"Les Aventures de Tintin" - Exposition à Singapore
"The adventures of Tintin" exhibition opens at S'pore Philatelic Museum
SINGAPORE: Rarely seen original stamp artworks of the comic series, "The Aventures of Tintin", will be on display for the first time at the Singapore Philatelic Museum from 4/11/2011 till May next year.
The caracter Tintin was created in 1929 by famous Belgian comic artist Georges Remi also known as Hergé.
The exhibition will feature a full range of Tintin postage stamps issued by Belgium, France, the Netherlands as well as from the Permanent Collection at the museum. The exhibition will also feature rare stamps, colour trials and other philatelic materials from the Museum Voor Communicatie in the Netherlands and Musée de La Poste in France.
"The adventures of Tintin" series of comic books has sold more than 200 million copies worldwide.
-CNA/ac