Many thanks to all visitors with the best wishes for a very happy new year 2015

Cover from China – II

Cover with stamps from the Year of the Horse (2014) posted on January 5, 2014

Many Thanks to my best friend Wang Jia Yi from Changshu, Jiangsu - China

Cover from China – I

Cover with stamps from the Year of the Horse (2014) posted on January 5, 2014

Many thanks to my best friend Wei Xu Wei from Suzhou - China

2014 - Jia Wu Year (Year of Horse)

Technical details:

Title: Jia Wu Year (Year of Horse )

Values: 120 fen

Size: 36 * 36 mm

Type: T(Mint)

Scott No: -

Serial number: 2014-1

Values in set: 1

Date of issue: January 5, 2014

Denomination: 120 fen

Designer: Chen Shaohua

Size of stamps: 36 * 36 mm

Perforation: 13

Sheet composition:

20 for Sheet I;

6 for Sheet II

Size of sheet:

170 * 210 mm for Sheet I;

128 * 180 mm for Sheet II

Printing process: Photogravure

Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Chinese New Year - THE HORSE

1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014

The noblest of the signs, horses are popular, quick-witted, charming, cheerful, and talented. Horses are doers and cannot bear inactivity. Industrious and enthusiastic, horses love to be in the centre of things due to their high-spirited nature. Nimble, yet graceful, the horse is a sign of elegance that will charm almost anyone with its wit and ardour.
This intelligence and fluidity will enable horses to fit into all kind of situations, especially with high flyers. Horses work hard and need to put their ideas to test at once. On the flip side, horses get bored easily, detest routine and find it hard to chill. They are hot-tempered and hot-blooded. Quick to warm to an idea, they are also quick to lose interest and trot away. They are impulsive and need to exercise control on their words and actions, as they come across sounding arrogant and condescending when riled up.