Stamp: Year of the Rat (Ireland 2008)

  1. Catalogue
  2. Ireland
  3. 2008
  4. Chinese New Year
  5. Year of the Rat

Year of the Rat (Ireland 2008)

23 January (Ireland ) within release Chinese New Year goes into circulation Stamp Year of the Rat face value 78 Euro cent

Stamp Year of the Rat in catalogues
Michel: Mi:IE 1806

Stamp is horizontal format.

Phosphor paper

Also in the issue Chinese New Year:

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Stamp Year of the Rat in digits
Country: Ireland
Date: 2008-01-23
Print: Offset and Lithography
Size: 40 x 30
Perforation: comb 15 x 14
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 78 Euro cent
Print run: 260000

Stamp Year of the 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

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