22 January (Hong Kong ) within release Chinese New Year goes into circulation Stamp Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) face value 1.40 Hong Kong dollar
Stamp Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in catalogues | |
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WADP Numbering System - WNS: | WAD:HK013.11 |
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MonkeyAlso in the issue Chinese New Year:
Stamp Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) it reflects the thematic directions:
Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (see also § Names) is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, observances traditionally take place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of the year, to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.