Issue 92 - Singapore Post

4
Stamp Issue
Historical Railway
Stations
Tanjong Pagar railway Station, also known as Keppel
Road Railway Station or Singapore railway station,
was a railway terminal owned by Keretapi Tanah
Melayu ( KTM ), the main railway operator in Malaysia.
On 24 May 2010, an agreement between the
governments of Singapore and Malaysia was reached
to permanently cease operations into and from the
station from 01 July 2011.
The Tanjong Pagar railway station was opened
on 02 May 1932 by then Governor of Singapore,
Sir Cecil Clementi, and is then, a fine example of
Modern Architecture with Neo-Classical and Art-
Deco influences. Four marble reliefs right outside
the entrance are allegories of Agriculture, Industry,
Commerce and Transport, representing the source of
wealth for both Singapore and Malaysia. The waiting
hall has a barrel vault roof and the wall panels bear
paintings of Malayan scenes: rice planting, rubber
tapping, shipping activities, bullock cart transport,
copra growing and tin mining.
The Bukit Timah railway station followed the
style of the traditional small town stations that were
common in the United Kingdom and Malaya. It is
an open-sided single-storey brick building that
front the main railway line with an open platform.
Its cosy country cottage appearance has made it an
endearing local landmark. The station acts as a place
where the trains have to exchange key tokens with
the stationmaster to give them the right authority
to enter into the next sector of track. The key token
is therefore a symbolic representation of a train’s
authority to pass through a sector.
This set of stamps allows us to have an
appreciation of the transportation history
of Singapore.
Set of mint stamps : S$4.01
Designed by : Brainwave Design
Technical Details
DENOMINATIONS :
1st Local / 65¢ / $1.10 / $2
PAPER :
Unwatermarked
SHEET CONTENT :
10 stamps per sheet
STAMP SIZE :
30mm x 40mm
PRINTING :
Offset Lithography
PERFORATION :
13.33 x 13.33
PRINTER :
Southern Color Print