Hop into A Prosperous New Year with Zodiac Rabbit stamps

• Rabbit-themed stamps and philately gifts go on sale from 6 January 2023
• Festive postage rates for all greeting cards from 2 to 23 January 2023

Singapore, 4 January 2023 – To usher in the Lunar New Year, Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) today unveiled a set of stamps to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, these stamps will go on sale from 6 January 2023

The fourth set in the series introduced since 2020, the set of two stamps feature graphical illustrations of the rabbit, which comes after the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac order. The designer for the entire series of stamps is Ms Lim An-Ling. As an established animator and illustrator, Ms Lim has been designing stamps for SingPost since 2013.

According to popular belief, people born in the Year of the Rabbit are known to be modest and pleasant. While mostly polite and not easily irritable, they are sometimes known to be overly cautious, nervous and tend to escape from reality.

Zodiac Rabbit Series Collection

The set of stamps comes in two denominations: 1st Local $0.31 and $1.50.

Stamps - $0.31 and $1.50 respectively

The Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with the complete set of stamps and cancelled with a special Zodiac Rabbit postmark will be sold at $3.25. The Presentation Pack containing both stamps is priced at $4.30.

Pre-cancelled First Day Cover - $3.25

Presentation Pack - $4.30

Postage labels bought at select SAM kiosks at the General Post Office and Suntec Post Office will feature a limited-run rabbit-themed Chinese New Year design from 6 January 2023.

Postage labels available from select SAM kiosks at General Post Office

SingPost will also be producing a special Collector’s Sheet with a commemorative $10 stamp. Priced at $18.95, the Collector’s Sheet will be sold in a folder along with a set of eight red packets. The design is a modern take on the Chinese tradition of paper-cutting, one of China’s oldest and most popular folk art that dates back to the second century.

The Collector’s Sheet is designed by Mr Andy Koh, a multi-disciplinary designer who has also designed several stamp issues since 2000.

Special collector’s sheet - $18.95

Other gifts available include a specially designed diagonal decorative stamp encased in a gold-edged frame, as well as a series of MyStamp rabbit-themed products. The images and prices of the items can be found in Appendix 1.

All rabbit-themed stamps and gift products are available for sale from 6 January 2023 at all post offices¹, philatelic stores and counters², as well as online at shop.singpost.com, while stocks last.

¹Selection of products may vary across different post offices. Full set of products are available at the Philatelic Stores and counters and online at shop.singpost.com.

²Philatelic Store@GPO, Philatelic Store@Fullerton, Philatelic counters at Tanjong Pagar Post Office and Tampines Central Post Office.

Festive postage rates for 2023 Chinese New Year

SingPost will be offering discounted postage rates for the sending of all greeting cards within Singapore and to overseas addresses during this festive period. The festive rates will apply for all stamped and franked greeting cards posted between 2 to 23 January 2023.

The festive postage rates for non-standard size greeting cards sent to a local address is $0.31 (weighing up to 20 grams) and $0.38 (up to 40 grams), reduced from the regular postage rate of $0.60.

For greeting cards sent overseas, customers will be charged either $0.80 or $0.90, depending on the weight and destination, saving up to 62% off regular postage rates.

Please refer to the table below for the detailed schedule of festive rates: