SINGAPORE POST LIMITED For Immediate Release
SingPost Distributing Free Stamps to HouseholdsAll households will receive a free stamp booklet along with a mailing guide by 1 October 2014
Singapore, 23 September 2014 - SingPost's 1,200 delivery staff have started delivering
10 million free stamps to 1.4 million residential households. Each household will receive a stamp booklet comprising six 1st Local stamps. These stamps are 1st Local stamps which take the prevailing postage rate of 30 cents from 1 October 2014. All franked mail customers will enjoy a 5% rebate for a year from 1 October 2014 till 30 September 2015.
Over the years, public letter mail has been on the decline with the prevalence of multiple e-communication platforms such as email, SMS and social networking sites, a trend experienced the world over. Today, the average Singaporean posts only six letters/cards a year.
One of those who will benefit from this initiative is 28-year-old administration executive Irene Law. She said: "I send donations to a charity organisation which I support twice a year. These free stamps are a bonus to me, helping me to save some costs."
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SingPost will also be progressively distributing free stamps to over 130 charity homes for the elderly, young, disabled and other residential facilities. Each charity home will receive between 100 and 300 stamp booklets depending on the capacity of the facility.
Along with the free stamp booklet, SingPost is also taking the opportunity to give mailing and packaging tips to help customers/residents avoid delays in delivery or non-delivery, through a mailing guide. On a daily basis, about 14,000 letters/packets are not deliverable due to factors such as incomplete or incorrect address, no postage address or illegible handwriting. The mailing guide contains information such as the delivery standard for non-letters (3 to 5 working days), as well as mailing and packaging tips such as using good quality packaging materials, and ensuring that the address is correct and complete and with a return address on the back of the envelope etc. These useful tips can be found at http://www.singpost.com/send-documentparcel/mailing-a-http://www.singpost.com/send-documentparcel/mailing-a-packaging-tips.htmlpackaging-tips.html.
For consumers-on-the-move, they can download the free SingPost mobile application from iTunes or Play Store which enables them to locate the nearest post office or posting box, calculate postage and track their packages, among other functions.
The delivery of stamp booklets and mailing guides to households will complete by 1
October 2014. More information on the stamp distribution is available at www.singpost.com.
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About Singapore Post Limited
(Reg. No. 199201623M)
Singapore Post (SingPost) is the leading provider of mail, logistics and ecommerce solutions in
Singapore and the Asia Pacific region, with operations in more than 10 countries.
As Singapore's national postal service provider, SingPost offers trusted communications through domestic and international postal services as well as end-to-end integrated mail solutions covering secure data printing, letter-shopping, delivery and mailroom management, among others. For over 150 years, SingPost has been delivering a trusted and reliable service to citizens, residents, corporations and businesses in Singapore.
As part of its transformation, SingPost has been steadily expanding beyond Singapore, leveraging its regional platform Quantium Solutions and other subsidiaries and partners. With its regional network and infrastructure, SingPost offers fully integrated ecommerce logistics solutions covering the four areas of freight, customs & regulations management, warehousing & fulfilment, last mile delivery & returns as well as ecommerce web services, to its customers.
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SingPost won the World Mail Award for ecommerce in June 2014 and was ranked the top postal agency in the world in an Accenture report. SingPost also gained international acclaim when it was bestowed the Service Provider of the Year 2012 award by Postal Technology International. SingPost is the only company to win to the Universal Postal Union's EMS Cooperative award for its Speedpost courier service every year since 2001.
SingPost's subsidiaries and businesses include:
• SP eCommerce (http://www.specommerce.com/), an ecommerce enabler that provides brands and retailers with integrated end-to-end ecommerce solutions
• Quantium Solutions (http://www.quantiumsolutions.com/) specialises in logistics and fulfilment services to businesses within the Asia Pacific region
• Famous Holdings (http://www.famous.com.sg/), an established freight consolidator and freight- forwarder with a regional presence in 7 countries
• Lock+Store (http://www.lockandstore.com/), a self-storage operator in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia
• DataPost (http://www.datapost.com.sg/), the biggest data print bureau in the Southeast Asia region
• Speedpost (http://www.speedpost.com.sg/), a leading provider for courier service in Singapore and international shipping to more than 200 destinations across the globe
• vPOST (http://www.vpost.com.sg/), one of the largest online shopping and shipping services providers in Southeast Asia
• Omigo Marketplace (http://www.omigo.com.sg/), Singapore's online marketplace for
consumers to shop and for SMEs and international brands to sell online
• vBOX (https://www.vbox.com.sg/index.jsp), a digital mailbox with bill payment services which can be accessed anywhere, anytime
SingPost was listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange in 2003. To learn more about
SingPost, please visit http://www.singpost.com/www.singpost.com.
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