Singapore Post will issue on 5 January 2012 a set of 3 stamps to celebrate the Year of Dragon. A special collectors sheet containing two stamps and a self-adhesive sheetlet of 10 stamps will also be made available.
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Singapore 2012 Year of Dragon stamp issue
December 13th, 2011New Zealand 2012 Year of Dragon stamp issue
December 13th, 2011
New Zealand Post will issue a set of 4 stamps and a miniature sheet on 5 January 2012 to celebrate the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon which begins on 23 January 2012.
Taiwan’s Year of Dragon stamps for 2012
November 28th, 2011
Taiwan Post will issue a set of 2 stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate the Year of Dragon which starts 23 January 2012.
The two stamps have denominations of NT$3.50 and NT$13.00, and the souvenir sheet has a denomination of NT$12.00. They will be released on 1 December 2011.
Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year stamps
December 31st, 2010Hong Kong Post will be offering special collectors sheets apart from the normal special stamps for the Lunar New Year/Zodiac issue. The stamps and sheets will be released on 22 January.
Special stamps set of 4v
Souvenir sheet (perforated and imperforate)
Gold foil and silver foil sheetlet
The four lunar animals from the current series in one sheetet.
Special sheetlet with all twelve zodiac animals.
USPS Lunar New Year – Year of the Rabbit
December 31st, 2010
On Jan. 22, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the fourth of twelve stamps in its Celebrating Lunar New Year series, which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat. The Year of the Rabbit begins on Feb. 3, 2011, and ends on Jan. 22, 2012.
The Lunar New Year is celebrated primarily by people of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, and Mongolian heritage in many parts of the world. In the United States as elsewhere, the occasion is marked in various ways across a diverse array of cultures. Parades, parties, and other special events are common.
Kumquats, such as those depicted in the stamp art, are given as gifts and eaten for luck at this time of renewed hope for the future.
Canada’s Year of Rabbit stamps
December 19th, 2010
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Canada Post will issue a stamp and souvenir sheet on 7 January 2011 to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit.
This will be the third release of a second 12-year Lunar New Year series, the new stamps include one domestic stamp and one international stamp.
Year of Rabbit stamps from New Zealand
December 10th, 2010
New Zealand Post will be issuing the Year of Rabbit stamps on 12 January 2011. Four stamps and a miniature sheet will be available.
Tiger stamps from Singapore
January 8th, 2010
Singapore’s Year of the Tiger stamps officially went on sale today. The set of three stamps feature stylised tigers in denomination of 1st Local, 65c and $1.10.
A special collector’s sheet printed with a high reflective hologram described as having a morphing effect. The sheet contain 2 stamps with the values of $5 and $10.
China’s Year of Tiger stamps sold out
January 6th, 2010
In Shanghai, all 120,000 sets of the Year of Tiger stamps released by China Post was sold out within one and a half hours after it went on sale yesterday.
Collectors had queued overnight in 78 post offices across the city. Some had queued since Sunday night.
Taiwan Tiger stamps
January 6th, 2010
Taiwan is one of the earliest country to release stamps for the Year of the Tiger that begins February 14, 2010.
The stamps and souvenir sheet were issued December 1, 2009
