04 January 2015

New stamp on Year of Sheep

 

 

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Date of Issue : 5 January 2015

A new stamp issue by China Post themed after the Chinese zodiac sheep / Goat will be released in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on the 5th of January.

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2015 will be the Year of Goat / Sheep, the eighth in the order of the 12 zodiac animals. Guangzhou, historically known as the city of the goat, will be the right city for the premiere of the goat-themed stamps, the local post authority said.

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The stamps are designed by Wu Guanying, one of the leading designers of the Beijing Olympic Games mascots. China began to issue zodiac-themed stamps in 1980, with each round starting from the Year of Monkey and ending in the Year of sheep / Goat.

 

Foreign stamps on Indian theme

 

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Here are  two S/S Of Malaysia - 2014 - World Youth Stamp Exhibition - 160 Years of Stamps Usage in Malaysia .In these Souvenir sheets 1854 Indian Stamps are  featured. These issues are on Indian theme.

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- Leeza Padhi - Cuttack

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