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