Jan. 13, Ottawa (Ont.) – Canada Post today released its Lunar New Year stamps to honour the Year of the Horse, which runs from January 31, , until February 18, The stamps are the sixth issue in a year series that has proven to be among the most popular in the commemorative stamp program. The stamps each depict a horse with OTTAWA – Canada Post will greet the Year of the Rooster with a two-stamp issue, the ninth in its most recent series honouring the Lunar New Year. A Permanent™ domestic-rate stamp featuring a rooster image, with its chest proudly puffed out, is paired with an international-rate stamp offering a close-cropped profile view of the rooster’s After one final bark from the Year of the Dog, the Year of the Pig will trot into the limelight on Feb. 5 before squealing to a stop on Jan. 24, As part of the 11th issue in Canada Post’s second year Lunar New Year series, two stamps celebrate this porcine sign, which also ruled the Chinese zodiac in , , , and January 09, Posted in News Releases. Year of the Rooster stamps shine with gold accents. OTTAWA - Canada Post will greet the Year of the Rooster with a two-stamp issue, the ninth in its most recent series honouring the Lunar New Year VANCOUVER – Canada Post has released its annual two-stamp issue to mark the Lunar New Year, the 10th in this most recent lunar series. True to the traditional aspects of the celebration, the Year of the Dog stamps incorporate Chinese lanterns as a central design element TORONTO, Jan. 16, /CNW/ - Canada Post has issued two stamps celebrating the Year of the Rat – representing the first year in the Lunar New Year cycle and the final issue in a second year Since then, Canada Post has been issuing a stamp for the Chinese New Year each year. From to , Canada Post issued an exquisite Chinese New Year stamp that was part of one of Canada Post’s most popular and longest-running series, which featured such elaborate techniques as gold and silver foiling and multi-level
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This retrospective brought together in a single issue all the stamps from their Lunar New Year series. The Lunar New Year cycle showcased all of the animals in the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Conceived well before the series was launched, this collection Inspired by traditional Chinese folk art, the reverse design by Canadian artist Jai Paek celebrates the Year of the Wood Dragon () through its whimsical depiction of a Dragon (“龍”). The courageous and clever Dragon bears a playful expression as it snakes across the coin, with its head facing West and its tail facing East. The lucky "These are the first stamps in the Lunar New Year series with a strong narrative quality, and they also have an element of humour, which is new to the series." Journey to the West is the fabulous and funny 16 th century tale of Sun Wu-k'ung, the Monkey King, a troublemaking trickster who relentlessly defies authority but is redeemed The Year of the Dragon is the subject of Jersey Post's first stamp issue of Illustrated by Wang Huming in Beijing, China, the issue comprises a single stamp and a miniature sheet. This issue forms the ninth part in Jersey Post's series celebrating the Lunar New Year, preceded by Year of the Rabbit (), Year of the Tiger (), Year of the Ox December 20, Posted in News Releases. OTTAWA – Canada Post announced today a stamp lineup that shines a light on truth and reconciliation, the natural world, accomplished Canadians, a rare space sighting, and much more. Here are highlights of The new lunar year officially begins on 10 February and continues until 28 January UNPA is issuing ten $ denominated stamps with a background featuring a beautiful illustration of a Bank of Canada; Canada Post; Royal Australian Mint; View All; YEAR OF THE HORSE STAMP & $15 COIN SET Increase Quantity of SALE - YEAR OF THE HORSE STAMP & $15 COIN SET. Price: Now: $ Was: $ Post and the Royal Canadian mint are pleased to jointly commemorate the Lunar New Year with this New arrivals; Coins and coin sets and enter to select. Touch device users, explore by touch, or with swipe gestures. Please enter an item. Examples: stamps, shipping products. Popular product categories Flat rate (prepaid) products. Shipping supplies. Updating. Coin collecting Coins and coin sets $8 Pure Silver Coin - Lunar Year of the
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For more information: Media Relations. media@[HOST] Tagged stamps OTTAWA – Canada Post announced today a stamp lineup that shines a light on truth and reconciliation, the natural world, accomplished Canadians, a rare space sighting, and much more. Here are highlights of Canada Post is celebrating the end of its year Lunar New Year stamp series with a retrospective that “brings together in a single issue all of the stamps” from the series. This retrospective includes 24 stamps to be issued Jan. 15 in a pane of 12 and a Lunar New Year - Year of the Rabbit - Pair. £ This Pair features the stamp from our ' Lunar New Year - Year of the Rabbit' stamp issue. A pair is two stamps taken from the same sheet of ten; selvedges are also retained and will include the traffic lights. Traffic lights are a term used by collectors to denote the check dots (or January 14, 4 minute read. Canada Post released a stamp issue today that celebrates the designs of all Lunar New Year stamps that it produced from to The retrospective brings all of the stamps in the series together in a single issue The final stamp in the current Celebrating Lunar New Year series will be issued January 17 in Houston, Texas, according to a December 13 story by Michael Baadke on the Linn’s Stamp News website: “A first-day ceremony for the United States nondenominated (50¢) Year of the Boar forever stamp will take place at 11 a.m. Central Every year, Canada Post rings in the Lunar New Year by issuing stamps that feature animals from the Chinese zodiac. (Canada Post) A character from the classic 16th century Chinese