Hong Kong's newly issued stamps, staying true to tradition, are based on artefacts modelled after the year's zodiac animal to bring festive joy. (Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Post)
Post offices have released new sets of stamps to welcome the Year of the Ox, which is great news for stamp lovers.
Lunar New Year is the most important Chinese festivity that follows a 12-year cycle with each year associated with one zodiac sign of an animal.
This latest issue by the Hong Kong Post comprises four stamps, a stamp sheetlet and a silk stamp sheetlet. (Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Post)
A man shows his stamps bought at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
The Macao Post issues its new series of stamps to mark the Year of the Ox, Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
People purchase stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
People purchase stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
A man purchases the newly issued stamps at the Macao Post on Jan. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
A woman shows her commemorative coins and stamps at a post office in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)■
