Stamp: Astroset II - Year of the Rooster (Austria 2005)

Astroset II - Year of the Rooster (Austria 2005)

22 July (Austria ) within release Zodiac goes into circulation Stamp Astroset II - Year of the Rooster face value 55 Euro cent

Stamp Astroset II - Year of the Rooster in catalogues
Michel: Mi:AT 2542
Yvert et Tellier: Yt:AT 2376

Stamp is vertical format.

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Country: Austria
Date: 2005-07-22
Print: Photogravure
Size: 28 x 33
Perforation: comb 13¾ x 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 55 Euro cent
Print run: 300000

Stamp Astroset II - Year of the Rooster 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

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object

The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. Also within this zodiac belt appear the Moon and the brightest planets, along their orbital planes. The zodiac is divided along the ecliptic into 12 equal parts ("signs"), each occupying 30° of celestial longitude. These signs roughly correspond to the astronomical constellations with the following modern names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

Stamp, Astroset II - Year of the Rooster, Austria,  , Chinese New Year, Constellations, Zodiac, Chinese Zodiac