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Stamps featuring the Year of the Monkey
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The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue the 13th set in the "New Year's Greetings" stamps series, to usher in 2004, the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese Zodiac.
| Kind of Issue: | Special |
| Denomination & Quantities: |
P6.00 - - - - - 100,000 17.00 - - - - -100,000 |
| Souvenir Sheet (Perforated): | 23.00 15,000 |
| Souvenir Sheet (Imperforated): | 23.00 15,000 |
| Sheet Composition: | 20 (5 x 4) |
| Size of Stamps: | 40 mm x 30 mm |
| Size of Souvenir Sheet: | 98mm x 88mm |
| Date of Issue: | December 1, 2003 |
| Last Day of Issue: | June 1, 2004 (as stock allows) |
| Perforation: | 14 |
| Printing Process: | Litho-Offset (4 colors) |
| Paper: | Imported Unwatermarked |
| Printer: | Amstar Company, Inc. |
| Designer: |
Victor Z. Serevo Rufe A. Goco |
| Layout Artist: | Alfonso V. Divina |
| Designs: | Capuchin monkey and male orangutan (reference provided by Petra and the management and staff of the Manila Botanical and Zoological Gardens.) |
Of all the twelve signs in the cycle, this one produces people of the most extra ordinary nature. The Monkey is mischievous, high-spirited, a joker who is always full of comedy--but he is devious with it. Although he's a sociable creature giving the impression that he gets on famously with everybody, this great rapport is often nothing but a ruse on the Monkey's part: he is in the fact egotistical and selfish. Read more.
Stamps, Souvenir Sheets and Official First Day Covers will be available starting 1 December, 2003 at the Philatelic Service, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.
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