SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE / SINGAPURA - 新加坡共和国

River life.
Singapore River.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.09.1987.
Face value: 10 Singapore cents.
Design: Ng Keng Sen.
Printed by Secura, Singapore.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 2,760,000 copies.

Catalogs
- ISC Malaysia No. 562. 
- Michel No. 536.
- Scott No. 508.
- StampWorld No. 537.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 558.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 519.

The Singapore River flows in the city of Singapore, parallel to Alexandra Road and feeds into the Marina Reservoir in the southern part of Singapore. It is approximately 3.2 km (1.99 mi) long from its source at the Kim Seng Bridge to where it empties into Marina Bay; the river extends more than two kilometers beyond its original source at the Kim Seng Bridge as the Alexandra Canal. The mouth of the Singapore River was the old Port of Singapore, being naturally sheltered by the southern islands. Historically, the city initially grew around the port so the river mouth became the center of trade, commerce and finance. During British colonization, the river was the commercial artery and the center of economic activity. From the second decade of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, the river's waters were highly polluted due to the disposal of garbage, sewage, and other by-products from the industries located along its banks, but in 1977 the government ordered the cleaning of the rivers of the country, which have recovered their previous state.