Singapore, a former British Colony, is one of the four Asian Tigers or Asian Dragon (other tigers are Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong). During World War II, the Japanese annexed Singapore from 1942 to 1945. Once again in the year 1945 Singapore came under British control. In 1959 British Government granted Self-Government to Singapore. In 1963 Singapore merged with Malaysian Federation. unfortunately this lasted only for 2 years. On 9th August 1965 Singapore become Independent country.
In 2013, Singapore celebrated its 48th Independence Day and Sing Post has issued the below special miniature sheet on this occasion.
The paper on which it is printed is supposed to be 'phosphor coated' with hotstamping.
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