decoration.