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Singapore's Garden City journey began in 1963, when then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew planted the first tree, signifying the start of the greening campaign.

Butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with an egg stage, a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form.

The Singapore Volunteer Artillery (SVA) was established by MR W.G.ST CLAIR and his protem commimee on 22nd February 1888. The SVA had a proud tradition of gun drills which they trained on at a Drill Hall at Fort Fullerton Site.Their motto reads "IN ORIENTE PRIMUS" which means the FIRST IN THE EAST, for they were the first artillery organisation to be set up in the Far East. They were also the first to use the Maxim Gun in the whole British Empire and also the first in the East to receive the coastal guns which were positioned at the fest Volunteer Artillery Camp at Sentosa, then known as Pulau Blakang Mati. These 56 magnificent coastal guns were all destroyed when it became apparent that Singapore would fall to the Japanese in 1942.

A complete Chinese Zodiac cycle takes 60 years and is made of five simple cycles of twelve years each, where twelve animal signs are assigned to each of the 12 years in combination with the five main elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

On 2nd April 1963, after a brief period of test transmissions and a pilot service, Singapore entered the television age with the inauguration of a regular television service in the 4 languages.

Collectors will see the release of the fourth issue of the Singapore ’95 Orchids Series both in Singapore and in Hongkong. The Singapore Philatelic Bureau will be tying the release of this issue with the Hongkong ’94 Stamp Exhibition which it will be participating in. Hongkong ’94 is a four-day exhibition to be held in the British colony from 18 to 21 Feb 94.

A set of three stamps in the values of 10c, 35c and 75¢ will be issued on 24 June 1983 to mark the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme campaign which will run concurrently with the National Police Week to be held in the same month.

The Singapore's Festivals stamps issue is released to celebrate the different festivals in Singapore - Chinese New year, Deepavali, Hari Raya and Christmas.

Hans Christian Andersen is the Danish author whose timeless fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Princess and the Pea and The Ugly Duckling have enthralled both children and adults alike.

The 1978 Parks and Gardens commemorative stamp series artistically illustrated the parks and gardens in Singapore during the early years of the nation.

Songbirds - Nature's singing beauty

A complete Zodiac cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five simple cycles of twelve years each. Twelve animals signs are assigned to each of the 12 years in combination with the five main elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.