26 January (Hong Kong ) within release Chinese New Year goes into circulation Souvenir Sheet Gold & Silver Stamp sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals - Rat face value 50 Hong Kong dollar
Souvenir Sheet Gold & Silver Stamp sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals - Rat in catalogues | |
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Stanley Gibbons: | Sg:HK MS1494 |
WADP Numbering System - WNS: | WAD:HK006MS.08 |
Souvenir Sheet is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Chinese New Year:
Souvenir Sheet Gold & Silver Stamp sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals - Rat 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