Friday, 12 February 2021

Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Laser-cut Perforations/ Odd shaped Miniature sheet

Wishing all my Asian Friends a Very Happy Healthy and Prosperous Lunar Niu Year 2021. (Niu in Chinese being OX) 

Singapore 2021 Lunar New Year of the OX 




Issue date 08 January 2021

Singapore Post as per their Annual issue for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the OX has issued a special laser cut collector sheet with a stamp of SGD10 along with specially designed Red Packets. The stamp also features Gold Foil printing.

The Chinese calendar is based on five cycles of 12 years each, with each cycle tempered by one of the five Chinese elements – Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. Each year features one of the 12 animal signs, and the year of 2021 is that of the Metal Ox.

The OX laser-cut collector sheet is the second in the series by Singapore Post starting with the Year of the RAT last year.




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Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and is for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures. The pictures have been scanned from my collection.


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