Stamp: Year of the Snake (Christmas Island 2001)

  1. Catalogue
  2. Christmas Island
  3. 2001
  4. Lunar new year
  5. Year of the Snake

Year of the Snake (Christmas Island 2001)

01 January (Christmas Island ) within release Lunar new year goes into circulation Stamp Year of the Snake face value 45 Australian cent

Stamp Year of the Snake in catalogues
Michel: Mi:CX 479

Stamp is square format.

Also in the issue Lunar new year:

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Stamp Year of the Snake in digits
Country: Christmas Island
Date: 2001-01-01
Print: Offset lithography and Typography
Perforation: comb 14 x 14¾
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 45 Australian cent

Stamp Year of the Snake 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

Stamp, Year of the Snake, Christmas Island, , Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac