Welcome

You have landed on the philatelic hobby website of Masya S. Ong in Singapore.

Shosai is the name of my study/studio from where I roam the world through my stamp collection.

Collections

Countries with a story to tell

My collection covers selected politically, culturally or economically significant countries whose story is told effectively through their stamps. Typically these collections end in the 1990s, so that they can be contained in a single album. A brief listing can be found under the Collections tab.

I am progressively (re-)mounting these collections and am adding wishlists wish lists as I go along. Starting in Sep-24 these lists are also posted to www.colnect.com where they are displayed with the relevant image.

Postmarks

For all my collections I aim to get copies with clean cancellations showing as many place names as possible. For Malaysia I actively collect regional definitives with inner-state cancellations.

Economic History

For the Straits Settlements and its successor countries, my interest is in economic history. A colorful picture of Singapore's early trade arises from studying the endorsements (chops) on the early issues of the Straits Settlements, and the stamps of the post-independence period tell the story of the development of the national economy.

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Latest updates

For updated versions of my wishlists please see my profile on Colnect.

Wishlist - USA updated

Wishlist - Hong Kong added

Collections - Updated listing