To celebrate World Post Day on 9 October, SingPost
has launched a photo contest on Facebook. The Posting Moment’s Photo Contest
calls for Singaporeans to share their cherished postal moments on Facebook. You
stand a chance to win an iPhone 5 amongst other attractive prizes.
It could be a pen pal letter
that you’ve kept for 40 years, a stamp collection belonging to your
grandfather, or the postcard you just received yesterday. Just take a photo and
submit to the Facebook page with an accompanying caption (of not more than 200
characters).
This is the photo that I have
submitted. It is a page from
my half-century old stamp album. The stamps you see here are from a time when
Singapore was part of Malaya.
I used to
collect stamps as a kid. Whenever I received a letter, or greeting card from a
friend, I would carefully remove the stamp and paste it to my album. What a
thrill it was to receive a letter with a stamp that I did not already have.
I would
also exchange stamps with my cousins, classmates, and an Indian boy from
Bartley School who came around to our kampong to sell snacks in the afternoon.
We became friends. But sadly we have lost touch over the years. How nice it
would be if he could read this post. And then we can become friends again. But
this time, we would not be exchanging stamps, but memories.
PS – Please
vote for me here. Remember to “like” first. Cheers.
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