Stamps and Letters | The Eras Postal Tour: Historic Fullerton

Day 5 greeted us with a clear, bright sky, setting the perfect backdrop for our adventure. As the kids prepared for the much-anticipated concert, I was thrilled at the thought of exploring the iconic Fullerton Hotel. 

If you've been following our journey, you know we've had an exciting Day 1 at Jewel Changi Airport. If you missed that, catch up on them here, so you won’t miss anything. 

Today, our tour was made even more delightful by the company of Jeffrey Oro, a fellow stamp collector who share a similar passion for philately as I do. Thanks to his guidance, we ventured to the SingPost General Post Office in Paya Lebar, where I indulged in selecting  postcards to send special messages. Our next stop was destined to be the Fullerton Postbox, where I eagerly dropped my  chosen postcards for some friends and for the first time ever, to myself!  

If you remember in my previous post, I mentioned about how videos we watched convinced the hubby to include Fullerton in our tour itinerary. Well, who wouldn’t be persuaded to see one of the Heritage Hotels of Singapore, the Fullerton Hotel.

Watch these

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Magnificent! 

Majestic! 

I believe Fullerton deserves these adjectives!

The Fullerton Building is a grand neoclassical landmark, declared in December 2015 as a National Monument.

In commemorating Singapore's centennial anniversary, Sir Laurence Guillemard, the colonial governor, commissioned the construction of the Fullerton Building in 1924 with a design by Keys & Dowdeswell. Completed in 1928, this Neoclassical masterpiece housed various tenants, including the General Post Office, the Exchange, and government offices, serving as a hub for essential services and administrative functions, hosting offices for the Governor of Singapore and the High Commissioner for the Federation of Malay States, among others. The General Post Office, presided over by the Postmaster General, occupied much of the space, covering the two lowest floors of the structure.

Entrance to the hotel lobby

where the Mile Zero is fixed. 

This is exactly where everything started and where everything leads to in Singapore. 

The mile zero mark is right here. 

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Wow, I stepped on Singapore’s 

Mile Zero mark! 

A milestone in my philatelic journey, this is! 

I love how hubby was able to capture The Fullerton Building while we were on a river cruise. 

View of the Fullerton Hotel with the Cavenagh Bridge. 

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"National Monument

Gazetted on 15 October 2019

Cavenagh Bridge

Completed in 1869, Cavenagh Bridge is the oldest and only iron cable-stayed 

bridge in Singapore. It was named after Sir Orfeur Cavenagh, the last Governor 

of the Straits Settlement under the government of British India (1859-1867). 

Manufactured by P & W MacLellan in Glasgow, it was shipped to Singapore

for assembly. In 1910, Anderson Bridge was opened to ease the increasing

traffic load at Cavenagh Bridge, and the latter was later redesignated as a

pedestrian bridge.

Cavenagh Bridge is one of three Singapore River bridges collectively 

gazetted as a National Monument."

It was right here where I did an extreme philately. 

Click here to read my previous post where I introduced the extreme philately concept. 

The 60c Fullerton Hotel stamp is one of the ten stamps from the Heritage Hotels (2019) series issued on March 22, 2019 celebrating Singapore's rich architectural heritage. Measuring 60 mm x 30 mm, the stamp  features ornate flourishes and typography reminiscent of the '20s and '30s, when the Fullerton Building was part of a great boom in neo-classical architecture in Singapore.

After my extreme philately experiment at the Fullerton Hotel, we proceeded to the opposite riverbank via the Cavenagh Bridge to capture the grandeur of the surrounding architecture. It truly was a day of exploration and discovery! A huge thanks to you, Jeffrey, for your invaluable time and unwavering patience. Your presence has left an indelible mark on my philatelic journey and will forever be cherished in my memories.

'Til next extreme philately episode.

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