Saturday 20 October 2018

Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations

United Nations 2018 Macao Stamp Show - Hua Mulan SS



Issue date 21 September 2018

The United Nations Postal Authority (UNPA) has issued a special commemorative miniature sheet based on the ancient Chinese poem the Ballad of Mulan on the first day of  the 35th Asian international stamp exhibition in Macao with the stamps in the sheet printed using a special laser-cut technology.

The sheet contains three stamps denominated in three different currencies:

-  USD 1.15 for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City; 
-  CHF 2 for use from the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; and 
-  EUR 1.80 for use from the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria.


Reverse view of sheet


The laser-cut design on the USD 1.15 stamp shows Bao Zheng, also known as Justice Bao. The CHF 2 stamp features Guan Yu, a warrior and general. The EUR 1,80 features Hua Mulan, the heroine of the folk tale of a girl who joins the army in the place of her elderly father.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs


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