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2024Chinese Signs of the Zodiac – Year of the Snake - FDC without stamp

FDC without stamp
GBP £0.91
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Set
GBP £2.27
Set CTO
GBP £2.27
Sheetlets
GBP £9.09
Sheetlets CTO
GBP £9.09
First Day Cover
GBP £3.18
First Day Cover block of 4
GBP £10.00
FDC without stamp
GBP £0.91
Block of 4
GBP £9.09
Block of 4 CTO
GBP £9.09
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GBP £3.18
Technical details
  • 04.11.2024
  • Tiger Pan, Shenzhen
  • Gutenberg AG, Schaan
  • offset + silver hot-foil stamping
  • 5 Colours
  • Stamp Size: 38.334 × 50 mm, Sheet Size: 146 x 208 mm
  • CHF 2.50
About Chinese Signs of the Zodiac – Year of the Snake

This year, we are continuing our "Chinese Signs of the Zodiac" series with a new special stamp for the "Year of the Snake" (face value: CHF 2.50). International designer Tiger Pan combined two traditional Chinese cultural elements for this: the snake as a sacred animal that symbolises luck, wealth, wisdom and lon- gevity, and the concentration game mahjong. The shape of the snake is geometric and its body is made of pieces arranged in familiar patterns. Invented in ancient China, the game aims to create order in apparent chaos by gradual- ly clearing away matching pairs.

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