Souvenir Sheet: Year of the Rabbit (Niuafo'ou 1999)

Year of the Rabbit (Niuafo'ou 1999)

01 February (Niuafo'ou ) within release Chinese New Year 1999 goes into circulation Souvenir Sheet Year of the Rabbit face value 2.45 Tongan pa'anga

Souvenir Sheet Year of the Rabbit in catalogues
Michel: Mi: TO-NI BL22

Souvenir Sheet is horizontal format.

Also in the issue Chinese New Year 1999:

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Souvenir Sheet Year of the Rabbit in digits
Country: Niuafo'ou
Date: 1999-02-01
Print: Offset lithography
Size: 126 x 85
Perforation: comb 14 x 14½
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Souvenir Sheet
Face Value: 2.45 Tongan pa'anga

Souvenir Sheet Year of the Rabbit 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

Souvenir Sheet, Year of the Rabbit, Niuafo'ou,  , Chinese New Year, Stylized Animals