s 19 Postage stamps
19.—(1) A person (other than the Postal Authority or a specified public postal licensee) must not provide or cause to be provided postage stamps that bear the word “Singapore” in any language.[10/2021] (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.[34/2007] (3) Any postage stamp provided under subsection (1) may be of such kind and may denote such values as the Postal Authority or specified public postal licensee may determine.[34/2007; 10/2021] (4) Any postage stamp provided under this section must be used for the prepayment of any postage or other sum chargeable under this Act in respect of any postal article to be conveyed and delivered by or through the Postal Authority or the specified public postal licensee, except where the Postal Authority or specified public postal licensee determines that prepayment may be made in some other manner.[34/2007; 10/2021] (5) The design of every postage stamp provided by a specified public postal licensee under this section must be approved by the Postal Authority.[34/2007; 10/2021] (6) All philatelic archival materials produced by a specified public postal licensee belong to the Government, and all philatelic archival materials must be kept in such custody as the Government directs.[34/2007; 10/2021] (7) In subsection (6), “philatelic archival materials” includes —(a) philatelic stamps; (b) artworks, proofs, progressive sheets, printed sheets and printing plates of philatelic stamps; and (c) date stamps, slogan dies and other artifacts used in connection with the production of philatelic stamps.[34/2007] (8) The Minister may, after consulting the Postal Authority, by order in the Gazette, delete, vary or add to the items of “philatelic archival materials” specified in subsection (7).[34/2007] (9) In this section, “specified public postal licensee” means a public postal licensee that is authorised by the licence granted under section 6 to provide postage stamps that bear the word “Singapore” in any language.[10/2021]