#Lunar New Year Stamps
Slovenia Post celebrates Year of the Ox with a bright stamp!
Slovenia Post introduced to collectors’ attention a special “Year of the Ox” stamp that features the image of a solemn ox drawn in black and red colors. This is the second animal in the Chinese zodiac and the biggest and strongest of the twelve. The stamp that also features a Chinese hieroglyph was designed by Maja Tomažič. 2021 is the Year of the Ox, which will begin on Februar
Christmas Island: Year of the Ox 2021 – three bright stamps released!
Australia Post introduced three bright “Christmas Island: Year of the Ox 2021” stamps to celebrate Lunar New Year, which will start on 12 February. This is one of the most important traditional festivals celebrated in the Chinese world. The philatelic issue was illustrated by Chrissy Lau, an award-winning, British-born Chinese artist who works in Sydney. The items are designed in trad
SingPost issued two stamps to usher in the Year of the Ox!
Singapore Post released two great stamps to mark the arrival of the Year of the Ox, the second animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle. The items will feature two graphical illustrations of an ox by Ms Lim An-Ling, an artist who previously designed the 2020 Year of the Rat and 2019 Singapore Bicentennial stamp sets. “According to tradition, people born in the years of the Ox are known to b
Two new Vietnamese “Year of the Buffalo” stamps released!
Vietnam Post released two great Year of the Buffalo stamps. Lunar New Year (Tet Holiday) is the largest and most important traditional festival of Vietnamese people with a unique national culture, conveying the harmony between people and nature in the Universe’s operating cycle. Tet Holiday is an opportunity for Vietnamese people to temporarily put aside worries in life and urges all Vi
Isle of Man welcomes Year of the Ox with four originally shaped stamps!
Isle of Man Post Office introduced a set of four stamps to celebrate one of the most popular annual festivals in the world. These four great items continue Isle of Man Post Office’s Lunar New Year series commemorating the start of the Chinese New Year. The stamps are the first triangular stamps to be issued by any of the British postal administrations, with the shape used to beautifull
Year of the Ox celebrated on a special Jersey stamp!
The Year of the Ox is the subject of Jersey Post’s first stamp issue of 2021. This great festive item was illustrated by Wang Huming in Beijing, China. The design is based on a Chinese style of painting and paper cutting and depicts the symbol of the upcoming – a golden ox. Besides, the stamp features a gold metallic ink and varnish. Also known as the Spring Festival, the Lunar New Ye
Chunghwa Post welcomes New Year with two great stamps!
To welcome the coming of the New Year, Chunghwa Post has prepared for release a set of two stamps featuring the oxen. Based on Chinese calendar, 2021 is the year of Chinese zodiac Ox sign. The two bright stamps are designed around the traditional Chinese art of paper cutting. NT$6 stamp visually represents the idiom “turning things around” (with “turning” being a homonym f
Liechtenstein Post welcomes Year of the Ox with a special stamp!
Liechtenstein Post introduced a special "Year of the Ox" stamp, as the sign of the coming year will be the ox. The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first new moon between 21 January and 21 February and is the most important Chinese holiday. The item is designed in the form of a filigree silhouette and produced using state-of-the-art laser technology. The issue was created by Stefan Erne. In
Isle of Man issued four vibrant Chinese Year of the Rat stamps!
Isle of Man Post Office is happy to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Rat with this vibrant set of four stamps by Manx artist Megan Hindley, of Stedhead Art. She illustrated the rats in lively and playful manner underlying the physical agility and intelligence these creatures posess. The issue depicts the personality aspects of someone born under the year of the Rat. The four very clever designs e
Macau Post issued four stamps to welcome Lunar Year of the Rat!
Lunar New Year is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world. The year of the Rat follows the year of the Pig in 2020. Macau Post issued four colourful stamps to welcome the Chinese New Year that is also known as a Spring Festival. The issue shows rats in a playful manner while they are preparing for the winter holidays. The Rat is first in the order of all the Chinese
