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Gallery Fact Sheet

1st January 2019

 

Background

The World Buddhist Stamps Gallery (WBSG) is established on 1/1/2019. It is a project of Yayasan Belia Buddhist Malaysia, YBBM with the objectives of preserve, exhibit and promote the Buddhist stamps collection to the world.

 

•Location: 129 Seang Teik Road, 10400 Penang, Malaysia

•Area: 718sf.

•Web Site:  www.wbsg129.org

•E-mail: wbsg129@gmail.com

 

Collections

The WBSG houses one of the comprehensive Buddhist stamps collection in the region.

 

•Gallery’s collection :  5,000 Buddhist stamps

•Category of Stamps: Postage stamps, First Day Cover, Special and Commemorative stamps and post card.

•Stamps origin country: Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Korea, Bhutan, India, Nepal,, Myanmar, Mongolia, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.

 

Exhibition Theme

The gallery exhibits one theme of Buddhist stamps for every 4 months. Among the permanent exhibitions theme are:

•World Heritage in Buddhist stamps

•The Lord Buddha

•Meeting Bodhisattvas

•Buddhist Cultural Heritage

•The Silk Road

•50 Buddhist Sites  to visit at least once in a life time

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