Following my earlier post about Singapore’s “original” National Day on 3rd June, here are more stamps and first day covers that show that unusual blip in our history…

Is Singapore’s National Day on August 9 ? The answer, of course, would be “Yes”. As every school pupil knows, Singapore’s National Day is on August 9. What if I were to ask you, “Who are the Singaporeans who celebrated National Day on 3rd June?”. A typical reaction to this question is “Where got such thing?”

That Singaporeans celebrated National Day on 3rd June is a fact and there is documentary evidence that is cheap and easily obtainable. The simple documentary evidence is in the form of stamps and First Day Covers (FDCs).

FDCs of National Day, 1960-1963

Many thanks to Dr. WK Tan for the pictures and inputs.