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Year Of The... Chinese, Lunar New Year Stamps!

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United States
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Posted 01/03/2023   12:19 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KuoLC5310 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hong Kong
Lunar New Year Cycle
February 21, 1999
The 12 stamps in this special minisheet were chosen from the Chinese New Year series (4 designs per year) issued between 1987 and 1998. They are arranged (from rat to pig) clockwise from the top left.
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United States
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French Polynesia
Chinese New Year
1993 – 2004
The stamp set, designed by François Teriitehau, features traditional Chinese paintings of zodiac animals.

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Israel
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Posted 01/05/2023   09:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add LaoPhil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great stamps of French Polynesia, thanks Kuo!

Beginning of year 2004 was the end of the Chinese Year of the Goat and the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. New Caledonia issued a spectacular and well designed SS shows the Monkey enters the New Year riding a horse:


In early 2005, the end of the year of the Monkey, New Caledonia issued one more spectacular SS shows the monkey says good bye to the passing year and welcomes the rooster, represents the New Chinese Year of the Rooster:
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Netherlands Antilles
Chinese New Year Issue
1999 – 2010
One stamp per year was chosen from this series: Year of Rabbit (1999) to Year of Tiger (2010).
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Republic of Korea
New Year's Greetings
1976 - 1987
This set of 12 stamps show humanized zodiac animals in a bas-relief style (except Year of Dog).
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United States
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Thailand
Songkran Day Zodiac Series
1991 – 2002
The design shows Thai legend figures riding zodiac animals (from rat to pig)
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United States
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Kazakhstan
Chinese New Year
1993 - 2004
This set of 12 stamps features Chinese horoscope motif with stylized zodiac animals.
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Canada
Chinese New Year series
First Round 1997 - 2008
Modern graphic art style, one design per year is chosen for this post
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Ireland Chinese New Year
1999 – 2010 (rabbit to tiger)
The stamp set shows zodiac animals in a variety of design styles.
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South Africa Chinese New Year series
1996 - 2007
All stamps are taken from minisheets. They depict zodiac animals (1996 Year of Rat to 2007 Year of Pig).
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Czech Republic
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Papua New Guinea Chinese Lunar New Year Symbols Stamps

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Australia
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From the Kingdom of Tonga.

1996 Year of the Rat



1997 Year of the Ox


1998 Year of the Tiger


1999 Year of the Rabbit


2000 Year of the Dragon


2001 Year of the Snake


2002 Year of the Horse
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The forerunner Christmas Island Lunar New Year series complete full cycle of 12 Lunar New Year Series - 1996 Year of Rat to 2007 Year of Pig miniature sheets.



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Australia
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2003 Year of the Goat miniature sheet overprinted China Philatelic Society of Australia ~ Inaugural Exhibition Melbourne 1st & 2nd February 2003.

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Australia
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Niuafo#703;ou ~ Northernmost island of Kingdom of Tonga, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Niuatoputapu, or Niuas, group of islands.

1998 Year of The Tiger


1999 Year of The Rabbit


2000 Year of the Dragon


2001 Year of the Snake


2002 Year of the Horse


2003 Year of the Ram
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