Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan stamps Appreciation - Collection

Zodiac stamps to ancient Chinese Lunar calendar twelve zodiac animal pattern New Year stamps stamps. China issued a first stamps since 1980, 1992 Issue of two stamps. Zodiac culture from China, two thousand years of history. It is an important part of Chinese culture and folklore. Where overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese live in the country, the region, especially in East and Southeast Asia zodiac cultural influences, they are great. China and these countries and regions have issued stamps. Unlike the zodiac stamps with themes of stamps like just like animals, paintings, artifacts, and crafts. Induction of stamps there are three main types: one is the name or face of stamps zodiac clear text content, such as China's "T.46 Gengshen years," America's "Year of the Rooster," and so on; the second is the "New Year Stamps under "the name by Zodiac Zodiac pattern series release, such as Japan, South Korea's Lunar New Year votes; Third, although the name has nothing to do with the Lunar New Year stamp, but a conscious choice of designs Chinese Zodiac content. There is also a small class stamp sheetlet is not contained zodiac, but tipping paper text and graphics are clearly Zodiac content, but with the release year zodiac coincide with the year, can be seen as the content of the zodiac (All) sheets, such as New Zealand, Ireland and other countries issued stamps. Japan's lead in issuing stamps in 1950. Thereafter, Okinawa, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, Macao, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, the United States, New Zealand, Gambia and other countries and regions have issued stamps. [1]