And speaking of greetings—this year for the first time, Canada Post will offer celebrants a chance to share the festive dragon that graces the stamps with friends and family with a package of Lunar New Year notecards—with ten PERMANENT™ stamps—available early in January. Pane of 25 stamps. $ Product #: Lunar New Year Cycle. January 15, Issue date: January 15, The culmination of more than a decade of award-winning stamps, this retrospective brings together in a single issue all the stamps from our most recent Lunar New Year series Canada’s Lunar New Year stamps will wrap up the New Year’s series that started in This last issue in the cycle goes on sale January 15, and is available for pre-sale orders now at Canada Post’s online store Latest stamps | New in store | Canada Post. This set beautifully ties the complete collection together Canada Post's very popular Lunar New Year stamp series celebrates its eighth year with a difference. This year's stamps illustrate a narrative - two Canadian stamp stories. Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake. January 08, In Western culture, calling someone a snake is considered fighting OTTAWA – Canada Post announced today a stamp lineup that shines a light on truth and reconciliation, the natural world, accomplished Canadians, a rare space sighting, and much more. Here are highlights of the lineup Our latest series of Lunar New Year stamps wraps up with the Year of the Rat – the first of the 12 signs in the Chinese zodiac. As legend has it, the rat earned the primary position thanks to its cunning nature. According to one story, the Jade Emperor based the year cycle on the order in which the animals arrived at the heavenly temple VANCOUVER – Canada Post has released its annual two-stamp issue to mark the Lunar New Year, the 10th in this most recent lunar series. True to the traditional aspects of the celebration, the Year of the Dog stamps incorporate Chinese lanterns as a central design element
Retrospective showcases 24 Lunar New Year stamp designs
January 15, Posted in News Releases. OTTAWA – As spectacular as the celebration itself, a special set of Lunar New Year stamps was issued today, ushering in the Year of the Ox with a retrospective collection of all 24 colourful stamp designs from Canada Post joins all Asian-Canadians in paying homage to these traditional festivities with one domestic rate stamp and one international rate TORONTO – Canada Post has issued two stamps celebrating the Year of the Rat – representing the first year in the Lunar New Year cycle and the final issue in a second year series honouring the annual festival. The Year of the Rat begins on January 25, , and ends on February 11, A stamp pane from Canada Post’s 'Lunar New Year Cycle' set, the first release of the stamp program, features a design from each of the dozen years the series was issued. Canada’s first stamp of the new year, dubbed “Lunar New Year Cycle,” is slated for release on Jan. 15 December 20, Posted in News Releases. OTTAWA – Canada Post announced today a stamp lineup that shines a light on truth and reconciliation, the natural world, accomplished Canadians, a rare space sighting, and Canadian stamp stories. Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake. January 08, In Western culture, calling someone a snake is considered fighting words. But in the Asian countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Snake is viewed as the wisest and most enigmatic of all the zodiac creatures As part of the 11th issue in Canada Post’s second year Lunar New Year series, two stamps celebrate this porcine sign, which also ruled the As part of the 11th issue in Canada Post’s second year Lunar New Year series, two stamps celebrate this porcine sign, which also ruled the Chinese zodiac in , , , and Those born under it are said to be frank, forthright and trusting
Festive Lunar New Year series wraps up with a flourish - Canada Post
Canada Post's very popular Lunar New Year stamp series celebrates its eighth year with a difference. This year's stamps illustrate a narrative - two scenes from the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West By Jay Bigalke. Canada Post is celebrating the end of its year Lunar New Year stamp series with a retrospective that “brings together in a Canada Post is celebrating the end of its year Lunar New Year stamp series with a retrospective that “brings together in a single issue all of the