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Stamps featuring the Year of the Dragon

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The Philippine Postal Corporation recently came up with the New Year 2012: “Year Of The Dragon” stamps, which was issued last December 5, 2011. It is classified as a “Special” kind of issue with denominations of P 7.00 and P 30.00 and quantity of 35,000 pieces each. Also to be issued are souvenir sheets with a denomination of P 74.00 and quantity of 5,000 pieces.

The technical description of the New Year 2012: “Year Of The Dragon” stamps are as follows:

Trivias about the Year of the Dragon

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The design for the Se-tenant Pair shows the Philpost Chinese characters series depicting the Year of the Dragon.

 

 

Stamps featuring the Year of the Dog

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The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue the second set in cycle of the New Year’s Greetings Stamp series, to usher in 2006, the New Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese Zodiac.

Trivias about the 12 Animals of the Lunar New Year Cycle

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The origin of the 12 animal signs is not very clear. But most legends credit Buddha (circa 563 - 483 B.C.) with the creation of the 12 animal cycle. Supposedly, he invited all the animals in jungle to visit him, but for some reason, only 12 animals showed up. To thank them, Buddha gave each animal a year which would be dedicated to that animal alone. The years were allocated in the order in which the animals arrived. The 12 animals appeared in this order: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, cock, dog and pig.