Singapore, 21 July 2021 – Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) will issue a commemorative set of stamps on Friday, 23 July 2021 to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 23 July 2021 to 8 August 2021 Originally scheduled to take place in 2020, the event was postponed for a year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the first time the Games had ever been postponed in Olympic Games’ history.
This will be the second time that Japan is hosting the Summer Olympics, the first being 1964 Japan has also hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in 1972 and 1998
The set of six stamps features some of the sports that Singapore athletes will be participating in for the upcoming Games. They include: swimming, shooting, sailing, diving, badminton and table tennis.
Tokyo 2020 will be the 18th time Singapore is participating in the Olympics since it first participated in 1948 This year, Singapore will be represented by 23 athletes participating in 11 sports. In the last Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeirio, Brazil in 2016, Singapore won its first-ever gold medal in history, awarded to Joseph Schooling for the men’s 100m butterfly event.
Sale of stamps
The stamps (valued between 30 cents and $1.40), Pre-cancelled First Day Covers with stamps (S$6.05) and Presentation Packs (S$7.10) will be available at all post offices, philatelic stores and online at shop.singpost.com from Friday 23 July 2021, while stocks last.
About Singapore Post Limited
For more than 160 years, Singapore Post (SingPost), as the country's postal service provider, has been delivering trusted and reliable services to homes and businesses in Singapore.Today, SingPost is pioneering and leading in eCommerce logistics as well as providing innovative mail and logistics solutions in Singapore and around the world, with operations in 19 markets.
Building on its trusted communications through domestic and international postal services, SingPost is taking the lead in end-to-end integrated and digital mail solutions. The suite of SingPost eCommerce logistics solutions includes front end web management, warehousing and fulfilment, last mile delivery and international freight forwarding.
